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Hospitality in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Front Desk · Washington, D.C., DC

English for hotel front desk agents in Washington, D.C.

Front desk manages government per-diem rates, association group blocks, tax-exemption paperwork and international guests. Handling that documentation clearly in English is unusually technical work.

The English of the job

Not general English. The English your front desk team uses every shift.

Your front desk agents practice exactly what they face in front of a guest: check-in, complaints, upgrades and late arrivals. Model phrases, natural-voice audio and daily correction — not grammar rules nobody repeats at the counter. The full program for front desk agents — the situations it rehearses, the target level and the price bands — is on the national front desk page.

The District and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs have large Salvadoran, Guatemalan and Honduran communities, and those workers are heavily represented in hotel housekeeping, banquet and facilities. The guest side is the opposite: association executives, government travelers and international delegations who communicate in careful, formal English. The distance between those two registers is where service breaks down.

Inside the platform Demo
A hotel guest conversation in the practice platform
15+ minutes a day, in the English of their role
Actual platform screens · Sample data · Employee guidance is in Spanish
Target level

Front Desk: CEFR B1.

A2 as the floor; B2 for a front desk supervisor. The placement exam fixes each person's real level on the A1 to C2 scale, and daily practice is set from that starting point, not from the team average.

How it works

At least 15 minutes a day, measurable from HR.

Free placement exam and needs analysis

Placement exam and needs analysis for your whole team. A1–C2, with 1–1½ hours total and 3–5 days to finish.

Daily practice

At least 15 minutes a day, by role and level. Listen, speak and get feedback from any device.

Progress for HR

See participation and levels by employee, department and property.

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