Further Help & Resources
(Articles, sample lessons, exhibition reviews)
English for Creative Careers
Help yourself to this collection of resources to help your creative career.
Each article is written to make your English learning journey simpler – or to provide rich vocabulary or discussion topics for English for Art Purposes. However, they are not written as ELT resources (dumbed down or fake).
They contain real topics we consider useful for your studio practice and art and design career.
Tips for Short Pitches | Pitching to Scottish EDGE
How to Pitch Last Monday, True Voice English pitched for a Scottish EDGE Business Award for funding to market our Practice-led English Course for...
Make Friends with Your Brain | Neurolanguage Coaching Explained
How Neurolanguage Coaching® Helps Your English By Jennie Reed Have you ever felt like your artistic voice is lost when speaking in English? Imagine...
Will I Even Need English for my Art Career?
English for Art Careers As an artist, maker or designer, we know that you have more interesting/urgent things to do than work on your English. It's...
How to Not Stop | Task Management Tools in Language Learning
Self-Discipline in English for Art Purposes Educators need to know that task management tools that provide visual progress information can help...
Why You Need Active Learning | English for Art Purposes
Why Artists Need Active Learning The biggest obstacle to helping artists and creatives with English for Art Purposes is getting them to commit. It’s...
Free Class Plan for Reported Speech | AI & Creatives’ Rights
AI & Creatives' Rights Like all academia, AI is a loaded topic in Art and Design Education. This lesson plan looks at just one aspect: proposed...
Practice-Based English for Artists | A Glossary
Active Learning Active learning is a teaching approach that involves students actively participating in the learning process rather than passively...
Anxiety in Language Learning for Creative Careers
An Introduction to the Correlation Between Anxiety & Creativity In her book Beyond Anxiety, Sociologist Dr. Martha Beck examines ways creativity...
How Many Elephants | English for Design Careers
Image credit: International Anti Poaching Foundation How Many Elephants? This week saw the first World Female Ranger Day. Over a two-part blog, we...
English for Design | Holly Budge & How Many Elephants
This is a 2 part lesson plan, examining Englsih for Design through the How Many Elephants (HME) campaign. In our first blog, we looked at World...
The Alone With English Podcast
Alone with English is a free podcast for anyone learning English independently — whether you’re currently in a class, between courses, or have stepped away from traditional lessons altogether.
Hosted by experienced English coaches Ruth and Jennie from True Voice English, the six-part series offers support and fresh perspectives for adults who want to reconnect with English on their own terms. If you’ve ever felt left behind by classroom learning or unsure where to go next, this podcast is for you.
Listen Your Way
Start with Episode 1 or choose the topic that speaks to you most.
No pressure. Just one gentle shift at a time.
You’ve tried everything.
Now try a way in — into English that feels like yours.