// about_you

About You

Everything the app knows about you, and all of it editable. Your level sets how hard the tasks are, the questionnaire casts the rooms, and what you say here in your own words outranks the tick boxes wherever the two disagree.

your english

how you behave under pressure

in your own words

say it out loud

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Four questions, spoken rather than typed. Nothing here is marked or scored: it is on file so the coach knows how you actually sound, and you can re-record any of it whenever you like.

This browser cannot hear, so the recorder is off. Chrome or Edge will do it, and nothing else on this page needs a microphone.

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on camera

your answers

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previewing a first login

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The board is showing what a new learner sees. Nothing has been cleared and nothing is being written: your own profile, streak and history are exactly where they were, and a reload ends the preview.

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Check your personality, to be sure.

Twelve questions. It sets the habit your coach hunts for in every answer.

A category built for you is ready to draft.

speakmentor drafts three around your weak spots and you pick one.

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opens Wednesday

Your next tailored category unlocks in {{ unlockNeedLabel }}, written from how you actually score.

Lv {{ level }} YOUR LEVEL

{{ xpTotal }} TOTAL XP

{{ streak }} DAY STREAK {{ streakNote }}

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$ speakmentor --start

Speak English like the engineer you already are.

Practice the real situations you hit at work, standups, PR reviews, conference calls, and get instant feedback split into grammar, vocabulary, and idioms.

// streak repair

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// your repeated mistake

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// this week

days completed

answers reviewed

XP

average score

drills retired

// jump back in

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Video Presentation

          one take, once a week
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          ·
          +120 XP
          
        

You present yourself, then get a breakdown of eye contact, expression, body language, tone, hesitations, grammar and confidence, worth 120 XP.

          
            1 allow camera
          
          →
          
            2 record one take
          
          →
          
            3 your breakdown

this week's scenario

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One recording a week keeps it a real performance. Work on the notes from your last take in the meantime.

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Camera and microphone

Nothing is uploaded. The recording stays in this browser tab and is discarded when you leave.

your browser will ask next

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Look at the lens, not at yourself. One take, you can retake, but the first is the honest one.

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watch it back, then rate yourself

Your honest self-review is half the feedback, the coach compares it against what the recording measured.

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Submitting locks the challenge for a week.

reviewing your delivery…

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ON-CAMERA PRESENCE

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+120 XP banked · next challenge in 7 days

keep doing this

fix before next week

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say it like this

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Saved to your archive below, it survives a reload.

// your recordings

Nothing recorded yet. Your takes are kept on this device only, the last {{ videoData.maxTakes }} stay here so you can watch your eye contact and posture change week to week.

// your recordings

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then vs now · {{ videoData.cmpGapLabel }}

earlier {{ videoData.cmpA.score }}%

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later {{ videoData.cmpB.score }}%

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// {{ quizData.tierLabel }}

these lines are for

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the underlined part is wrong, type the correction

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type only the missing words

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how it lands {{ quizData.delVerdict }}

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marking your line…

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// grammar

Grammar

Thirteen grammar disciplines, unlocked one at a time, plus a mix when you confuse two of them.

Start with the three tenses you use every day, then how to ask a question in the right order, the two things every conversation needs. Clearing a trial banks its XP; scoring 90% or better on it opens the next one, and every run draws a different set of exercises, so a near miss is worth re-running. Finishing a whole discipline opens the next one, and only that one: irregular verbs, the continuous and perfect forms, the small words that change what you promised, reporting what was said, and on through conditionals, modals, idioms, phrasal verbs and the soft skills the language is for.

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How progression works

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+{{ n.xp }} XP

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finish this one

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// soft_skills

Soft Skills

Three levels, and they run on their own ladder rather than behind the grammar branches. Basic is open from the start: agreeing, asking for clarification, paraphrasing. Clear half of a level and the next one opens. Every drill is scored like any other trial, and one of them lands in Learn Today whether or not your grammar needs work.

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rehearse the real one

What is the hard conversation this week?

Who it is with, what you have to get out of it, and what you are dreading. Four lines from your own situation, marked the same way the trials are. No XP and no tier: this one is practice for Thursday.

// materials

Łukasz's Materials

Articles and videos posted for you to work through.

Each one carries its own flashcard deck, and the pacer drops the oldest unread one into your daily plan.

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link

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title

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note to students

topics

excerpt or transcript · optional

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Nothing posted yet

Nothing matches that. Clear the search or pick a different topic.

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// the shelf

Books Łukasz recommends

Books for working alone at the business end of IT: client work, scope, pricing, explaining a decision to people who do not read code. Standing recommendations, not assignments. Nothing here enters your daily plan or counts against the queue above.

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title

reading up on it…

author

why I recommend it · one point per line

level

topics

cover · optional

looking…

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The shelf is empty. Anything added here is a suggestion only. It never appears in the daily plan.

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That material is gone.

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          from Łukasz
          
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// this material

// practice questions

Four open questions on this topic, an opinion, a disagreement, how it matches your own workplace, and a decision. Answer them out loud and you have something to say when it comes up.

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drafting ten cards…

No cards on this one yet. Draft a deck, or write the first card yourself.

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draft

✓ in your deck

// flashcards

Flashcards

// your decks

import into yours new deck from csv

sort

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Nothing matches that.

sort decks

your deck · empty

Nothing saved yet

Save a term from any review and it starts filling up, or import a CSV above.

delete {{ md.count }} cards?

No deck has a card matching that.

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No cards saved yet

Cards land here from your reviews, most answers come back with one term worth keeping, and saving it takes one tap.

term

click the card to flip →

meaning

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deck finished

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space flips · ← → move

// task_category

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// built for you, {{ catData.blurb }}

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Choose a task, respond by typing or speaking, and get grammar, vocabulary and idiom feedback, with a score at the end.

A drill's level sets three things at once: who you are talking to, how hard the task itself is, and how long you get.

show

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yours

new drill

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level · room, stakes and clock

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// speaking

Speaking Practice

Every task in the app, spoken.

Today's run mixes your categories, small talk, then an interview, then a client call, climbs slowly from easy to your hardest room, and casts a different person for each one. Start at the top and don't choose; clear one and a new task takes its place.

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your partner :

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tip · {{ sessionData.tipText }}

this task is {{ sessionData.moveLabel }}

not · {{ sessionData.moveNot }}

casting the room…

your mission · {{ sessionData.sceneGoal }}

                    the coach could not write their opening line, this one is generic
                    
                  

                  
                  speakmentor · review
                

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likely outcome

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// clean answer, grammar, word choice and phrasing all landed. Nice.

// nothing to mark here, no XP for this one. Answer the task and it counts.

grammar & structure

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+{{ g.improved }}
// {{ g.note }}
+you fix this one, quick check below

vocabulary, swap for something sharper

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// {{ v.note }}

                        cultural register · {{ turn.cultureLabel }}
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// {{ cr.why }}

read the room

idioms you could reach for

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use when: {{ id.when }}

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✓ {{ id.savedLabel }}

save to

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                        // {{ dn }}

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✓ they gave you what you came for

                    
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quick check · {{ challengeData.patternLabel }}

you said

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speakmentor · reviewing

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                  // {{ spotData.noteLine }}

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type the correction

use {{ spotData.keyWord }}

use: {{ spotData.hintLabel }}

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session report

{{ sessionData.report.outTurns }} · mission was {{ sessionData.report.outGoal }}

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SESSION SCORE

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{{ sessionData.report.taskDone }} · the whole conversation

✓ {{ cv.text }}

✗ {{ mg.text }}

Next time: {{ sessionData.report.taskNext }}

// {{ sessionData.report.bandTag }}

{{ sessionData.report.roomReadText }}

{{ sessionData.report.trialText }}

{{ sessionData.report.turnsCount }}RESPONSES

{{ sessionData.report.grammarCount }}GRAMMAR FIXES

{{ sessionData.report.vocabCount }}VOCAB SWAPS

+{{ sessionData.report.xp }}XP EARNED

carried in {{ sessionData.report.carryText }}

delivery {{ sessionData.report.dlv.score }} {{ sessionData.report.dlv.line }}

{{ sessionData.report.dlv.wpm }} {{ sessionData.report.dlv.pace }} {{ sessionData.report.dlv.fillers }} {{ sessionData.report.dlv.restarts }}

· {{ dn }}

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your next session · already set up

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// {{ sessionData.report.plan.fixNote }}

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up next {{ sessionData.upNext.bandLabel }} {{ sessionData.upNext.kindLabel }} {{ sessionData.upNext.catLabel }}

{{ sessionData.quotaHeadline }} daily limit

still open right now

                
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                  Enter to send · Shift+Enter for a new line

About You

Speak English like the engineer you already are.

Video Presentation

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Grammar

Soft Skills

Łukasz's Materials

Books Łukasz recommends

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Flashcards

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Speaking Practice

Who's on the other side?

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Who are you actually dealing with?

Three ways to go after it

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