For expats — and anyone moving abroad soon
You already live here. Now speak English like it.
English speaking practice for the conversations a new country actually throws at you — the flat viewing, the team meeting, the neighbour in the hallway. Speak out loud, get answered back, and see exactly what to fix.
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Viewing a flat to rent
with Riley, the landlord
Listening…
Instant feedback
Is the bills→Are the bills
“Bills” is plural, so it takes “are”.
For the year you move, and every year after it
GoAloud is built for one kind of person — somebody living their life in a language that is not their first — at whichever point of it you are standing right now.
You are moving in a few months
The weeks before a move are the calmest you are going to get. Rehearse the first month now — the viewing, the bank, the first day at work — and land already able to hold them.
You just arrived
Everything is admin and everybody talks faster than you can think. Practise the conversations actually on this week's list, at whatever hour you are still awake in.
You have been here years
Getting by is not the same as being comfortable. This is for the ones that stayed hard: disagreeing in a meeting, chasing a landlord, ten minutes with a neighbour.
You will be speaking English in under a minute
No lessons to sit through, no levels to unlock before you speak, nothing to download. Three steps to your first conversation, and a fourth that makes it count.
- 1
Pick a situation
A job interview, a flat viewing, your Monday standup — or describe your own in one sentence and get a scenario built around it.
- 2
Just start talking
Tap the mic and speak. No script to follow, no answers to choose from. It listens and replies out loud, in about a second.
- 3
See what to fix
Corrections appear beside the conversation as you go, each with the fix and a one-line reason, and every one is saved for later.
- 4
Keep what you earn
Say a new word out loud enough times and it is yours for good. Every session you finish scores your fluency. Two ranks, both climbing.
- No lessons to book
- No schedule to keep
- No app to install
- No textbook
- No language partner to find
- No level test before you speak
Consistency is the whole method
Fluency is not built in a weekend. It is built by speaking a little, every day, for long enough that the words stop needing to be looked for. Ten minutes a day is enough — provided it is every day.
Ten minutes is enough
Counted in seconds of your own voice, not time spent looking at a screen. Ten minutes of actual speaking is more than most people get in a week of living abroad, and it fits before work, on the commute, or after everyone else is asleep.
Every day beats one long session
An hour on Sunday is gone by Wednesday. Ten minutes on seven days keeps the words within reach, because the ones you used yesterday are still there when you need them today.
Make it a routine, not a decision
Same time, same place, one situation. Set your daily goal to ten minutes and let it do the reminding. The aim is to never have to decide whether to practise — only what to practise.
Most people who stop did not stop because it was hard. They stopped because they were aiming for an hour and never had one. Aim for ten minutes, and keep it.
Nobody warns you about the small conversations
You handled the visa and the move. Then a neighbour says hello in the hallway and your mind goes blank. That is the part GoAloud fixes.
Practise before you have any local friends
No lesson to book, no language partner to find, nobody watching you struggle. At 6am or midnight, in whatever timezone you are still living in.
Know exactly what to fix
Not a score out of ten. The actual words you got wrong, what to say instead, and why — while it is still fresh.
Two ranks that only ever go up
Words you have earned for good, and a fluency score from every session you finish. Divisions to climb, and nothing a bad day can take back.
Rehearse the conversation you are dreading
The flat viewing. The call to the landlord. Monday's standup. Run it ten times here, so the real one is the eleventh.
Every session moves a number that never goes down
GoAloud keeps two separate ranks for you, and they work in opposite directions on purpose: one counts what you know, the other counts how it comes out of your mouth. Both are earned by speaking, and neither can be lost.
Vocabulary rank
Words you have said out loud in enough conversations to keep.
Divisionswords owned
- Newcomer0
- Settler50
- Local150
- Confident350
- Fluent700
- Native-like1,500
- Master3,000
- Legend5,000
Your partner works new words into the conversation. Say one in 4 separate conversations and it is yours for good — a session counts once, however often you use it there. No points and no score — the words themselves are the rank.
Fluency rank
How smoothly and naturally you speak, session after session.
DivisionsFluency Elo
- Hesitant Speaker0
- Getting Comfortable300
- Steady Speaker800
- Confident Speaker1,800
- Smooth Speaker3,500
- Natural Speaker6,000
- Fluent Speaker10,000
- Master Speaker15,000
Every session you finish is scored out of 100 on how smoothly and naturally you spoke. A strong one pays 15 Elo, an off day still pays 2.
No streak to break, no points to lose, nothing that expires while you are away. The worst a quiet month can do is leave your rank exactly where you left it.
They moved too
“Two years in Amsterdam and I still let my partner do the phone calls. I practised the landlord one until it was boring, then made the call myself.”
“My English was fine on email and useless in the standup. Doing it out loud every morning before work is what finally fixed that.”
“I could always order a coffee. What I could not do was talk to my neighbours for ten minutes without panicking. That is the part that changed.”
What a session actually looks like
It talks back — out loud, in about a second
You speak, it listens, it answers in a natural voice and asks you something back. That back-and-forth is the part no flashcard app can give you, and the part that decides whether you can hold your own in the office kitchen.
Viewing a flat to rent
with Riley, the landlord
Listening…
Instant feedback
Is the bills→Are the bills
“Bills” is plural, so it takes “are”.
Corrections while the sentence is still in your head
Grammar, vocabulary and phrasing, each with the fix and a one-line reason. They appear beside the chat instead of interrupting you, and they are all waiting for you afterwards.
Feedback
I have went there→I went there
Use the simple past for a finished action.
very tired→exhausted
One stronger word sounds more natural than two weak ones.
I am agree→I agree
"Agree" is already a verb — it needs no "am".
Watch the fluency actually arrive
A daily speaking goal counted in real seconds of your voice, a streak worth protecting, and two ranks that climb as you earn words and finish sessions. On the days it feels like nothing is changing, this is the receipt.
Today's speaking goal
10:24 / 10:00
Local
212 / 350 words
Steady Speaker
1,140 / 1,800 Elo
12
day streak
4h 20m
spoken this month
The only way to get better at speaking is to speak
Start speakingStart free. Upgrade if it sticks.
No credit card to begin, and nothing to cancel if you decide it is not for you.
Free taste
Enough to find out whether speaking out loud every day is the thing that finally works for you.
$02 minutes of speaking
- A real conversation, start to finish
- Every ready-made scenario
- Live grammar and vocabulary corrections
- No card required
Monthly
The whole thing, month to month. Cancel whenever you like.
$19.99per month
- Unlimited conversations
- Unlimited scenarios of your own
- Vocabulary builder and session summaries
- Progress tracking, daily goals and streaks
Annual
For the year where it actually has to click. Four months free.
$139.99per year
- Everything in Monthly
- Two thirds of the monthly price
- One payment, then forget about it
- Cancel anytime - access runs to the end of the year
Still wondering?
Is it like talking to a real person?
Close enough that it works. You speak out loud, it hears you, and it answers back in a natural voice within a second or two — so you get the timing, the listening, and the thinking-on-your-feet that real conversation demands. It will not pretend to be human, but it will hold a proper conversation with you, and it never gets bored or impatient.
Do I need to be good at English already?
No. If you can manage a few short sentences, you can start today. Your partner adjusts to how you speak, keeps its replies short, and corrects gently rather than interrupting. Beginners tend to get the most out of it, because the hardest part — finding someone patient to practise with — is the part it removes.
How can I practise speaking English if I have nobody to talk to?
That is the exact problem this was built for. Your partner is free at any hour, is never busy, and never gets bored of you — so you can run the same conversation ten times until it stops being frightening. There is no language exchange to arrange, no tutor to book, and nobody you have to know well enough to practise on.
How is this better than other language apps?
Most apps have you tapping, matching, and filling gaps. That builds knowledge, not fluency. Here you actually talk, out loud, for the whole session — which is the one thing people who become fluent all did, and the one thing most apps never ask of you.
Can I practise one specific conversation, like a job interview?
Yes, and it is what most people use it for. There are ready-made scenarios for interviews, meetings, flat viewings, appointments and small talk, and you can describe your own situation in one sentence to get a scenario built around it. Then run it as many times as you want — the tenth attempt costs no more than the first.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. You can cancel in a couple of clicks from your settings, and you keep access until the end of the period you have paid for. No email, no phone call, no retention offers.
I already live abroad and use English every day. Is this still for me?
Especially for you. Getting by is not the same as feeling comfortable, and most people who move plateau at exactly that point — fluent enough to survive the day, still rehearsing sentences before a phone call. The scenarios here are the ones that stay hard long after the basics are easy: disagreeing in a meeting, chasing a landlord, holding a ten-minute conversation with a neighbour.
I am moving abroad in a few months. Should I start now or wait until I arrive?
Now. The weeks before a move are the calmest ones you are going to get, and the conversations that go badly in the first month are all rehearsable before you land: the viewing, the bank, the first day at work, the neighbour who says hello. Arriving already able to hold those is the difference between a hard month and an ordinary one.
Is there anything to keep me coming back?
Two ranks, and both only ever go up. Vocabulary is counted in words you have said out loud enough times to own for good; Fluency is scored out of 100 after every session you finish, on how smoothly and naturally you spoke. Each has its own divisions to climb. There is no streak to break and nothing that expires, so a quiet month leaves your rank exactly where you left it.
How much practice does it take before I notice a difference?
Most people feel it inside two weeks, and it shows up as hesitation before it shows up as grammar — you stop translating in your head before you answer. Ten or fifteen minutes of real speaking a day does more than an hour once a week, which is why the daily goal here is counted in seconds of your own voice rather than time spent in the app.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in your browser on a laptop or a phone. All it needs is a microphone and your permission to use it.
What happens to my voice recordings?
They are stored on your account so you can listen back to your own sessions, and sent to our speech-to-text provider to be transcribed. They are never used to train anyone's AI models, and deleting your account deletes them. Our privacy policy sets out exactly who receives what.
A month from now, you could stop rehearsing the phone call in your head
It takes one conversation to find out. Nobody is listening but your tutor.
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