First Month in English

25 lessons · A2–B1

Words you know, speech you can't catch? Live your first month in an English-speaking country — from the airport and the café to the bank, the doctor and your first party — and train your ear on what people actually say to you.

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Check-in test — how much of real life can you catch?

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Week 1 · Airport: what they’ll ask you

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Week 1 · Airport: landing day (and a missing suitcase)

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Week 1 · Hotel: what the front desk tells you

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Week 1 · Hotel: arriving too early

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Week 1 · Café: what the barista asks

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Week 1 · Café: out of oat milk

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Week 1 · Supermarket: what the cashier says

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Week 1 · Supermarket: the sale price that didn’t ring up

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Week 2 · Phone shop and bank: what they’ll ask you

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Week 2 · Bank: opening an account (B or D?)

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Week 2 · Apartment repairs: what they’ll say

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Week 2 · Apartment repairs: no heat on a cold night

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Week 2 · Doctor and pharmacy: what they’ll ask you

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Week 2 · Doctor: a sore throat (and a close call)

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Week 2 · Customer service call: what they’ll say

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Week 2 · Customer service: “delivered”, but not to you

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Week 3 · At a party: what people ask you

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Week 3 · At a party: the name you didn’t catch

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Week 3 · Hobbies and weekends: what people ask

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Week 3 · The weekend: “I used to”

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Week 3 · Making plans: yes, no and “maybe”

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Week 3 · Making plans: which Friday?

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Week 3 · Jokes and comebacks: what they really mean

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Week 3 · Jokes: “I quit my job”