# Art of Speaking

> Art of Speaking is an English assessment and communication platform developed by Language Consultants – The English Grammar Club S.r.l. It helps learners, professionals, companies and educators understand how English ability works across tests, real-time communication and practical contexts.

Art of Speaking provides CEFR-aligned online placement tests, a personalised Speaking Check and a Knowledge Centre focused on speaking, listening, retrieval, fluency, grammar, pragmatics, assessment and professional communication.

A test result provides an estimate of overall level. It does not describe every skill, context or performance condition. Art of Speaking therefore treats English ability as a profile rather than a single fixed score.

## Start Here

- [Art of Speaking](https://www.artofspeaking.it/): Main assessment platform with CEFR-aligned English placement tests.
- [What Is Art of Speaking?](https://www.artofspeaking.it/what-is-art-of-speaking/): Overview of the platform, its purpose and its approach to assessment.
- [About the English Placement Test](https://www.artofspeaking.it/about-the-english-placement-test/): Explanation of the placement test and how its results should be interpreted.
- [Knowledge Centre](https://www.artofspeaking.it/knowledge-centre/): Articles about speaking, listening, fluency, retrieval, grammar, pragmatics, CEFR and professional English.

## Assessment

- [General English Placement Test](https://www.artofspeaking.it/english-placement-test/): Adaptive online English placement test providing an indicative CEFR result from A1 to C2.
- [Speaking Check](https://www.artofspeaking.it/speaking-check/): Personalised 30-minute online evaluation of spoken English in real communication.
- [CEFR Reality Check](https://www.artofspeaking.it/cefr-reality-check/): Analysis of CEFR alignment, online placement testing and observable communicative performance.

## Core Principles

- English ability is a profile of different skills, not one single measurement.
- Recognising English is different from retrieving and producing it in real time.
- Performance changes according to pressure, familiarity, context and task.
- Placement tests provide useful estimates but cannot fully evaluate spontaneous communication.
- Assessment should provide clarity, direction and an appropriate next step.

## Cornerstone Articles

- [You Don’t Have an English Level. You Have an English Profile.](https://www.artofspeaking.it/you-dont-have-an-english-level-you-have-an-english-profile/): Explains how different skills, contexts and performance conditions combine inside one overall result.
- [Why Do I Understand English but Can’t Speak It?](https://www.artofspeaking.it/why-do-i-understand-english-but-cant-speak-it/): Explores the difference between recognising language and retrieving it during real-time communication.
- [Why Is English So Much Harder on the Phone?](https://www.artofspeaking.it/why-is-english-so-much-harder-on-the-phone/): Explains how missing visual cues, reduced sound quality and real-time pressure affect telephone communication.
- [Why Do I Understand Every Word but Still Miss the Joke?](https://www.artofspeaking.it/why-do-i-understand-every-word-but-still-miss-the-joke/): Examines humour, tone, inference, sarcasm, cultural references and shared context.

## Organisation

Art of Speaking is developed by Language Consultants – The English Grammar Club S.r.l.

Registered office:
Via Vitruvio 5
20124 Milano
Italy

C.F. / P.IVA: 09648710961
Capitale sociale: €26.000,00 i.v.

## Contact

- [Art of Speaking](https://www.artofspeaking.it/)
- Email: support@languageconsultants.it