14-Day English Crash Course for QA Engineers
Intensive Sprint

This crash course is for QA engineers and test engineers who need focused, fast improvement in technical English — before a new role, a technical interview, or when joining an international team. It covers the 14 highest-priority vocabulary and communication areas for QA work: from testing types and bug reporting to BDD, test automation, and interview preparation.

The course is designed for B1–B2 English learners (intermediate). You should be able to hold basic conversations in English. The course improves your professional and technical English, not general English from scratch. If you are unsure of your level, try Day 1 — if the vocabulary feels completely unfamiliar, build general English skills first.

Each day is designed for 20–30 minutes: roughly 10 minutes on vocabulary and 15 minutes on the exercise. The intensive format keeps sessions focused — every day is tied directly to vocabulary and scenarios from real QA work environments.

The course covers unit, integration, and E2E testing vocabulary, test strategy and coverage language, bug reporting vocabulary, severity and priority language, BDD vocabulary (Given-When-Then), TDD vocabulary (Red-Green-Refactor), test automation terminology, automation framework language, defect lifecycle vocabulary, regression and release testing language, defect report writing, test plan communication, and interview and negotiation phrases.

Yes. Day 5 focuses specifically on BDD vocabulary — including the Given-When-Then syntax, feature file language, scenario writing, and the English phrases used when discussing acceptance criteria with product owners and developers in Agile teams.

Yes. Day 11 focuses specifically on writing defect reports in English — including the vocabulary for steps to reproduce, expected vs actual results, severity and priority language, and the phrases used when discussing bugs in standups and sprint reviews with development teams.

Yes. Days 7 and 8 cover test automation vocabulary and framework language — including page object model, test fixtures, assertions, mock objects, test doubles, and the English used when discussing automation strategy, test coverage metrics, and CI/CD integration with developers.

The 14-day crash course covers the 14 highest-priority areas in a condensed format. The 30-day path goes deeper — adding performance testing vocabulary, security testing language, exploratory testing communication, test management tool language, advanced automation vocabulary, and a full week of leadership and mentoring communication for senior QA roles.

Yes. Days 13 and 14 cover QA technical interview speaking and salary negotiation phrases — including the vocabulary used when discussing test strategies, automation experience, and defect metrics at job interviews. See /exercises/speaking/technical-interview-speaking/ for the full exercise set.

After the crash course, move to the 30-day QA path for deeper coverage of performance testing, security testing, advanced automation, and leadership communication. You can also browse all exercises at /exercises/ or explore the Frontend Developer 14-day path if your role involves testing web applications closely with frontend teams.