Savvy esl
ABOUT

Serious materials for advanced learners.

Carefully levelled English, without being intellectually levelled down.

BUILT FROM EXPERIENCE

Good English changes as a career progresses.

At a certain point in a career, being able to explain an idea clearly in English isn't enough. Professionals need to frame the discussion, influence the room, challenge diplomatically, keep a meeting focused, negotiate priorities and communicate decisions with confidence, all while still sounding like themselves.

Savvy esl was created by an English teacher with 18 years' experience. In private practice she works with senior-level professionals, including C-suite leaders and senior professionals across advertising, luxury, finance, European sports governance and public administration. Teaching them made one thing clear: the skills that matter most at work are rarely the ones everyday materials practise.

These skills aren't reserved for the top of an organisation. Early-stage professionals need them to move forward, and more senior professionals need them to stay effective. Savvy esl turns them into ready-to-use lessons any teacher can bring into the classroom.

WHO IT'S FOR

Skills that move a career forward.

Savvy esl creates materials for teachers working with ambitious adult professionals at any stage: early-stage professionals who want to advance, and managers, specialists, project leaders and consultants who already carry significant responsibility. A learner may be working at B1 or B2 level while their role, or the role they are working towards, asks far more of their English.

Each lesson begins by building on the language of meetings, decisions, leadership, workplace culture, technology and negotiation through credible scenarios and intelligent, accessible content. The language is carefully levelled. The ideas are not simplified beyond recognition.

Real skills, clearly levelled
Debate lessons practise giving opinions, disagreeing politely, persuading and reaching a decision. Video lessons take on specific situations, like running a meeting or disagreeing with a boss. Grammar games and crosswords build accuracy and clear explanation. Every lesson shows its real CEFR level.
Four formats, one standard
Debate lessons, video lessons, grammar games and information gap crosswords, built around real sourced articles, authentic video and role-play, the way professionals actually practise a language.
Built by a working curriculum designer
Savvy esl grew out of lessons written for real institutional and EU-level clients, not a generic content mill.

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