🗣️ Program 2 · Move Up Academy

Speaking & Listening
Practice

Build the confidence to speak naturally and understand English effortlessly — through live conversation, real audio, pronunciation coaching, and immersive role-play.

🎙️ Live Conversation 🔊 Listening Drills 📢 Pronunciation Focus 🎭 Role-Play Scenarios
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What This Program Is

Communication is the Heart of Language

Our Speaking and Listening Practice program is dedicated entirely to the two most real-world-relevant English skills — the ability to clearly express yourself and accurately understand others. Unlike general English courses, every session here focuses on oral and aural fluency.

Through real conversations, role-plays, audio activities, and pronunciation exercises, learners gain the confidence to use English in everyday life — whether talking to a colleague, attending an interview, or navigating a new city abroad.

🌐 Online & In-Person ⏱️ Flexible Scheduling 👤 1-on-1 & Group

Four Skills We Develop

🗣️ Conversational Fluency
Natural, spontaneous dialogue practice mirroring real-life interactions — from casual chat to formal discussion.
👂 Active Listening
Exercises using authentic audio from news, podcasts, and everyday recordings — training the ear to decode natural English speech.
🔤 Pronunciation & Intonation
Targeted exercises to sharpen clarity, eliminate common errors, and develop natural-sounding rhythm and stress patterns.
🎭 Role-Play Scenarios
Simulated real-world situations — job interviews, travel, academic presentations — so students are prepared before the moment arrives.
100%
Oral-Focused Sessions
4
Core Skill Areas
Real
Audio & Conversation Materials
All
Levels Welcome
What You'll Learn

A Deep Dive into Every Skill

Each area is taught with purpose — structured activities designed to produce real, measurable improvement in how you communicate.

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Conversational Fluency

Fluency isn't just vocabulary — it's the ability to keep a conversation going naturally, handle pauses, and express ideas on the spot. We train this through structured free-speaking activities, debate exercises, and spontaneous topic discussions guided by our teachers.

  • Daily-life topic discussions
  • Structured debate and opinion-sharing
  • Repair strategies for communication breakdowns
  • Filler language and natural discourse markers
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Active Listening

Understanding spoken English — especially at native speed with accents and contractions — is one of the biggest challenges for learners. We use real audio: news clips, podcasts, short films, and recordings of natural everyday speech to build recognition and comprehension.

  • Authentic audio from news and podcasts
  • Dictation and gap-fill comprehension tasks
  • Recognizing connected speech and contractions
  • Listening for main idea vs. specific detail
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Pronunciation & Intonation

Clear pronunciation makes you easier to understand and builds listener confidence. Our teachers identify individual problem sounds for each learner and run targeted drills. We also focus on stress, rhythm, and intonation — the music of natural English speech.

  • Phoneme drills for individual sounds
  • Word stress and sentence rhythm training
  • Rising & falling intonation for questions and statements
  • Accent reduction and clarity refinement
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Role-Play Scenarios

The best preparation for real situations is practicing them first. Our teachers guide learners through carefully designed scenarios that mirror the moments where English proficiency matters most.

  • Job interviews and professional introductions
  • Travel, shopping, and hospitality conversations
  • Academic presentations and class participation
  • Social situations: small talk, events, phone calls
The Process

How a Session Works

Every session follows a proven structure that maximizes speaking time, minimizes passive learning, and gives you clear, actionable feedback every step of the way.

⏱️ 45–60 min sessions 📋 Written feedback included
1
Warm-Up & Goal Setting A short activation exercise gets your speaking going right away. The teacher and student agree on 1–2 focus goals for the session — pronunciation, fluency, specific vocabulary, or a scenario.
2
Listening Activity An authentic audio clip or short conversation recording is played. Students listen for gist, then specific details — followed by comprehension discussion and vocabulary focus.
3
Speaking Practice & Role-Play The core of every session. Students engage in guided conversations, free discussion, or a role-play scenario. The teacher facilitates, corrects in real time, and keeps the student speaking.
4
Pronunciation Drill Targeted work on sounds or intonation patterns identified during the session. Minimal pairs, tongue twisters, and repetition drills — short, sharp, effective.
5
Feedback & Next Steps The teacher summarizes what went well and what to focus on next. Written notes are shared after each session so students can review and practice independently.
Ideal For

Who is This Program For?

Whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced learner who wants to sharpen real-world communication, this program is designed to meet you where you are.

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Students

Build the oral and listening skills needed for school presentations, class participation, and English proficiency exams.

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Working Professionals

Prepare for job interviews, improve your confidence in meetings, or communicate more effectively with international colleagues.

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Travelers & Expats

Get comfortable navigating English-speaking environments — from airports and hotels to neighborhoods and social settings.

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Children & Young Learners

Develop speaking and listening habits early. Our teachers make sessions interactive, encouraging, and age-appropriate for younger students.

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Chinese Learners (中文学习者)

Our teachers are experienced with Mandarin-speaking learners and understand the specific challenges around English pronunciation and listening.

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Intermediate Learners Hitting a Plateau

If your grammar and reading are fine but speaking feels hesitant, this focused oral training is exactly what moves you past the plateau.

Student Stories

What Our Learners Say

"

After just 8 weeks of Speaking and Listening sessions, I passed my job interview entirely in English. I couldn't have done that before — I used to freeze the moment someone spoke too fast.

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Liu Mingzhe
Business Professional, Shanghai
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My daughter was shy and rarely spoke English even though she studied it at school. The role-play sessions here completely changed that. She now talks to her foreign classmates without hesitation.

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Wang Fang
Parent, Guangzhou
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The pronunciation feedback was incredibly detailed. My teacher pinpointed exactly which sounds I was getting wrong and gave me specific exercises. People tell me my English sounds much more natural now.

C
Chen Jiayi
University Student, Beijing

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