About English Ready

It’s a great online course for global people: adventurers and achievers. In a few hours a week, your English fluency (speaking and listening) will improve. You will improve your writing, and your grammar accuracy will improve. You will start to use more vocabulary, and learn more too. Study with the best online teachers, and make new international friends.

  • Pedagogy: The best teachers know interaction and participation is important for language learning. You will talk, listen, have conversations, laugh, and have fun while improving your communication skills.
  • When: Flexible schedule, book your own classes (24 hours before). Cancel and reschedule upto 24 hours before.
  • Time: Each lesson is 50mins. Book as many lessons you want in a week.
  • Class sizes: 6 to 15 is best for developing your communication skills.
  • Teachers: Are qualified by Australia’s strict standards. They have university qualifications, industry certified, classroom practiced, and online practiced and trained.
  • You need: Modern PC with at least 10mb/sec upload and download speed. Microphone, headphones, and web camera. Be ready to meet great people.
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • How: Sign up and book your classes today.

GE1 Grammar & Vocab

This course helps students learn the fundamentals of language. Included is introduction, pronunciation of vocabulary, practice, and speaking practice. research by Swain and Krashen shows that learning language in context and practice using it in real life context is best for deep learning.

  • Levels: CEFR A1 to C1
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: Essential Grammar In Use, English Grammar In Use, Advanced Grammar In Use (Cambridge University Press)
  • Aim: Develop and improve grammar and vocabulary knowledge and skills for life, work, study, and EAP
  • Content: Vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, speaking practice, conversation
  • Availability: Most days. Sign up and book today.
  • Popularity: ★★★★★/5
  • Importance: ★★★★/4
A CEFR B2 level class discussing “City Problems”.

GE2 Listening, Pronunciation, & Speaking

This is a very important course for developing communication skills. It teaches you listening skills and strategies, pronunciation and vocabulary recognition skills, and gives speaking practice. Students who study this do well in communicative tests like IELTS and Cambridge; and succeed in university studies abroad, and in international business.

  • Levels: CEFR A1 to C1
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: Pronunciation In Use (Basic to Advanced; Cambridge University Press)
  • Aim: Develop and improve oral communication skills for life, work, study, and EAP
  • Content: Vocabulary, listening practice, speaking practice, conversation practice
  • Availability: Thursdays and Fridays (Syd time). Sign up and book today.
  • Popularity: ★★★/5
  • Importance: ★★★★/4

GE3 Communication Skills

This course applies the knowledge learnt in GE1&2. Research by psycholinguists like Meryl Swain show that languages are learnt when they are used in real contexts. Students will practice expressing their ideas and opinions with classmates. Classmates are from a variety of countries including Spain, Japan, Korea, Colombia, France, and other places. This is an important chance to learn how to apply language knowledge. Though news articles may be used, there will still be new vocabulary and pronunciation knowledge to learn, and social/interaction skills.

  • Levels: CEFR A1 to C1
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: Side by Side 1 (Pearson), or Empower (Elementary to Advanced; Cambridge University Press)
  • Aim: Practice conversation and writing skills for comunication, exams, and EAP
  • Content: Theme-based conversation, writing, and reading.
  • Availability: Most days. Sign up and book today.
  • Popularity: ★★★★★/5
  • Importance: ★★★★★/5

GE4 Conversation Practice

This course prepares students for life overseas, business, and social life. Textbooks do not teach students from specific cultures how to interact with people from different cultures. This course lets you practice communicating with people from different countries, learn social and meaning-negotiation skills and strategies. It’s also a fun time to practice language with a variety of people from around the world.

  • Levels: CEFR A2 to C1
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: No textbook, but recent news articles of interest to the class
  • Aim: Practice and improve conversation skills with fun people
  • Content: Vocabulary (based on topic), pronunciation, basic reading skills, knowledge of the world, cultural knowledge, conversation and thinking practice, problem solving
  • Availability: Most days. Sign up and book today.
  • Popularity: ★★★★★/5
  • Importance: ★★★★/5

GE5 Reading Club

  • Levels A2 and up
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: Various graded Readers
  • Aim: Not serious, but fun/interesting way to practice English
  • Content: Vocabulary, pronunciation, story reading skills, knowledge of the world, cultural knowledge, conversation practice.
  • Availability: Coming soon

GE5 Writing Club

  • Levels: A2 and up
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: Various materials supplied by teacher
  • Aim: Not serious, but fun/interesting way to practice English
  • Content: Vocabulary, writing structure, grammar, writing for various genres (including job applications, emails, short essays, creative/fun writing)
  • Availability: Coming soon

EAP English for Academic Purposes

This course helps prepare students to study Certificate, Diploma, and university courses in English speaking contexts. Vocational and tertiary courses use specialised and technical vocabulary and grammar. These courses require special listening, presentation, and writing skills. EAP will help prepare students to have the best possible success in their academic studies.

  • Levels: B1 and up
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: Oxford EAP B1
  • Aim: Prepare students for Certificate IV, diploma, and university courses
  • Content: Academic & technical vocabulary; writing-grammar; lecture listening skills and practice; note-taking skills and practice; short essay writing skills, structure, and practice; presentation skills & practice
  • Availability: Thursday and Friday evenings (Sydney time); more to come. Sign up and book today.
  • Popularity: ★★★/5
  • Importance (for pathways students): ★★★★/5
A CEFR A1 level class starting their class

LIA Life in Australia

This is a course to help you live well in English speaking countries. You will learn things like what to say at: The bank, fashion stores, cafes, and more. And other skills like how to understand your electricity bill, how to find accommodation, how to negotiate a car purchase, and more.

  • Levels: A1+ and up
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: Materials provided by teacher
  • Aims: To prepare students for life in English speaking countries
  • Content: Various topics including rental accommodation; food shopping; how to book a holiday; how to buy a train ticket; job applications; maths language (for jobs); getting a mobile phone; etc
  • Availability: Coming soon

ER IELTS

  • Levels: B1 and up
  • Find your level: What is my CEFR level?
  • Text: Focus On IELTS
  • Aims: To prepare students to succeed in their goals on the IELTS test.
  • Content: Students learn test strategies, test format, points to prepare, and some new language input. It is highly recommended that students also take GE1 Grammar & Vocab, and GE Communication Skills.
  • Availability: Coming soon. Also available is our ELICOS IELTS.