English for the real world

English that works as hard as you do.

Self-paced business English courses, downloadable resources, and live coaching — built for working professionals who want to be understood the first time.

Three ways to learn

Built around your workweek

Self-Paced Courses

Semester-length courses on Udemy with 45–60 hours of modules, projects, and activities — learn on your schedule.

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Downloadable Resources

Worksheets, templates, and guides you can buy and download instantly — built to be used at work tomorrow morning.

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Live Coaching & Events

Book a private 1-on-1 session when you need focused help, or join a live workshop or webinar to practice with others.

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Courses

Learn at your own pace

Each course packs 45–60 hours of material — like a semester of classes — into modules you complete on your schedule, hosted on Udemy.

Workplace Communication Essentials
45 hours Intermediate (B1–B2)

Workplace Communication Essentials

Speak with clarity and confidence at work

  • ✓Start and sustain professional conversations
  • ✓Give and receive feedback politely
  • ✓Explain your ideas clearly in meetings
6 modules Start Learning
Confident Meetings & Presentations
50 hours Upper Intermediate (B2–C1)

Confident Meetings & Presentations

Lead the room — in English

  • ✓Open and close meetings with authority
  • ✓Present charts and data clearly
  • ✓Manage interruptions and tricky questions
6 modules Start Learning
Professional Email & Business Writing
60 hours Intermediate (B1–B2)

Professional Email & Business Writing

Write it right, every time

  • ✓Write clear emails on the first draft
  • ✓Choose the right tone for every reader
  • ✓Structure short reports and updates
6 modules Start Learning
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Digital resources, instant download

Worksheets, templates, and guides built from real workplace needs. Buy once, download immediately, use forever.

Meeting Phrases Cheat Sheet
Worksheets PDF · 12 pages PDF · 12 pages Instant download Print-friendly layout

Meeting Phrases Cheat Sheet

80+ ready-to-use phrases for every meeting moment — opening, disagreeing, clarifying, summarizing, and closing. Print it, keep it beside your keyboard, and never go blank mid-meeting again.

Email Templates Pack (20)
Templates PDF · 24 pages PDF · 24 pages 20 copy-paste templates Fill-in-the-blank placeholders

Email Templates Pack (20)

Twenty battle-tested professional email templates with fill-in-the-blank placeholders: requests, follow-ups, declines, apologies, and introductions. Adapt each one in under two minutes.

Small Talk Starter Guide
Guides PDF · 18 pages PDF · 18 pages 7-day practice plan Situation-based openers

Small Talk Starter Guide

A practical guide to starting conversations at work: openers by situation, follow-up questions, graceful exits, and cultural notes for international teams. With a 7-day practice plan.

Workplace Vocabulary Flashcards
Flashcards PDF · 50 pages PDF · 50 pages 200 flashcards Spaced-repetition tracker

Workplace Vocabulary Flashcards

200 printable flashcards covering the highest-frequency business English words and collocations, grouped by theme — meetings, projects, numbers, and people. Includes a spaced-repetition tracker.

Interview Preparation Workbook
Worksheets PDF · 28 pages PDF · 28 pages STAR-method worksheets Mock-interview rubric

Interview Preparation Workbook

Prepare answers to the 15 questions every interviewer asks. Guided worksheets with STAR-method scaffolding, strong-verb banks, and a mock-interview scoring rubric.

Presentation Checklist & Rubric
Templates PDF · 4 pages PDF · 4 pages Pre-flight checklist Self-review rubric

Presentation Checklist & Rubric

A one-page pre-flight checklist and a self-review rubric for professional presentations — structure, signposting, visuals, and delivery. Used with the Confident Meetings & Presentations course.

Live Coaching Session
Guides Live session Video call Personalized feedback Session notes included

Live Coaching Session

One-on-one coaching focused on your real workplace English goals. Choose session length; you receive a calendar link and prep checklist after purchase.

Price range: $45.00 through $85.00 Add to Cart
1-on-1 Sessions

Private time, focused on you

Choose a session type and book a time that fits your week through my Calendly calendar. We meet online over video.

1-on-1 Speaking Coaching

1-on-1 Speaking Coaching

A focused hour on whatever is holding your spoken English back — pronunciation, fluency, meetings, or presentations. We practice, record, and review together, and you leave with a personal action plan.

60 min $60
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Interview Practice Session

Interview Practice Session

A realistic mock interview for the role you want, with instant feedback on your answers, structure, and delivery. Includes a written summary of strengths and fixes.

45 min $50
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Writing Review Session

Writing Review Session

Bring a real email, report, or presentation draft. We edit it live, and you learn the patterns behind every change so the next draft is right the first time.

45 min $50
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Times shown in your local timezone on Calendly · Sessions held online over video call

Live & in group

Workshops & webinars

Periodic live sessions to practice with other learners. Sign up below — the link arrives by email before we start.

Webinar

Sunday, November 15

3:00 PM

Pronunciation Power Hour

A free live session on the five pronunciation habits that make non-native professionals sound clearer immediately — stress, rhythm, and the sounds that matter most.

60 min · live online · 100 seats

Workshop

Sunday, November 22

5:00 PM

Business Storytelling Workshop

Learn to structure and deliver a short professional story — for interviews, standups, and networking. Interactive, with live practice and feedback in small groups.

90 min · live online · 20 seats

$25.00

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Seminar

Sunday, November 29

4:00 PM

Ace Your Next Interview

A live walkthrough of the 15 most-asked interview questions, model answers in natural English, and a Q&A on anything from salary talk to "tell me about yourself".

75 min · live online · 50 seats

$25.00

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How it works

From stuck to confident

01

Choose your path

A full course, a quick resource, or live time with an instructor — start where it hurts most.

02

Learn by doing

Every module is built around real workplace situations, projects, and speaking practice — not grammar drills.

03

Use it at work

Walk into your next meeting, interview, or email thread with language you already rehearsed.

04

Track your growth

Repeat the process level by level. Confidence compounds — one skill at a time.

About

English for the real world.

RealWorld English is the central place for working professionals to buy and complete self-paced ESL courses — and to get real, human support along the way.

Most learners can already get through the day in English. What they want is to speak up in the meeting, nail the interview, write the email once — and feel like themselves while doing it. That's what we build toward.

Courses run 45–60 hours — a full semester of material — broken into modules you complete on your own schedule, with downloadable resources and live sessions to back you up.

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Professionals practicing English together

What we believe

Real workplaces, not textbooks

Every lesson is built from situations professionals actually face — meetings, interviews, emails, hallway conversations.

Practical from day one

You don't finish a module and wonder when to use it. You use it at work the same week.

Confidence over perfection

The goal isn't flawless grammar — it's being understood, trusted, and heard the first time you speak.

Your Instructor
Malee Long, founder of RealWorld English
Meet your instructor

Malee Long

I've spent years helping adults use English where it counts: at work. RealWorld English brings that coaching into courses, resources, and live sessions you can fit around a full-time job.

My approach is simple — practice the exact situations you face, get honest feedback, and build a library of language you actually use. No busywork, no grammar trivia.

Focus

Professional English

Learners

Working adults, B1+

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Students

What learners say

Professionals from more than a dozen countries use RealWorld English at work every day.

“The meetings course changed how I show up at work. Last week I presented our quarterly numbers in English — and for the first time, I enjoyed it.”

Marta Kowalczyk

Finance Analyst, Warsaw

“The email templates pack paid for itself in a day. I stopped rewriting the same follow-up five times and my clients reply faster now.”

Diego Ferrer

Account Manager, Barcelona

“The interview practice session was tough but fair. I walked into my real interview knowing exactly what I was going to say — and I got the job.”

Ayesha Rahman

Software Engineer, Singapore

“I used to stay silent in video calls because I was afraid of making mistakes. After the small-talk module I actually started the conversation in our team call.”

Kenji Yamamoto

Product Designer, Osaka

“Malee explained small talk, negotiation, everything in a way that made sense for real situations. My German colleagues noticed the difference within weeks.”

Lucas Berger

Logistics Coordinator, Berlin

“The business writing guide is still open in a browser tab three months later. It is the first resource that actually sounds how people write at work.”

Priya Nair

HR Specialist, Mumbai

“I was promoted to team lead and suddenly had to run stand-ups in English. The one-on-one sessions gave me phrases I used the very next morning.”

Tomás Silva

Engineering Team Lead, Lisbon

“The pronunciation feedback was a game changer. Clients stopped asking me to repeat myself on sales calls — that alone was worth every cent.”

Amara Okafor

Sales Executive, Lagos

“I had taken three courses before this one and always quit. The lessons are built around actual work situations, so I stayed motivated to the end.”

Ingrid Larsen

Marketing Manager, Oslo

“The negotiation webinar was an hour long and I left with a script I used in a supplier call the same week. Practical from minute one.”

Chen Wei

Procurement Officer, Shanghai

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