5 min freeLanguage exchangeEnglish · the conversations that make a friend
Practise the conversations that make a friend in English, out loud
You talk, out loud and in real time, with 10 photorealistic AI people who rehearse the conversations that make a friend in English. They speak first, they interrupt, and they will not switch to your language. Afterwards you get a score for each thing they mark, and under every score sits the exact sentence you said.
A friend on a video call, a stranger at a party, ninety seconds in a conference hallway, your partner's mother. Nobody is grading you, which is exactly why people avoid these for years.
Who you would be talking to
10 people, and none of them is a tutor
Each one wants something from the conversation and you are in the way of it. Pressure is a filter rather than a surprise: warm, neutral, cold and hostile are chosen before you start.
5 min freeLanguage exchange
5 min freeA friend, on a call
5 min freeJust talking
5 min freeA friend, on a call
5 min freeJust talking
5 min freeJust talking
5 min freeMeeting someone new
5 min freeA stranger at a party
The conference hallway
Your partner's familyMarina Kovács
Cleveland, OH· Either way
10 min
Your partner's mother, meeting you for the first time
Neutral
What you would rehearse
8 situations, each with a page of its own
A situation is a specific meeting, not a topic: you know what is happening, what you are trying to get, and what you will be marked on. The page for each one says what usually goes wrong in it.
A friend, on a call
A2 · basicB1 · workingB2 · confidentThey ask how your week was and then wait. The four seconds after the question are the whole exercise.5 peoplefrom 6 minJust talking
A2 · basicB1 · workingB2 · confidentA flatmate at the stove, a friend from an online group, a traveller at the hostel. Nothing to decide, everything to say.4 peoplefrom 6 minLanguage exchange
A2 · basicB1 · workingHalf the hour is yours. A partner who waits for the word and never corrects it.3 peoplefrom 7 minA stranger at a party
B1 · workingB2 · confidentMusic, an accent, no syllabus, and the hardest part is leaving the conversation without ending it badly.1 personfrom 5 minMeeting someone new
A2 · basicB1 · workingB2 · confidentA friend of a friend, a café, and nobody obliged to keep it going. The first two minutes are the whole thing.2 peoplefrom 6 minSmall talk with a colleague
B1 · workingB2 · confidentNothing to decide, five minutes, and somebody you will see every day for years. Talking about the work is the easy way out.1 personfrom 5 minThe conference hallwayB1 · workingB2 · confidentNinety seconds between talks to say what you do in a way somebody will write down.1 personfrom 6 minYour partner's family
B2 · confidentC1 · advancedNobody is grading you, which is exactly why people avoid this one for years.1 personfrom 8 min
A2 · basicB1 · workingB2 · confidentThey ask how your week was and then wait. The four seconds after the question are the whole exercise.5 peoplefrom 6 minJust talkingA2 · basicB1 · workingB2 · confidentA flatmate at the stove, a friend from an online group, a traveller at the hostel. Nothing to decide, everything to say.4 peoplefrom 6 minLanguage exchangeA2 · basicB1 · workingHalf the hour is yours. A partner who waits for the word and never corrects it.3 peoplefrom 7 minA stranger at a partyB1 · workingB2 · confidentMusic, an accent, no syllabus, and the hardest part is leaving the conversation without ending it badly.1 personfrom 5 minMeeting someone newA2 · basicB1 · workingB2 · confidentA friend of a friend, a café, and nobody obliged to keep it going. The first two minutes are the whole thing.2 peoplefrom 6 minSmall talk with a colleagueB1 · workingB2 · confidentNothing to decide, five minutes, and somebody you will see every day for years. Talking about the work is the easy way out.1 personfrom 5 minThe conference hallwayB1 · workingB2 · confidentNinety seconds between talks to say what you do in a way somebody will write down.1 personfrom 6 minYour partner's familyB2 · confidentC1 · advancedNobody is grading you, which is exactly why people avoid this one for years.1 personfrom 8 minQuestions