Intermediate English Speaking Course (B1–B2)

Stop translating in your head

At the intermediate stage, most learners know enough English to get by. They can make sentences, follow conversations and understand most of what they read. What holds them back is speed and confidence: they think in Hindi or Urdu, translate, and then speak — and by the time the sentence is ready, the conversation has moved on.

The Intermediate English speaking course (CEFR B1–B2) exists to break that habit. Its single goal is to make you capable of speaking English without the help of your mother tongue. Over 3 months you learn the structures fluent speakers use every day, and you practise them in debates, discussions and role plays until they come out naturally.

Is this your level?

• You completed our Basic course, or your placement test shows B1.
• You can talk about everyday topics but hesitate, repeat words or mix up tenses.
• You want to handle interviews, presentations or college discussions confidently.
• You plan to take IELTS or PTE later and need a stronger base first.

Intermediate syllabus (3 months)

1. Review of basic grammar — tenses, affirmative, negative and question forms, much vs many, prepositions and articles.
2. Perfect tenses — present perfect (“I have lived here for five years”), past perfect, future perfect, since vs for, already, yet, ever and never.
3. Modal verbs — ability, permission, obligation, probability and advice: can, could, may, might, must, should, ought to, have to.
4. Conditional sentences — zero, first, second, third and mixed conditionals for real and imaginary situations.
5. Relative clauses — who, whom, whose, which and that; defining and non-defining clauses.
6. Passive voice — in different tenses, with “by”, and in formal English.
7. Gerunds and infinitives — “I enjoy reading” vs “I want to go”.
8. Reported speech — statements, questions, requests and tense changes.
9. Direct and indirect objects — word order in “I gave her a gift”.
10. Punctuation and sentence structure — commas, semicolons, colons and dashes.
11. Commonly confused words — fewer/less, since/for, phrasal verbs, homophones and collocations.
12. Review and practice — paragraph writing, debates using conditionals and reported speech, speaking with complex structures.

How fluency is built in class

Every structure is practised in a real task. You use conditionals to argue about hypothetical situations, reported speech to retell a classmate's story, modals to give advice, and the passive voice to describe a process. Wednesday group discussions and regular debates push you to respond quickly, which is the skill that finally ends the translation habit.

Assessment

Grammar quizzes on tenses, passive voice and conditionals; oral presentations using complex structures; short essays and reports; and active participation in discussions. You use ESL workbooks, audio and video material, flashcards for phrasal verbs and common mistakes, and interactive grammar games.

Fees and timings

Classroom batches cost ₹2,500 per month (₹6,500 for 3 months); live online Intermediate batches cost ₹1,500 per month. Batla House Intermediate batches run at 8:30 am, 10 am, 4 pm, 5:30 pm and 7 pm; online at 2 pm and 10 pm. See all fees.

Where it leads

After Intermediate you can move to the Advanced English speaking course, start IELTS coaching or PTE coaching, or apply your fluency at work with the Business English course. Compare all levels on the English speaking course page.