The lessons and levels in our Online School

Here are the useful language skills you'll learn at each level:

• Level 1

  General communication

  • Greet people
  • Introduce yourself
  • Spell your name for someone
  • Introduce your family
  • Say which country you come from
  • Count to 100
  • Talk about age

  English for your workplace

  • Introduce your job
  • Give a simple description of your workplace

  Travel English

  • Understand simple directions

  Lifestyle English

  • Talk about shopping
  • Talk about clothing
  • Ask for food

• Level 2

  General communication

  • Talk about simple daily tasks and routines
  • Talk about dates and birthdays
  • Have a telephone conversation
  • Give a basic description of where you live
  • Talk about specific locations

  English for your workplace

  • Arrange a meeting

  Travel English

  • Talk about transport

  Lifestyle English 

  • Talk about the weather
  • Talk about sport
  • Talk about health and medical conditions
  • Talk about renting a place to live

• Level 3

  General communication

  • Give, or ask for an address
  • Make and respond to an invitation
  • Make social conversation

  English for your workplace

  • Talk about your work experience
  • Talk about your education 
  • Introduce a co-worker 
  • Read a business card
  • Understand basic job and company information

  Travel English

  • Read and write a hotel review
  • Make a telephone reservation
  • Check in and out of a hotel

  Lifestyle English 

  • Talk about your hobbies and interests
  • Talk about holidays and events
  • Compare and purchase products
  • Politely describe a problem with a product

• Level 4

  General communication

  • Talk about your likes and dislikes
  • Ask for or provide help
  • Express irritation
  • Describe people
  • Talk about relationships
  • Emphasise a point
  • Ask someone about their day
  • Relate a simple news story
  • Talk about important events in people’s lives
  • Welcome people
  • Write letters
  • React to good and bad news
  • Express doubt through language and intonation
  • Understand informal language
  • Understand differences in British English and American English vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

  English for your workplace

  • Understand and respond to common job interview questions
  • Comment on your co-workers
  • Agree with people you work with
  • Make a recommendation about a colleague

  Travel English

  • Talk about weather, seasons and temperature

  Lifestyle English 

  • Make plans with friends
  • Understand event times and information
  • Talk about shared activities
  • Make, accept and reject an invitation

• Level 5

  General communication

  • Use modals of necessity and obligation
  • Explain how you met someone
  • Talk about good and bad experiences

  English for your workplace

  • Write about a business relationship

  Travel English

  • Talk about travel arrangements
  • Check in for a flight
  • Talk about different forms of transport
  • Read and write about past travel
  • Recommend a place to visit
  • Talk about natural environments

  Lifestyle English

  • Talk about your pets and wildlife
  • Make a more complicated reservation
  • Communicate with different people in a restaurant
  • Talk about movies
  • Discuss what you and other people wear

• Level 6

  General communication

  • Express time and durations
  • Explain problems
  • Give advice

  English for your workplace

  • Ask about and describe an employee
  • Talk with your manager
  • Ask for, or give professional advice
  • Attend a meeting
  • Facilitate a meeting
  • Make statements about work tasks
  • Write a summary of a meeting
  • Solve problems
  • Welcome business guests
  • Attend a professional event and summarize it for your boss
  • Make a business contact
  • Prepare a business proposal verbally and in writing

  Lifestyle English

  • Make and attend an appointment with a doctor
  • File a prescription
  • Write about injuries and illnesses
  • Talk and write about games
  • Explain rules

• Level 7

  General communication

  • Talk about the environment
  • Talk about future technology
  • Write about life in the future
  • Talk about your future plans
  • Describe your educational background
  • Write about education in your country
  • React to and write about surprising news
  • Talk about famous people
  • Deal with confidential information

  English for your workplace

  • Discuss business changes
  • Talk about professional development
  • Reply to a job advert
  • Arrange a job interview
  • Respond to job interview questions
  • Conclude an interview
  • Compare training courses

  Lifestyle English

  • Talk about your favourite TV shows
  • Describe TV shows
  • Discuss TV commercials
  • Write about TV in your country

• Level 8

  General communication

  • Talk to a doctor
  • Describe a product
  • Buy a product
  • Discuss product innovation
  • Write about a product that changed your life

  English for your workplace

  • Describe office culture in your country
  • Describe your dream job
  • Talk and write about your career plans
  • Arrange a business meeting
  • Write a summary of a business meeting

  Travel English

  • Plan a business trip
  • Book a hotel for a business trip

  Lifestyle English 

  • Talk about music you like
  • Discuss music trends
  • Plan a night out
  • Describe a particular song
  • Talk with an exercise coach
  • Give advice about healthy living
  • Describe your ideal partner
  • Talk about dating
  • Discuss social media
  • Write about how you met someone

• Level 9

  General communication

  • Talk about your youth
  • Write about your future
  • Explain rules and regulations
  • Report an injury
  • Write about your opinions on health and safety policy
  • Understand weather warnings
  • Talk about the emergency services
  • Discuss a natural disaster
  • Talk about disaster relief
  • Respond politely to advice
  • Complain about offensive behavior
  • Write about polite behavior in your country

  English for your workplace

  • Prepare for a negotiation
  • State your position
  • Negotiate offers and proposals
  • Close a deal
  • Discuss workplace safety

  Travel English

  • Talk about an emergency you’ve witnessed abroad

  Lifestyle English 

  • Make a dinner reservation
  • Order a meal
  • Make dinner conversation
  • Pay for a meal
  • Discuss work / life balance
  • Talk about your retirement plans
  • Visit someone at home

• Level 10

  General communication

  • Talk about values
  • Discuss the differences between genders
  • Talk about rude behavior
  • Write about gender differences in your country
  • Talk and write about personal finances
  • Give a friend financial advice
  • Talk about the cost of living

  English for your workplace

  • Open a meeting
  • Discuss proposals in a meeting
  • Conclude a meeting
  • Talk about next actions
  • Write a meeting summary
  • Open a presentation
  • Present information clearly
  • Conclude a presentation
  • Talk about a presentation
  • Discuss life at work

  Lifestyle English 

  • Talk and write about extreme sports
  • Discuss an extreme sport experience
  • Talk about risks and dangers in sport
  • Describe and write about your lifestyle
  • Plan changes to your home

• Level 11

  General communication

  • Summarise your education
  • Talk about a technical device
  • Solve a technical problem
  • Discuss innovation 
  • Describe how technology has impacted on your life
  • Talk about an incident from the news
  • Understand legal language
  • Explain a law from your country
  • Write about changes in the media

  English for your workplace

  • Summarise your work experience
  • Discuss your professional strengths and weaknesses
  • Talk and write about your career in the past, present and future
  • Talk about how your working environment affects you
  • Understand a business contract

  Lifestyle English 

  • Discuss fears and phobias
  • Talk about positive thinking
  • Write about making the most of your life
  • Describe performing arts culture in your area
  • Suggest a performance to someone
  • Talk about a movie you’ve seen
  • Describe a book you’ve read
  • Explain what you like to read
  • Recommend a book to someone

• Level 12

  General communication

  • Request a favour from a friend
  • Discuss appropriate and inappropriate behavior
  • Express sympathy for and to someone
  • Talk about British and US English variations
  • Describe how English is used in your country
  • Talk about communication breakdowns or confusion
  • Write about the role and importance of English in your life
  • Discuss how to manage awkward situations
  • Explain taboo topics in your country
  • Write about an awkward situation you’ve experienced

  English for your workplace

  • Talk about corporate culture and organization
  • Explain the structure of your workplace
  • Discuss building a successful team
  • Write about the best management strategy
  • Discuss change management 
  • Describe leadership qualities
  • Talk about a leader you admire
  • Write about developing leadership qualities
  • Write about office politics

  Lifestyle English 

  • Explain dining manners and etiquette in your country
  • Talk about a political leader
  • Discuss political tactics

• Level 13

  General communication

  • Talk about success
  • Prepare for success
  • Discuss overcoming challenges
  • Write about the habits of successful people
  • Talk about humanitarian efforts
  • Discuss how to make an impact on society
  • Talk about an endangered species or habitat in your country
  • Describe ways to protect a habitat
  • Discuss sustainability
  • Give and receive good and bad news
  • Understand economic and financial news
  • Summarise a text about the news
  • Talk about your country’s currency
  • Describe your country’s imports and exports
  • Debate free trade
  • Write about a trade agreement

  English for your workplace

  • Write about corporate social responsibility
  • Write about ‘green’ businesses
  • Discuss the effect of an event upon your company

  Lifestyle English 

  • Talk about a museum
  • Describe a painting
  • Talk about design
  • Write about buildings in your country
  • Discuss people’s needs within your community

• Level 14

  General communication

  • Communicate effectively in an emergency situation
  • Write about crime
  • Discuss advertising, brands and regulations
  • Write and share creative ideas
  • Understand and compare different types of instruction
  • Give and analyse persuasive and emotional speeches

  English for your workplace

  • Compare different salaries
  • Discuss education and training

  Lifestyle English 

  • Give a detailed narrative about dangerous sports 
  • Discuss recycling and protecting the environment
  • State beliefs regarding energy sources
  • Write, talk about and use humour 

• Level 15

  General communication

  • Discuss complex news topics
  • Understand implicit meaning in news headlines
  • Write about events in a compelling way
  • Interpret indirect communication
  • Use formal and informal English with confidence
  • Question and clarify meaning
  • Talk about identity theft
  • Report a problem and negotiate a solution
  • Reach a decision

  English for your workplace

  • Give advice on finding work-life balance

  Lifestyle English 

  • Discuss urban issues in your area
  • Promote the benefits of where you live
  • Compare and select a place to live
  • Talk and write about retail and superstores
  • Review and select an eCommerce website
  • Discuss different lifestyle and home environments
  • Understand and respond to a discussion about ethics
  • Write a newspaper article

• Level 16

  General communication

  • Make speculations about future events
  • Find a creative solution to a problem
  • Use creative writing techniques

  English for your workplace

  • Discuss industrial ethics
  • Evaluate a product proposal

  Lifestyle English

  • Understand and discuss complex new technology
  • Evaluate new innovations
  • Discuss fame and celebrity
  • Give your opinion on decorating plans
  • Describe creative processes
  • Evaluate and select an investment scheme
  • Share your opinions about financial planning
  • Apply for a home loan
  • Offer support in a stressful situation
  • Recommend methods for reducing stress
  • Write about emotions and stress
  • Discuss truth and myths