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Core Language Skills
Better everyday English. With a real coach to help you.

Core Language Skills is for adults who want to speak English better in daily life. You can book up to four calls a month with real English coaches. On each call, you practise speaking, get feedback, and fix mistakes. Between calls, you can use short online lessons on your phone — whenever you have time.

₹199
for first 7 days
Then ₹1999 / month

Auto-renew monthly unless cancelled

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Includes

  • Speak English more confidently in daily life
  • Learn with expert English coaches
  • Up to 4 live speaking sessions every month
  • Plus more than 50 hours of online lessons
  • Your trial week comes with 1 dedicated coach session
  • Learn anytime on mobile or web
What will you learn?
  • Have a 10-minute conversation in English without going back to your own language
  • Introduce yourself with confidence — at work, or with new people
  • Make a phone call in English — for banking, customer support, or a colleague
  • Use past, present and future tenses without stopping to think
  • Ask questions, and ask again when you don't understand
  • Learn the words you need for daily life — work, family, news, shopping
  • Understand fast English when you listen

What's in the online lessons?

 
Short video lessons, listening practice, and speaking practice. They cover the parts of English that are hard for most people — tenses, prepositions, small talk, talking on the phone, and what to do when you don't know a word. You can use them when you have time. In a queue, in the auto, before bed. They fit into your day.Most English apps don't know who you are. STEP is different. On every call, a real coach listens to you. They hear how you speak. They learn what you find hard. They help you with the real conversations you have in life.

What are Coach calls?

Coach calls are phone calls with a real STEP coach. One-on-one. Only you and the coach. With Core, you get up to four calls a month. Each call is 30 minutes long. Every call has four parts. First, free talk to help you feel ready. Next, the coach checks your work from the last call. Then a short lesson on one grammar or pronunciation problem you have. Last, new words and phrases for a real-life topic — saying hello, asking for help, making a complaint. At the end of the call, you get a small task to bring back to the next call.

How does booking work? 

You book your call in the STEP app. Pick a time that works for you. Each call is with a STEP coach who is an expert on the topic you want to learn. If you need to change the time, you can do it in the app.

What happens after the first week? 

Your first week costs — 199. If Core works for you, you pay 1,999 a month after that. We take the payment with UPI. You can stop any time before the next payment. There is no long lock-in.

Why does The Hindu run an English platform? 

The Hindu has printed an English newspaper in India for 148 years. We know how much good English can do for people here — what it opens up, and what it can hold you back from. We made STEP so that anyone who is ready to work hard can learn English with help from a real coach.