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Teach: Natural English Speaking
Ready-to-teach lesson set on the rhythms, reductions, and idioms native speakers actually use. Moves B1-B2 students from textbook English to natural conversation through pair drills, listening tasks, and target-language practice.
How teachers use this
Pairs well with one-on-one tutoring. 27 lessons, each 30-45 min.
What you'll learn
How each lesson works
Every lesson mixes short teaching cards with 8-plus kinds of interactive exercises. No passive reading. You practice as you go.
Teaching cards
Short, no-fluff explanations
Multiple choice
Pick the natural option
Fill in the blank
Type the right word
Word reorder
Build sentences from tiles
Match pairs
Connect phrase to meaning
Dialogues
Read + pick the best reply
True / false
Test what you know
Error correction
Fix the sentence
Listening
Play, then answer
Curriculum
27 lessons · 5h 41m total
Why You Can't Understand Native Speakers (Yet)
Reductions: "Gonna", "Wanna", "Gotta" & More
Linking Words Together: The Secret to Fluency
Dropped Sounds & Lazy Pronunciation (On Purpose)
Stressed & Unstressed Syllables: Why They Matter
Sentence Stress: Which Words to Push
Rising vs. Falling Intonation (And What It Signals)
Sounding Interested vs. Sounding Bored
20 Idioms You'll Hear Every Single Week
Phrasal Verbs That Actually Matter
Expressions for Agreeing, Disagreeing & Reacting
Idioms at Work vs. Idioms With Friends
How to Buy Time While You Think
Filler Words: "Like", "You Know", "I Mean"
Hedging: Softening What You Say
Conversation Starters & Topic Changers
Casual Greetings & Goodbyes Nobody Teaches You
Texting & Social Media English
Swearing & Taboo Words: When, How & Whether To
Humor in English: Sarcasm, Irony & Deadpan
Formal vs. Informal: Knowing When to Switch
How Native Speakers Adjust for Context
Code-Switching in Real Life: Examples & Practice
Ordering Food, Getting Directions, Making Returns
Small Talk at Parties & Social Events
Talking to Strangers Without Being Weird
Full Conversation Breakdown: Native vs. Learner
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Get this courseNotes from a teacher who has done this for a decade
Reductions, rhythm, and slang for B1 students who passed every grammar test and still can't follow a podcast. Where to start, what to leave alone, and how to stop them sounding like robots.
Students at B1 hit a wall that has nothing to do with grammar. They can read The Economist and cannot follow a friend in a noisy bar. The wall is rhythm. This course is how you get them past it without them needing to move countries. Most students you teach will never live in an English-speaking country and they do not need to. They need to hear how the sounds connect.
The right student for this course
B1 and above. Below B1 the lessons on idioms and slang will overload working memory. Save those for later. A1 and A2 students who insist they want to "sound natural" usually need pronunciation work, not idioms. Redirect them to the Pronunciation course and revisit this one when they can hold a five-minute conversation.
How to teach reductions without losing them
The first time you say "gonna" out loud, half the class will assume you made a mistake. Pre-empt this. Write the full form first. "I am going to call you tomorrow." Underneath, write the spoken form. "I'm gonna call you tomorrow." Then a third line in IPA-light: "aimna call ya tomorrow." Saying "this is what natives actually say" lands better when the contrast is visual.
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