An independent English school in Laguna Beach

English you can actually speak.

/ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ juː kæn ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li spiːk/

Six levels, one path

Every course is pinned to a CEFR level — take the free test to find yours.

  1. A1

    First words

  2. A2

    Getting by

  3. B1

    Holding your own

  4. B2

    Working & arguing

  5. C1

    Nuance & idiom

  6. C2

    Near-native

Courses people finish

/ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/ — verb: to complete, not abandon in week three

How we teach

speak ≥ 50%

You talk for half of every class

Grammar is taught because you’re about to use it — in a story, a debate, a role-play — within the same ninety minutes.

max 8 seats

Groups small enough that silence is impossible

Six to eight students: enough voices to be unpredictable, few enough that everyone speaks in every class.

pattern-level feedback

Corrections that name the rule

“You’re using past simple for interrupted actions” teaches more than fixing one sentence. Every piece of homework comes back with the pattern, not just the red ink.

“After eight years of school English I could pass any grammar test and order exactly nothing in a restaurant. Two terms here and I argue about football in English — badly, but loudly.”

Marek N. · B1 Conversation

From the staff room

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Not sure of your level? That’s the easiest part.

A free 20-minute level test — half written, half a relaxed chat with a teacher. You leave with a CEFR level and a course recommendation, no strings attached.