10 live sessions · 3 weeks · Starts July 23
More English lessons won't push your score past 125 — fixing the root problem will. I'm a certified examiner. In this cohort I'll show you exactly what your first language is doing to your English, and how to fix it.
The fee is the smallest part of what another retake actually costs you.
—It means missing one university deadline after another.
—It means frustration, because you don't even know why your score is bad.
—It means anxiety, as your future starts to feel uncertain.
—And worst of all, it means disappointing the people who maybe even took out loans to build your future.
You read articles, you follow movies without subtitles, you can hold a conversation with a native speaker. There are only two reasons your score won't move. Fix them, and it climbs fast.
Problem 1
You're great at taking English in. But when you're forced to produce it — on demand, against a timer, like in the DET — it gets hard. Part of your mind is still translating from your first language, and translation eats time. Fix this, and you stop freezing.
Problem 2
Most DET courses never mention this, and it's quietly destroying your score: your first language is structuring your English in ways you can't see. Once someone shows you the pattern, you can't unsee it — and you stop making the mistake.
Enea came to me stuck at an official 90. He needed a higher score for his Master's program in San Diego, and the deadline was weeks away.
His English wasn't the problem. His score was.
We did 10 lessons together. On June 1st he certified at 105 — B1 to B2. His Speaking went from 80 to 100. Twenty points, in the skill most students fear most.
90 → 105
Official score
B1 → B2
CEFR level
+20
Speaking subscore
He didn't become a different English speaker in those lessons. He learned how the test is actually scored — and how American English structures meaning. That's what moved the number.
Real moments from real sessions — speaking topics, writing structure, interview questions, pronunciation. Every name and detail is from an actual class transcript.
The problem. Her test was full of abstract nouns. She wrote, "The creation of a painting about nature gives the possibility of the elimination of stress." Technically correct — but as English structure, it's a serious mistake.
The fix. I showed her that English loves verbs more than piles of nouns. By the end of the session she corrected herself: "When people paint a picture of nature, it helps them forget the stress of taking public transport, passing exams, and interviewing for jobs." Three verbs. The DET rewards exactly that.
English packs meaning into verbs; French packs it into nouns. Once you see the difference, you write with the clarity the DET rewards.
The problem. Ana described processes vaguely. Explaining how bricks are made, she said "they refine the clay" without explaining what refining actually involves. The DET penalizes undetailed descriptions.
The fix. I handed her a water bottle and said, "Tell me how to drink this." She started with "open it" — so I waited. She kept going: "grab the lid… squeeze… twist." By the end of the session she was breaking an entire diagram into specific mechanical steps, unprompted.
Can you make a ten-year-old understand a complicated process from your words alone? That's the skill the DET is testing.
The problem. Omar wrote in French essay structure — context, details, story, and only at the very end his main point. And in speaking, his mind moved faster than his mouth, so he froze on topics and interview questions, which hurt his score badly.
The fix. English structure is the opposite: state your main point first, then support it. I gave him one rule — first sentence = context, subject, your main claim. "People should avoid jungles, because they're dangerous…" then the details follow. For the freezing, I trained him to slow down and buy thinking time with phrases like "let me clarify."
English puts the point first, then supports it. Flipping that one habit — in both writing and speaking — can move your score 10 to 15 points.
Stop wasting time on practice tests and money on endless retakes. This is me diagnosing exactly what's stealing your points, correcting it in real time, and giving you work to apply between sessions.
Three sessions a week for three weeks — Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 6:00 PM CET. Small group, limited to 10 students. We work through the interference patterns from your first language: writing structure, speaking topics, interview questions, pronunciation — corrected in real time, by me, not after the fact by an algorithm.
Writing assignments with line-by-line feedback. Pronunciation drills matched to your ear. WhatsApp access for quick questions. You do the work; I review it. This loop is where most of the points come from.
Big to Small Speaking Strategy and Past Tenses — a $48 value, added to your account the moment you join, and yours to keep.
You've practiced under pressure dozens of times. The structure is automatic. The timer starts and you know exactly what to do, because you've done it before — with someone watching.
A welcome email with your classroom link and account login arrives immediately.
A Google Calendar invitation follows within minutes — every session, already scheduled.
Your two self-study courses appear in your account automatically. Log in and open the Courses tab.
Before July 23, I send you a short diagnostic task, so session one starts with your score-blocks already mapped.
First session: Thursday, July 23 at 6:00 PM CET. Same classroom link every time — nothing to install.
"The strategies I learned changed how I respond under pressure. I became much more confident and precise, and my DET responses improved immediately."
Omar B. — Morocco
"The teaching approach is truly incredible — techniques completely outside the box that make a real difference. I'm really happy to see my progress."
Ana Luiza — Brazil
"Since starting classes with LU English, I've been able to think in English. The most important thing isn't grammar — it's how to use it in real situations."
Matías N. — Argentina
— You understand English well, but freeze when you have to produce it under pressure.
— Your writing feels correct, but your DET score says otherwise.
— You score higher on writing than speaking, or the other way around.
— You have a university deadline and a family to make proud, and you don't want to waste more time or money on another retake.
This is not mock tests, score predictions, or a teacher who just watches you answer DET questions. Those things show you the score you'll get — they never help you improve it. This is diagnosis, real-time correction, and work to apply between sessions, so you actually improve as fast as possible.
I'm Sean Kivi — MA in Translation Studies from the University of Nottingham, Texas bilingual educator certification, and I've taught in 7 countries on 3 continents.
Everything you're struggling with, I understand. I learned Spanish to C2 the hard way, living abroad — so I know exactly how it feels to understand everything but still not be able to produce something good. When the words are inside you, but you can't get them out.
It took me a decade to find the solution. But it worked — for me, and for the 127+ students I've taught since. It wasn't more lessons, and it's never more practice when the base is built wrong.
10 live sessions · Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 6:00 PM CET · Limited to 10 students
$249 USD
This is the founding price. It will not be this price again.
Includes two self-study courses, yours to keep ($48 value): Big to Small Speaking Strategy & Past Tenses.
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The score you want is one step away. Founding cohort starts Thursday, July 23 — 10 seats only.