Improve My English series follows an American couple named David and Annie. Americans do things that people in other countries do, except they speak English when they are doing them. A general American life consists of making phone calls, going out to meet some friends, or even getting a hair cut. In truth, a general American life of speaking English consists of that….speaking English.
So improve your English by listening to this series, and imagine yourself in these American shoes. Asking for a hair cut, talking about a project at work or talking to a friend on the phone. How would you be asking the questions? How is he pronouncing his American English?
This is David and Annie. Our two friends who have let us listen in on their conversations. Now you can listen too and follow along as you read what they are saying in English. Here is where you can listen to a lot of their conversations. Everything you hear has been transcribed so you can read along.
The David and Annie Series
- Going on a Date Series
- Business Trip Series
David and Annie have a whole day of conversations as they go on a date. After you listen to one conversation, just click on “Next Page” to go to the next in the date series.
David and Annie are on a business trip. Listen as they stop in an American gas station, ask for a hotel room and have an evening dinner at a restaurant.
All the David and Annie Conversations
- The Phone Call
- Going Shopping
- At the Mall
- The Restaurant
- Eating Food
- At the Movies
- The Park
- The Post Office
- Gas Station
- Asking For a Hotel Room
- Hotel Meal Times
- Directions to the Convention Center
- Ordering and Eating at A Restaurant
Listen as David calls Annie on the phone.
Listen to David and Annie on their way to the Mall.
Listen to David and Annie as they shop for shoes and purses.
Listen as David and Annie order food at a restaurant.
Listen as David and Annie discuss eating their food.
Listen to David and Annie decide which movie they would like to see.
Listen to David and Annie as they walk around the park.
Listen to Annie asking questions at the Post Office.
Listen to David and Annie at a gas station.
Listen as David asks about a hotel room.
Listen to David ask questions about the meal times in the hotel.
Listen as David is given directions.
Listen to David and Annie at the restaurant where they ask for a table, order food and ask for their check.

