About
Good conversation starts with a little curiosity.
The English is Mike's story-based learning space for adult English learners. Mike is from Chicago, and the lessons use American English.
A story gives us shared ground.
You do not have to invent a topic from nothing. A character makes a difficult choice, a familiar routine looks different, or a small detail changes the situation. There is something concrete to talk about.
The aim is to make speaking more comfortable while building clearer, fuller responses.
Support without a script.
Real photographs and short passages introduce the scene. Questions move from understanding what happened to interpreting it and connecting it with your own experience.
Different language versions, sentence frames and optional Korean question support help make the same adult subject matter accessible at different stages.
Culture is a starting point for questions.
The stories are original fiction. Cultural details provide context, not rules about how everyone in a country lives. Photographs illustrate the setting; the real people pictured are not the fictional characters.