I’d been stuck at “I understand everything but I can’t speak” for about three years. The placement test put me at B1, which stung, but at least it was honest. Five months of the twice-weekly group classes later, I ran a full client presentation in English without writing a script first. The Peer-to-Peer Speaking Lounge is what did it — six people, no hiding, everyone has to talk. The Idioms & Phrasal Verbs Vault also stopped me sounding like a textbook in meetings.