English speaking lesson · Learning & Leisure
A group project
You're sitting down with a classmate to plan a group project you've been assigned. You practise it as a real conversation, at whichever of the four levels fits you — the room and the steps stay the same, only the words get harder.
Working with a classmate · you talk to the classmate
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What you have to do
Agree what the project will be, divide the work, set a deadline, and confirm the plan. You finish the lesson by getting there in conversation — not by answering questions about it. Nothing is corrected while you talk; the corrections are collected and handed to you at the end.
How it opens
Right, shall we make a start on this project?
Spoken aloud by the tutor playing the classmate.
The 5 steps that finish it
A step clears when you say the thing that clears it. The steps are identical at all four levels — only the example line fades, and at Natural there is none at all.
- 01
Get started
Say where you think you should start.
“Yes! Let's start with the topic.”
- 02
Share an idea
Share an idea for the project.
“I have an idea for the topic.”
- 03
Divide the work
Say how you'd like to divide the work.
“I can write this part — half each?”
- 04
Set a deadline
Suggest a deadline for the work.
“By Friday?”
- 05
Confirm the plan
Confirm the plan works, and finish.
“That works for me — that sounds good!”
The words, at all four levels
The same room and the same steps, four vocabularies. These are the words the lesson listens for and scores you on — with what each one means and how it sounds when you are talking to the classmate.
Starter
A1 – A2Simple, everyday words with a full hint on every step.
- start
- to begin something
- “Let's start with the topic.”
- project
- a piece of planned work
- “It's a big project.”
- topic
- the subject of a piece of work
- “Let's choose a topic.”
- idea
- a new thought or plan
- “I have an idea.”
- write
- to put words on paper
- “I can write this part.”
- part
- one piece of something bigger
- “I'll do this part.”
- half
- one of two equal parts
- “Half each?”
- Friday
- the fifth day of the week
- “By Friday?”
- works
- is acceptable, is fine
- “That works for me.”
- good
- acceptable, fine
- “That sounds good.”
Conversational
A2 – B1Common words at a natural pace, with hints to lean on.
- outline
- a rough plan of the structure
- “Let's do an outline first.”
- brainstorm
- to think up ideas together
- “Shall we brainstorm topics?”
- suggest
- to put forward an idea
- “Could I suggest something?”
- research
- finding information on a subject
- “I could do the research.”
- presentation
- the part you show to others
- “You could do the presentation.”
- divide
- to split into parts
- “How should we divide it?”
- deadline
- the date something must be finished by
- “What deadline works?”
- realistic
- achievable, sensible
- “Is Friday realistic?”
- manageable
- possible to handle or complete
- “That feels manageable.”
- agreed
- settled between people
- “Agreed, let's do it.”
Confident
B1 – B2Richer, more specific words, with only light hints.
- scope
- the range covered by a piece of work
- “Let's define the scope first.”
- angle
- a particular approach to a topic
- “What angle should we take?”
- allocate
- to assign work to people
- “How should we allocate tasks?”
- workload
- the total amount of work
- “Let's balance the workload.”
- milestone
- an important point marking progress
- “Shall we set a milestone?”
- buffer
- extra time built in for safety
- “Let's leave a buffer.”
- coordinate
- to arrange things so they fit together
- “We can coordinate midweek.”
- consolidate
- to combine parts into one whole
- “Then consolidate it all.”
- sorted
- arranged and settled
- “That's sorted, thanks.”
- agreed
- settled between people
- “Agreed on that.”
Natural
B2 – C1Advanced, idiomatic words — no hints at all.
- carve
- to divide work into portions (informal)
- “Let's carve it up evenly.”
- bounce
- to share ideas back and forth (informal)
- “Let's bounce ideas around.”
- grunt
- the dull, laborious work (informal)
- “I'll take the grunt work.”
- streamline
- to make a process simpler and faster
- “We could streamline the writing.”
- runway
- the time left before a deadline
- “We've decent runway on this.”
- sync
- to check in and align (informal)
- “Let's sync midweek.”
- nail
- to fix something firmly (informal)
- “Let's nail the topic today.”
- crunch
- a period of intense pressure
- “I'd rather avoid a crunch.”
- sorted
- dealt with and settled
- “Brilliant, that's sorted.”
- cheers
- informal thanks
- “Cheers, good session.”
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