English for international teams
Speaking clubs that help your teams speak up at work.
Your people can read the documentation, follow the code review and pass the grammar test. The problem is the meeting. Weekly speaking clubs give employees a regular, low-pressure place to actually talk — hosted directly by a British native speaker.
Teams we have hosted
Speaking clubs run for real companies.
Over the past years these clubs have run for international engineering, product and sales teams — the same format described on this page.
The confidence gap
Your team knows English. They just do not use it.
Most corporate English training measures the wrong thing. A B2 certificate does not tell you whether someone will speak up on a client call.
Technical skill is not fluency
A developer can review code in English all day and still go quiet the moment a call turns into a discussion. Reading and writing are rehearsed. Speaking is not.
The quiet expert
The person with the best answer in the room says nothing, because forming the sentence takes longer than the gap in the conversation. The team loses the idea, not just the words.
Client-facing confidence
Small talk before a call, a follow-up question, disagreeing politely — these are the moments that build client trust, and they are exactly what course books skip.
What is it?
Step away from the course book and use English.
A company speaking club complements formal language lessons rather than replacing them. Employees meet on Zoom once or twice a week to use English in a free but focused way.
It is not a random conversation. Each 60-minute club follows a structured topic designed to create useful discussion. A British native-speaker host asks natural questions, keeps everyone involved and helps the group communicate clearly.
Groups are capped at six so that nobody can hide, and so that everyone gets real speaking time rather than a turn once every twenty minutes.
The business case
What it actually changes for the company.
Meetings that move faster
When people can explain an idea the first time, you spend less of the meeting clarifying what somebody meant. That is the return, and it shows up within weeks.
Almost no admin for HR
You give us the group and a weekly time. Preparation, materials, hosting and scheduling are handled. One monthly invoice, no per-employee licences to reconcile.
Teams that actually connect
Colleagues in different countries learn about each other's lives and opinions, not just their tickets. Distributed teams get the corridor conversation they never had.
Why direct
One host who knows your team, not a rota.
Most corporate English is bought through an agency. The difference is worth understanding before you compare prices.
Working with me directly
- The same host every week, who remembers what your team discussed last time
- Topics adjusted to your industry and the group's actual level
- You pay for the session, not for an agency layer on top
- You can reach me directly if a week needs moving
The agency model
- Whichever teacher is free that week, often a different one each time
- A standard syllabus applied across every client
- Agency margin built into the hourly rate
- Scheduling changes go through an account manager
How it works
From first email to first club.
Tell us about the team
Roughly how many employees, their approximate level, and which time zones you need to cover.
Book a trial club
A single 60-minute session for £20 so the team can see the format before anything is agreed.
Agree a weekly slot
We fix a regular day and time. Larger teams are split into groups of up to six by level.
Clubs run weekly
Employees receive the Zoom link. Topics, materials and hosting are prepared in advance.
Invoice monthly
One invoice at the end of each month. No contract, no notice period, adjust or pause as you need.
Weekly pricing
Clear prices for small groups.
Each speaking club lasts 60 minutes and the maximum group size is six employees. Prices include all preparation, materials and hosting.
| Weekly groups | Speaking time | Price per week |
|---|---|---|
| 1 group | 1 x 60 minutes | £40 |
| 2 groups | 2 x 60 minutes | £70 |
| 3 groups | 3 x 60 minutes | £90 |
| 4 groups | 4 x 60 minutes | £100 |
| Trial speaking club | 1 x 60 minutes | £20 |
Questions
Things HR teams usually ask.
What level do employees need to be?
Roughly A2 and above. Below that there is not yet enough language to sustain a conversation. Where a team spans a wide range we split it into groups by level so nobody is left behind or held back.
How many employees can join?
Six per group. If you have twenty people, that is four groups — either at different times or on different days. Larger groups look cheaper per head but the speaking time per person collapses, which defeats the point.
Do you need a syllabus from us?
No. Topics are prepared in advance and cover both workplace and general themes. If you want the focus weighted towards something specific — client calls, stand-ups, presentations — tell us and we will build it in.
What if someone cannot attend one week?
Nothing happens. Each club is self-contained, so a missed week does not leave anyone behind. There is no homework and nothing to catch up on.
How do we pay?
One invoice at the end of each month, payable by bank transfer. There is no contract and no notice period — you can pause over a quiet period and restart later.
Can we try it before committing?
Yes. A single 60-minute trial club costs £20. Most companies run one trial with a representative group before deciding.
Where we work
Speaking clubs for companies across the region.
Each country page covers the local picture — what drives demand for spoken English there, how the time difference works, and which cities we already run clubs in. Clubs run online, so anywhere else is fine too.
Also available
Speaking clubs for other groups.
Let your employees speak.
Tell us how many employees you have, their approximate level and the times that could work for your team.