‘Put 20 Spare Minutes to Use’: Learn English Conversation With AI

[Financial News] A new online course lets busy workers and college students practice speaking English by investing just 20 minutes a day.
YBM Online, the online language education arm of YBM Net, announced on the 13th that it had launched a new English conversation course, Time to Speak. The course features one-to-one practical speaking training powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
To mark the course launch, YBM Online is offering a promotion to reduce the cost of enrollment. All students who sign up for the course will receive an immediate tuition discount of up to 30%. The course period will also be extended by 15 days at no charge, allowing students ample time for review and repeated practice.
The course, which officially opened on the 12th, is designed with class sessions of around 20 minutes each to reduce the burden of studying and boost engagement. Students can choose one of three levels—beginner, intermediate or advanced—based on their conversation skills and learning goals.
Expert instructors provide close guidance from the Starter level, which teaches basic sentence construction and everyday expressions, to the Master level, which focuses on speaking polished English suited to global business settings. The intermediate Builder course is also available.
A YBM Online representative said, “We designed the course to help learners who have put off studying conversation because they lack time gain confidence in real-world conversations with native speakers by investing an easy 20 minutes a day,” adding, “We hope everyone from beginners with limited fundamentals to intermediate and advanced learners seeking natural conversational expressions will see rapid, clear improvement in their speaking through our tailored courses.”

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