EMANUELE · LESSON 8 HOME PRACTICE
Listen → Repeat → Speak
Practice the same phone conversation from class. Listen more than once, repeat the useful chunks and finish with your own short phone call.
🎧 real listening🔊 natural pronunciation📅 scheduling☎️ speaking
Step 1
Listen for meaning.
Step 2
Repeat useful phrases.
Step 3
Use them in your own call.
1 · Memory First 🧠
3–5 minDo not check your notes first. Try to remember the complete phrase.
Ask if Thursday is possible.
Are you available on Thursday?
Suggest 3:00.
Can we meet at three?
Change to 4:00 politely.
Could we meet at four instead?
Say the time is good for you.
That works for me.
Say you cannot meet at that time.
I’m not available then.
Finish the call.
See you then.
2 · Listen Again 🎧
5–10 minFirst listen: normal speed. Use Slow only if you need it.
What does Julia need?
What do they finally choose?
3 · Listen for the Exact Words 🔎
10–16 minListen again. The options are similar on purpose.
Are you available on ___?
Can we meet at ___?
Could we meet at four ___?
That ___ for me.
See you ___.
I need to schedule a ___.
4 · Pronunciation Lab 🔊
16–23 minUse this routine: Listen → repeat with the audio → say it alone.
Are you available on Thursday?
Can we meet at three?
Could we meet at four instead?
That works for me.
Thursday at four. See you then.
Thank you. See you then.
Small challenge
Choose THREE phrases. Say each phrase once without audio.
Phrases completed 0
5 · Speak Back ☎️
23–30 minRandom prompt
Click “New prompt”.
Your rule
Answer aloud before you check.
Are you available…?Can we meet…?Could we meet… instead?That works for me.
Speaking score 0
6 · Calendar Call 📅
30–36 minYour calendar
Time
Wed
Thu
Fri
2:00
BUSY
FREE
FREE
3:00
FREE
BUSY
FREE
4:00
FREE
FREE
BUSY
Phone question
Click “New question”.
Important: If the time does not work, do not stop. Suggest another time.
7 · Final Voice Note 🎙️
36–40 minSituation: You need to schedule a client meeting for Thursday. The client suggests 3:00, but you are busy then. Suggest 4:00 instead and finish the call.
Your mission
Record a voice note of about 30–45 seconds.
Try to include:
I need to schedule a meeting.Are you available…?I’m not available then.Could we meet at four instead?That works for me.See you then.
Do not write a complete script. You can write keywords only.
45-second timer
0:45
Optional second attempt
Do it again with less support. Try to sound more natural — not faster.