English for Your First Conversations
Like Duolingo, but for English for Your First Conversations. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Stepping Into the Conversation and Navigating and Expressing. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in English for Your First Conversations
- English speakers use 'Good evening' to say hello and 'Good night' to say goodbye
- In English, 'How are you?' functions as a second hello
- The transition from 'morning' to 'afternoon' happens at noon
- A short, positive response like 'Good, thanks!' is expected even if you are tired
- Casual greetings like 'Hey' are used with friends, while 'Good...' phrases suit professional settings
- Detailed health updates are usually reserved for close friends or specific follow-up questions
- Matching the correct English greeting to the time of day and social setting
- Recognizing 'How are you?' as a social ritual rather than a medical inquiry
- A standard English introduction connects a name to a piece of context called an 'anchor'
- Common anchors include your job title or your place of origin
- The word 'from' is the standard way to link your identity to a location
- Recognizing 'How are you?' as a social ritual
- 'Nice to meet you' is the 'closing' phrase of an introduction
- The name exchange must happen before you can say it was nice to meet the person
- The anchor provides the transition into a real conversation
- Sequencing the standard English opening exchange
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives English for Your First Conversations the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
When a coworker passes you and asks 'How are you?' without stopping, what are they doing?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where English for Your First Conversations takes you
Skip the grammar drills and start speaking immediately. Learn the essential phrases and social cues needed to navigate your very first English interactions with confidence.
- 1
Stepping Into the Conversation
- The First 60 Seconds
- Keeping the Flow Alive
- 2
Navigating and Expressing
- The 'Help Me' Toolkit
- Sharing Your World Simply
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
English for Your First Conversations is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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