Speak Like a Local: Beyond the Basics
Like Duolingo, but for Speak Like a Local: Beyond the Basics. 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.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
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 turns Speak Like a Local: Beyond the Basics into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where Speak Like a Local: Beyond the Basics takes you
Move past textbook phrases and start expressing your true personality in English. Master the natural rhythms, shortcuts, and social cues that make conversations flow effortlessly.
- 1
Sound More Natural Right Now
- The Art of Small Talk Starters
- Using Fillers to Buy Thinking Time
- Connecting Words for Smoother Sentences
- Softening Your Requests and Opinions
- Mastering Common Daily Shortcuts
- 2
Navigate Real-World Social Situations
- Disagreeing Without Being Rude
- Telling Engaging Short Stories
- Handling Interruptions Gracefully
- 3
The Mechanics of Native Rhythm
- Why Some Words Disappear in Speech
- Using Stress to Change Your Meaning
- The Up-and-Down Music of Questions
- Linking Sounds Between Words
3 sections · 12 units · 24 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Why can standard greetings like 'How are you?' sometimes be a bad way to start a real conversation?
Get it right to open this lesson and 23 more in the app.
You pick the voice
Speak Like a Local: Beyond the Basics 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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