10-minute English
The 10ME program is a simple yet effective way to improve your language skills. Find out more and sign up to receive daily prompts and suggestions.
About 10-minute English
Practising your English skills purposefully can take as little 10 minutes per day. Spending time listening, reading, speaking or writing, and setting goals about what you want to learn, can help you to steadily improve your English and enjoy it more.
Your 10-minute English practice should be:
Comprehensible – You understand most of the material.
Interesting – You enjoy discovering new ideas about the topic; it could be one of your hobbies, for example.
Daily – You spend 10 minutes a day, every day, focusing on a language skill.
10-minute English cycle
- Set a clear goal for a specific skill, e.g. listening
- Choose a comprehensible and interesting source
- Spend 10 minutes practising the skill
- Assess how your goal has been achieved
- Use items/skills learned from 10-minute English in everyday communication
- Identify issues in everyday communication to set new goals for 10-minute English.
And repeat the cycle from 1 to 6.
Join the 10ME Program
If you want to receive daily prompts and suggestions for your 10-minute practice, sign up for the 10ME Program. These short videos explain what the program offers and why you should join.
Sign up for the 10ME Program below:
(via UniMelb login)
Resources for daily practice
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- Clickable phonemic chart: BBC English (Download the chart to be able to use it)
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Final tip
The real challenge of 10-minute English is to maintain the habit in your daily routine. You can use short bursts of time in your weekly schedule. Also try putting up a visual reminder of your 10-minute English goals and resources for each week. Enjoy your 10-minute play with English every day!

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