Find your voice in any classroom
Master the real spoken English you need to participate, ask questions, and shine in any classroom. From first-day nerves to confident discussions — built for students who are ready to be heard.
Every student has something worth saying — my job is to make sure the words are there when it counts.— Victoria Wheeler
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Ask and answer questions clearly during class discussions without freezing or losing your train of thought
- Use polite academic phrases to request help, clarify instructions, and talk to teachers confidently
- Participate actively in group projects and partner activities using structured conversation starters
- Present ideas and short oral reports in front of classmates with organised language and natural delivery
- Understand and respond to common classroom instructions, prompts, and academic vocabulary in real time
- Handle everyday school situations — hallway small talk, lunch conversations, and club meetings — with ease and confidence
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 20 lessons
Finding Your Voice on Day One
Builds the essential foundation before any academic speaking begins. Students develop basic self-expression, learn to read the classroom environment, and practise the everyday social English that makes school feel safe and navigable. This module deliberately comes first because confidence in low-stakes social situations is the prerequisite for higher-stakes academic speaking.
- 1.1Introductions That StickIncluded
- 1.2Hallway Talk and Lunch ConversationsIncluded
- 1.3Reading the Room — Classroom Instructions and RoutinesIncluded
Talking to Teachers — Academic Confidence with Adults
Equips students with the polite, precise academic language needed to communicate with teachers and school staff — a critical skill that directly unlocks access to support, better grades, and stronger relationships. Placed second so students have a safe adult-facing communication toolkit before they are asked to speak up in full class settings.
- 2.1Asking for Help Without Shutting DownIncluded
- 2.2Clarifying Instructions Like a ProIncluded
- 2.3Talking to Teachers Outside Class — Hallway Stops and Office HoursIncluded
Speaking Up in Class — Questions, Answers, and Discussions
Tackles the heart of academic spoken English: participating actively and confidently in class. Students build the linguistic tools and mental strategies to answer questions without freezing, ask high-quality questions, hold their ground in discussions, and maintain fluency under pressure. Placed third so students arrive with social ease (Module 1) and teacher-communication skills (Module 2) already in place.
- 3.1Answering Questions Without FreezingIncluded
- 3.2Asking Great Questions in ClassIncluded
- 3.3Holding Your Own in Class DiscussionsIncluded
- 3.4Keeping Your Train of Thought — Fluency Under PressureIncluded
Working With Others — Group Projects and Partner Tasks
Develops the collaborative spoken English students need for group work — one of the most frequent and socially complex speaking situations in school. Students practise initiating group talk, negotiating, disagreeing diplomatically, and giving and receiving feedback. Sequenced after individual class-speaking skills so students bring personal confidence into the group setting.
- 4.1Starting and Structuring Group ConversationsIncluded
- 4.2Negotiating, Disagreeing, and Reaching Decisions AloudIncluded
- 4.3Giving and Receiving Feedback in EnglishIncluded
Stand and Deliver — Oral Presentations and Reporting
Builds the complete skill set for formal spoken presentations — from structural planning through delivery craft to audience Q&A. Sequenced after collaborative skills so students have already practised organising thoughts aloud with others before standing alone in front of the class. The module culminates in a full mini oral report, the most demanding single speaking task in the curriculum.
- 5.1Organising What You Say — Structure for Spoken PresentationsIncluded
- 5.2Delivery Skills — Voice, Pace, and Body LanguageIncluded
- 5.3Handling Questions from the AudienceIncluded
- 5.4The Full Run — Mini Oral Reports in Front of the ClassIncluded
Real-World School English — Putting It All Together
The capstone module that extends and integrates all prior learning into authentic, unpredictable school situations. Students encounter academic vocabulary in real-time speech, navigate the less formal English of clubs and extracurriculars, and demonstrate everything they have learned in a final public showcase. Deliberately placed last so every skill is available to be drawn upon.
- 6.1Academic Vocabulary in Real-Time SpeechIncluded
- 6.2Club Meetings, Extracurriculars, and Social English at SchoolIncluded
- 6.3Capstone — Speak Up ShowcaseIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
International new arrival
Just landed in an English-medium school and needs the real language of classroom life — fast — to keep up from day one.
Silent-but-capable student
Reads and writes English well but consistently freezes when asked to speak in class or participate in discussions.
ESL high schooler
Enrolled in mainstream classes and determined to contribute to group projects and presentations without holding back.
Pre-departure student
Preparing to study abroad and wants to arrive ready to speak up, ask questions, and connect with classmates from day one.
Younger immigrant learner
A 10–13 year old navigating a new school system who needs confidence for hallway chats, lunch tables, and classroom routines.
Motivated self-improver
An older teen or young adult in an ESL program who is tired of sitting quietly and is ready to finally be heard in class.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Victoria Wheeler
I know what it feels like to have the answer — and still say nothing.
Maybe you understand everything the teacher is saying. You've done the reading. You know what you want to contribute. But the moment there's a pause and it's your turn to speak, something shuts down. The words feel slippery. You worry about your accent, your grammar, your pronunciation. And so you stay quiet. Again.
That silence isn't a language problem. It's a speaking practice problem — and it's one of the most fixable things in the world, once someone shows you how.
That's exactly why I built Speak Up School. Not to drill grammar rules or test your vocabulary lists, but to walk you through the real spoken situations you face every single day at school: asking your teacher to repeat an instruction without feeling embarrassed, finding something to say when everyone's looking at you, pushing back (politely!) when you disagree with a classmate in a group project, and standing up in front of the class to deliver a presentation that actually sounds like you. These are learnable skills. Concrete, practicable, one-real-situation-at-a-time skills.
Every lesson in this course is built around a moment you recognise. Not imaginary dialogues from a textbook, but the hallway before class, the group table during a project, the teacher's office door you've walked past three times without knocking. I'll give you the language for that moment — the exact phrases, the structures, the little tricks that keep your thoughts from scattering — and then we'll practise until it feels natural.
You don't need to already be confident to start. You just need to be ready to try. By the time you reach the Speak Up Showcase at the end of this course, you'll have a voice that belongs in any classroom — because it already did. We're just going to help you use it.
I can't wait to hear what you have to say.
— Victoria Wheeler
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