Everyday English Conversation
Like Duolingo, but for Everyday English Conversation. 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 The Art of the Interaction and Navigating Real-World Friction. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Everyday English Conversation
- English speakers use 'morning' until noon and 'evening' after sunset
- Informal greetings like 'Hey' are reserved for established relationships
- Standard 'Hello' works as a safe, polite default for formal settings
- The phrase 'How are you?' functions as a second hello in English
- A short, positive response like 'Good, thanks' is expected
- Detailed personal or health updates are usually avoided in brief service encounters
- Matching the correct English greeting to the time of day and social context
- Recognizing 'How are you?' as a social ritual rather than a medical inquiry
- Eye contact acts as a 'green light' for starting a conversation in English
- A slight head nod is a silent way to acknowledge someone's presence before speaking
- Looking at the floor or away usually signals you are busy or not open to chatting
- English speakers use transition words like 'Anyway' or 'So...' to signal a conversation is ending
- Walking away immediately after your last sentence feels 'abrupt' or cold
- 'Have a good one' is a catch-all phrase that replaces 'day', 'afternoon', or 'night'
- Identifying non-verbal cues that invite English conversation
- This phrase is considered friendly and casual but still polite enough for service workers
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 Everyday English Conversation 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.
You’re grabbing coffee with a close friend you've known for years. Which greeting feels most natural?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Everyday English Conversation takes you
Skip the grammar drills and start speaking immediately. Learn the essential patterns to handle real-world interactions, from meeting new people to keeping a conversation flowing naturally.
- 1
The Art of the Interaction
- Starting and Ending Smoothly
- Keeping the Ball Rolling
- 2
Navigating Real-World Friction
- The 'I Didn't Catch That' Toolkit
- Thinking Time and Natural Flow
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Everyday English Conversation 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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