Improve your fluency in 8 weeks. Max 6 people group, Cambridge CELTA-certified tutor. Real world speaking skills.
16 live 90-minute sessions100% online · ZoomLevel: A2+/B1Next Edition: 20 October 2026
Cambridge CELTA Certified Tutors
Max 6 People Group
99.8% Satisfaction · 5★ Trustpilot
90-minute Live Sessions
WHY THIS COURSE
You know far more English than you can actually say
You’ve studied English. Probably for years. You can read an email, follow a subtitled film, get through a hotel check-in without drama. But when someone asks you a normal question at normal speed, there’s a gap between what’s in your head and what comes out of your mouth. Usually an uncomfortable one.
That gap isn’t a knowledge problem. It’s an access problem. You’ve spent years doing exercises where you had time to think and almost no time actually speaking, so your grammar stayed passive and your vocabulary stayed receptive. Your mouth never got the practice. Nobody becomes fluent by understanding more — they become fluent by speaking badly, being corrected, and speaking again.
That’s the whole design of this course. Eight weeks, sixteen sessions, maximum six people, and most of every session is you talking. Everyday situations, real conversation, correction on the errors that actually block you and deliberate silence on the ones that don’t. You’ll finish able to hold a conversation without rehearsing it first — and, just as importantly, knowing how to keep improving once the course is over.
No automatic payment. Payment will be requested by email only after enrolment is confirmed.
Course runs with a minimum of 4 enrolees — full refund if it doesn’t go ahead.
Secure payment by bank transfer (free in the EU) or payment card (4% surcharge).
WHO IT’S FOR
This course is for you if
You understand much more than you can produce — you know the word, it just doesn’t arrive in time
You translate in your head before speaking, and by the time the sentence is ready the moment has gone
You let someone else answer for you: at work, on holiday, in a group
You’ve done courses, apps, maybe even a certificate, and still can’t hold five minutes of unscripted conversation
You’re planning to travel, relocate, or work with English-speaking colleagues, and reading and writing won’t be enough
You freeze on the phone or on video calls, where there’s nothing to point at
Minimum level required: A2+/B1. This isn’t a beginner course. You need basic present and past tenses and a working core vocabulary — we build speed and confidence on top of that, we don’t start from zero. Not sure about your level? Book a free Chemistry Call before enrolling and we’ll work out honestly whether this is the right course for you, or whether something else would serve you better.
OUTCOMES
What you’ll learn in 8 weeks
Every session has a concrete goal. By the end of the course you won’t just know more English — you’ll be able to use the English you already have, in real time, out loud.
01
Talking about yourself, unscripted
Work, background, where you’re from, what you do all day, what you’re planning. Fluent and natural, not a memorised paragraph.
02
Telling a story
What happened, in the right order, with the right tenses, without stopping halfway to reconstruct the grammar.
03
Asking questions
Most learners only ever answer. Questions are what keep a conversation alive — and what take the pressure off you.
04
What to do when you get stuck
Repair strategies: asking for repetition without embarrassment, buying yourself time, describing a word you don’t have. The single most useful skill at this level.
05
Everyday situations
Restaurants, travel, appointments, shops, phone calls, small talk with a colleague who doesn’t speak your language.
06
Pronunciation and connected speech
Word stress, rhythm, and why native speakers appear to swallow half of what they say. Being understood, and understanding back.
PROGRAMME
16 sessions. Zero filler.
Two sessions a week for eight weeks. Each session has a precise objective, materials shared before the meeting, and practical tasks to complete in between.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Beyond the live sessions
The real work doesn’t end when Zoom closes. Here’s what you get with every edition of the course.
Professionally curated materials
Before every session you receive materials prepared by the tutor: vocabulary and phrase sets for the situations covered that week — introductions, storytelling, phone calls, appointments — a repair strategy card with the exact phrases to use when you lose a word or don’t catch what was said, a tense reference for narrating real events without stopping to reconstruct the grammar, and a pronunciation focus sheet for the sounds and rhythms that most affect how easily you’re understood. Proprietary MEI material combined with selected third-party resources. In PDF format — yours to keep, even after the course ends.
Practical assignments
Every session ends with a concrete task: a two-minute voice note describing your week, a recorded phone call role-play, a story to prepare and tell. Recording yourself is uncomfortable for about three days and then it’s the fastest feedback loop you’ll ever have.
Coordinated peer-to-peer practice
Some activities between sessions are done in pairs with another participant: guided conversations, question drills, mutual feedback. The tutor pairs participants and provides a structured task sheet, so peer practice stays useful and precise instead of turning into a friendly chat about the weather.
MEI Certificate — shareable on LinkedIn
On completion you receive a formal Marcus English Institute certificate detailing the programme completed. You can add it directly to the Licences and Certifications section of your LinkedIn profile in two clicks.
Each cohort is led by one MEI tutor from our group course faculty. Your tutor is confirmed when the cohort is finalised — typically just after the registration deadline.
Mr. Eliyah
MEI Senior Tutor – Cambridge CELTA
Native speaker and Pass A CELTA he’s got 10 years of teaching experience across every CEFR level, from A1 to C2. Expert in Financial Services and Workforce. He’s helped business professionals sharpen their English enough to land senior roles in UK and US companies.
Ms. Florence
MEI Senior Tutor – Cambridge CELTA
Florence has lived and worked her way across Australia, New Zealand and Malta in teaching and management — which is exactly the kind of British English her students end up learning: real, spoken, alive, and business ready. A bit of a prodigy she started working in Assistant Teaching roles at only 16, in 2019 she earned the title of “Teacher of the Summer” in Malta.
Mr. Erik
MEI Senior Tutor – Cambridge CELTA
15 years of teaching experience — none of them out of date, because Erik retrains for new certifications and exam formats every single year. Cambridge, IELTS, university admissions, public exams, military, legal: if there’s a qualification, he’s prepared someone for it. He’s our Mr. Wolf of deadlines and impossibles.
MARCUS ENGLISH INSTITUTE
Why choose MEI
All tutors are CELTA-certified
with at least 10 years’ experience teaching professional English to adults. No exceptions.
Maximum 6 people per group
small enough for individual feedback, large enough for real paired simulations.
99.6% verified satisfaction rate
across more than 1,000 students. 5 stars on Trustpilot and Superprof.
All sessions are live and interactive
no pre-recorded video. The tutor is present, responds to the real group, and adjusts the pace in real time.
WHAT PAST PARTICIPANTS SAY
Real Feedback
I’d been reading technical documentation in English for years without any trouble. Then a client rang and I said maybe fifteen words in twenty minutes. That’s why I signed up. What changed wasn’t my grammar, it was that I stopped preparing sentences in my head before saying them. I run those calls myself now.
Andrés V. Logistics Coordinator · Valencia
I signed up because I was going to Scotland with my daughter and I was tired of standing slightly behind her while she spoke for me. By the fourth week I was ordering dinner, asking for directions and having a genuine conversation with the woman who ran the B&B — about the weather, admittedly, but it was mine. They were also clear from the start that two months wouldn’t make me fluent, which I appreciated. What it did was get me started properly, and I’ve kept practising since.
Brigitte L. Retired pharmacist · Lyon
Enrolment
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If you have questions about your level or which cohort to choose, you can book a Free Call — a 15-minute conversation with our team, no commitment required.
Enrolment
October 2026 cohort Starting 20th October · Tue & Thu · 20:30–22:00 CET
Deadline: 05-Oct-26
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