A speaking course built for real fluency.
In many Chinese classrooms, teachers find it hard to encourage students to speak English enough on their own. When students are not watched by the teacher, real speaking time often becomes very low, and weekly speaking progress slows down.
This 40-week IELTS Speaking course is designed to solve this problem. It helps students move from Band 5.5 towards a confident Band 6.5 or higher by combining strong classroom teaching with an AI speaking partner available anytime.
Our curriculum is carefully researched and organised with the help of advanced AI tools. It uses trusted methods from English-language teaching around the world. The programme does not replace teachers. Instead, it helps teachers spend less time planning and more time helping students build confidence, speak clearly, and communicate better.
Fluency activities should involve no unknown language items, focus on the message, and encourage learners to perform at a higher than normal speed.
Textbooks go stale. Real exams change every month.
Standard English textbooks can take years to publish. By the time they reach the classroom, some speaking questions may feel less natural or less current. IELTS speaking topics also change regularly, so this course does not depend only on fixed textbooks.
Instead, students practise with recent IELTS-style speaking questions reported by students and language training centres across China. The curriculum is updated when new questions are collected, so students can study current topics and feel more prepared on exam day.
Homework is not based on passive worksheets. It is a short, focused speaking workout on our custom web app, using natural text-to-speech voices and Aliyun Qwen Audio AI. This gives students more speaking practice outside class, while teachers can use class time for confidence, fluency, pronunciation, and deeper communication.
Pre-lesson · Shadow reading
Students practise with an AI speaking avatar — perfect UK or US accent. They listen to the next lesson's vocabulary and model answers, then repeat instantly.
They arrive in class with the target language activated and pronunciation muscles privately trained.
Post-lesson · Retrieval practice
Students record unscripted answers to real exam questions in the app. Qwen AI gives instant, personalised feedback on grammar and fluency, 24/7.
Producing language forces learners to notice the gap between what they want to say and what they can say — the cognitive trigger that drives fluency.
The future lies in a hybrid model: AI as an ever-present practice partner tailored exactly to your pace, and the human teacher as a mentor for nuance, culture and complex guidance.
Every lesson climbs the pyramid — from remembering to creating.
Chinese students who take IELTS often want to study at Western universities. These universities expect students to explain ideas, give reasons, compare opinions, and think independently. IELTS speaking also rewards natural communication, while memorised answers can lead to lower scores.
This course uses the updated version of Bloom's Taxonomy by Anderson and Krathwohl. In simple terms, this means students do not only remember answers. They learn to understand ideas, use them, explain them, judge them, and create their own strong responses. Step by step, the course helps students move from memorising English to speaking with real thinking, confidence, and control.
| Cognitive Process | Knowledge | IELTS Speaking Application |
|---|---|---|
| Remembering | Factual | Recall correct vocabulary and common idioms to talk about familiar topics (Parts 1 & 2). |
| Applying | Procedural | Use the procedure for fast, effective notes during the 1-minute Part 2 preparation. |
| Analyzing | Conceptual | Break down complex, abstract Part 3 questions to understand exactly what is being asked. |
| Evaluating | Metacognitive | Judge one's own spoken recordings to detect inconsistencies, using AI feedback to measure progress. |
| Creating | Procedural | Combine words, grammar and ideas into spontaneous, original spoken English under time pressure. |
The AI will take what you've said, analyse it, and produce immediate feedback. You don't just learn the language — you learn exactly where your specific gaps are in real time.
Ideally, every person learning a language would have a patient, kind tutor they could call up any time to work on their spoken language. AI is making that the way the world works.
Three teaching engines drive every 40-minute lesson.
Fluency through repetition
The 4/3/2 technique closes the gap between classroom theory and natural speech. Students say the same answer three times to different partners — in four, then three, then two minutes.
The shrinking time forces words to come out automatically, so students stop translating in their heads and start sounding fluent.
Thinking Classrooms
Sitting at desks makes students sleepy and lets them hide. Instead, students stand at big wall whiteboards in small groups.
Using the physical body wakes up the brain. Markers erase easily — so the fear of making a permanent mistake disappears.
Schema activation + O.R.E.
Short videos prime background ideas so students don't freeze. They draw visual mind-maps to build narrative endurance — stamina to speak for 2 full minutes.
For hard Part 3 questions, the O.R.E. formula (Opinion · Reason · Example) gives the brain a map to build deep answers without stopping.
Two ways to run it — both fit inside the school timetable.
Standard format is one 80-minute classroom lesson per week, with two short online homework sessions students do at home. If the school has a computer lab, the teacher can shorten the in-class portion and move the listening and recording work onto school computers — so all practice happens under supervision.
Listen and repeat (online homework)
Students listen to native-speaker examples for the next lesson's topic and repeat them out loud — building listening and pronunciation before class. Based on Krashen's research on comprehensible input (giving learners language just slightly above their current level).
Full 80-min speaking lesson
Teacher-led 12-step flow: input · fluency drills · assessment · transfer to new topics — paced like the real exam.
Record and get AI feedback (online homework)
Students record their own answers to the lesson's speaking tasks, and, if students choose to subscribe to the paid Aliyun AI voice services, the AI gives instant feedback on pronunciation and fluency. Aligns with Swain's research on output — learners improve by actually speaking, not just listening.
Listen, repeat, record (supervised)
Students listen and repeat native-speaker examples for the next topic, then record answers from the last lesson for AI feedback — all done in school under teacher supervision.
Speaking circuit
Shortened in-class flow focused on speaking practice — students arrive primed and ready to talk.
Designed inside every student's Zone of Proximal Development.
Lessons are designed around the Zone of Proximal Development, an important idea from Lev Vygotsky. In simple terms, this means students learn best when the work is not too easy and not too difficult. It should sit in the space between what they can do alone and what they can do with the right support. This is the best place for progress.
Students who need more help receive clear sentence starters and the A·D·E speaking structure: Answer, Develop, Extend. This helps them build longer answers without feeling lost or frustrated.
Stronger students receive extra speaking challenges. For example, they may need to answer using a three-clause sentence, one idiom, or a more advanced opinion phrase. This helps them speak with more detail and control.
The course follows the main topics and skills needed for Cambridge IGCSE ESL. It is aligned with a leading Cambridge-endorsed IGCSE ESL coursebook, so teachers can use it alongside their existing classroom materials.
The free course uses the natural UK and US voices built into the Microsoft Edge browser. This means every student can hear clear native-speaker pronunciation on demand, which supports listening, pronunciation, and fluency without adding extra work for the teacher.
Schools can also add the optional paid companion app. This gives students AI conversation practice and recorded feedback using Aliyun AI voice services. It helps teachers see students’ speaking progress and give better support.
This is how the course saves teacher time. AI supports input, repetition, pronunciation practice, and extra feedback outside class. The human teacher can then focus more on confidence, culture, natural communication, and live correction.
Human connection is the goal.
AI is the sparring partner that makes the volume of practice possible. The teacher remains the mentor — but with their hands freed from low-value drilling.
What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.
Everything schools and parents want to know.
The best of Western teaching. The best of Chinese classroom discipline. The best of modern AI.
The course is built around recent IELTS-style speaking questions reported by students and language training centres. This means students practise current topics instead of old or artificial textbook questions.
The programme also uses Anderson and Krathwohl's revised Bloom's Taxonomy, a trusted model in modern curriculum design. Students do not only memorise answers. They learn to understand ideas, give reasons, explain examples, compare opinions, and create their own natural responses.
In class, teachers guide students with clear IELTS speaking strategies. Outside class, the AI speaking partner gives students more chances to practise, repeat, listen, and improve. This gives students more feedback than a normal classroom can usually provide.
The result is a complete IELTS speaking preparation system: current topics, clear teaching structure, regular speaking practice, and AI support that helps students improve without adding extra pressure on parents or teachers.
Band 5.5 → 6.5+ in 40 weeks.
Confident, spontaneous spoken English — built on real exam topics, not textbook scripts.
Technology will not replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational.
IELTS® is a registered trademark of the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English. This course prepares students for the IELTS examination but is independently developed and is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or licensed by any examination board.