The BiG English Speaking Club
These types of speaking clubs are bigger in numbers which allows more people to join and gives more people the chance to practise their English speaking skills.
The biggest difference in this type of speaking club is there is no host directing the conversation and asking the questions like in the FREE speaking clubs with smaller numbers.
The host is there, but he is there just to organise the speaking club. He will always welcome you at the start and then explain the topic and how to use the material which will be on the slides on the screen. You and the people in your group will basically go and 'host' yourself using the help of the material that is provided on the screen.
After the host welcomes you and explains how to use the material, you will then be sent to a room with 4-5 other people and this will be your group for the topic for the next 60 minutes. You will always have 5 minutes at the start to introduce yourself to the other people in the room before the topic of the speaking club officially starts.
This is a nice and natural format of meeting and speaking to people on a certain topic.
FREE English Speaking Clubs
These speaking clubs are limited in numbers to just 8, so you need to be quick to register your place as all places can go in fewer than 24 hours. They are hosted by a British native speaker who will help direct the flow of the conversation club. The native host will also take-part in the discussion, but YOU and you SPEAKING is the most important thing. This is the objective of the host, to make sure you get many opportunities to SPEAK! and use your English.
A FREE speaking club works like this...
You join and are welcomed by the native speaking host.
Everyone briefly introduces themselves. Name, where you're from, and... the colour of your socks.
The native speaker then introduces the topic and as group you will discuss the first question.
The host will then show the group 2-3-4 questions to get you started.
You will then be sent to a breakroom with another person to talk about these questions for around 7 minutes.
The native speaker will then bring you back into the main room and ask a few people for their answers and again ask follow up questions based on the answers.
The native speaker will then ask a new question to the group, so again you will be one of the bigger group.
Then you'll see another 2-3-4 questions and head back to the breakout rooms, but this time with someone new.
We believe this is the best approach for giving you as many chances to speak and use your English.
As these speaking clubs are FREE, they are limited in topics and you may notice the same topics keep appearing on the FREE speaking club list. 'Travel' again! This is to give as many people out there the chance to attend and use and practise speaking English.
It's also an opportunity to give you a taste of how the format works just in case you are interested in joining an English Speaking Course or PAID Speaking Clubs which offer more topics.
PAID Weekend English Speaking Club
The PAID Weekend English speaking club is exactly as the FREE English speaking clubs, but with two big differences. 1. The numbers are limited to just 4 people, which obviously allows for more speaking opportunities, and 2. The topics are not limited, so certain topics like Men & Women, Crime, Age, The Future that you won't see in the FREE speaking clubs will be talked about at a paid speaking club.
Online English Speaking Course
These run exactly like the FREE and PAID speaking clubs, but are limited in a group size of just 4 people. This group will also be closed, meaning once it has started, no other people will join it for the rest of the course. The English speaking course runs twice a week over a 4, 8, or 12 week period, that said, at different times of the year there may be intensive English speaking courses which will run 3 times a week or even 5!!! Topics of each new Online English Speaking Course will be changed when a new one begins, so if you want to continue for another month, 8, 16, 24 x 60 minute speaking sessions, you can without worrying about the same topics coming up.