Getting more jobseekers through their interviews in Camden
Jobseekers in Camden practised interviews and workplace conversations on Lingly, with feedback in their first language. It resulted in employment, and in learners who carried on practising long after the pilot ended.
"It was great to see the learners who engaged with Lingly build real confidence in their English, with at least one going on to secure care work off the back of it."
Naomi Madden-Crowe
Workforce Programme Manager, North London Councils
Interviewing well in English is crucial
In a second language an interview is two things at once: working out the answer, and working out how to say it. Your participant knows more than they can show, and the interviewer only sees what comes out.
Candidates with non-standard accents are rated less hireable than identically qualified candidates who sound local (Spence et al., 2024, meta-analysis of 27 studies).
Our unlimited practice changes that, and faster than a waiting list allows. Camden learners' spoken confidence went from 2.75 to 3.75 out of 4 in three months. Some moved from a 2 to a 4.
Emmanuel built confidence through a vocational language course and is now employed
Emmanuel came to the UK from Ghana for social care, then lost his sponsorship. He started Lingly the week he was invited and practised wherever he happened to be, on his phone at home and out walking.
"I had a lot of mistakes coming in because I was sounding like a Ghanaian. The system was able to understand that certain things have to be said in particular ways to be understood. That was the game changer."
"I used what I learned from Lingly and it really helped. I got feedback from the employer on how good my performance at the interview was."
Now employed in care. Still using the platform.
Mustapha wanted something else entirely
Mustapha has worked in IT and in teaching and is between roles. He came to Lingly to keep his English sharp rather than to prepare for any one interview, and what he wanted most was help with written English, specifically workplace emails.
I can go on in the afternoon, or the evening. Honestly, everyone can fit it into their own day.
The speaking got better, then the writing. Emails, honestly. That's what work actually needs from me.
Nobody's told me to do it. I just know it's going to help me at interview.
85 days of practice. No employer asking, no deadline.
How Lingly helped
It adapts to what each participant needs
Emails coming out blunt? Can't structure an answer about a gap in their CV? Our AI spots the gaps in each learner's English and builds the next lesson around them. Nobody works through a syllabus written for someone else.
Unlimited practice, wherever they are
Emmanuel practised on walks around his local park, talking back and forth for as long as he wanted. No commute, no classroom, no fixed hour on a Tuesday. Time to think about his answers and take in feedback at his own pace.
A safe place to get it wrong, as often as it takes
Nobody is watching, nobody laughs, and the correction arrives instantly. So participants make the mistakes, learn from them and go again. That's why Emmanuel walked into his interview with the answers already rehearsed.
What it costs
A Lingly licence is a fraction of the cost of 1:1 tuition, and the practice is unlimited rather than five hours a month. Even that's the smaller prize: a licence starts the day you hand it over, and what you're buying is the placement.
- 1 Lingly licence, per quarter
- £99
- Standard 1:1 ESOL pricing, per quarter
- £450
- Difference
- 78% less
Three months, fourteen licences
No classroom and no waiting list. You can also see who has practised before each one-to-one, so it sits inside supervision rather than adding to it.
60,000+
Words of English spoken
~3,000
Mistakes corrected
85
Top practice streak, in days
5/5
From the post-programme survey
Have participants with an interview coming up?
Lingly gives them the conversations to practise and corrects the things they can't hear themselves getting wrong. They can start the day you invite them.
