How this works
Most of the learning happens at home, at your own pace. Each week has two short Home Sessions you do on your own — watch a clip, decode how the fast speech works, record a two-minute voice note, and jot down anything you couldn't catch. Then you bring all of that to your two live hours with your teacher, where you practice the things you can't do alone: real-time listening, conversation, and current events.
Comprehension first Current events as fuel Real family & daily-life talk
Comprehension first Current events as fuel Real family & daily-life talk
The core problem we're solving: it isn't your vocabulary. Native speakers link words together and swallow the small ones — "what did you" becomes "wu-juh," "going to" becomes "gonna." This course trains your ear to hear the glue, so fast conversation stops sounding like one long blur.
The 10 weeks
Week 1 · FoundationReady
Why Fast Speech Is Hard
Linking, reduction & rhythm — the three things that hide words. Baseline recording. ★ benchmark
Week 2In build
At Home & Family Talk
Following casual conversation; catching questions aimed at you.
Week 3In build
Two or Three People at Once
The dinner-table problem: overlap, turn-taking, getting the gist.
Week 4★ Benchmark
Food, Shopping & Errands
Everyday comprehension; phrases you'll hear and use out and about.
Week 5In build
Current Events I
News video as the core; forming and sharing an opinion.
Week 6In build
Health & Appointments
Doctor, pharmacy, phone calls — the high-stakes listening.
Week 7★ Benchmark
Neighbors & Community
Social small talk; the friendly back-and-forth of daily life.
Week 8In build
Current Events II
Following and joining a discussion; agreeing & disagreeing politely.
Week 9In build
Idioms You'll Actually Hear
Decoding the idiomatic speech that trips up even strong learners.
Week 10★ Final
Consolidation & Final Benchmark
Free conversation, a current-events discussion, and your Week 1 → Week 10 comparison.
Recordings & progress
★ Benchmark recordings
In Week 1 your teacher records you reading a short paragraph — your baseline. You re-record the same paragraph in Weeks 4, 7, and 10. Played back-to-back, the recordings let you actually hear your listening and speaking change over ten weeks. Keep every recording.