Learning kit gives users confidence to speak English on any occasion, from

YOU are in English-speaking company, and the conversation moves from politics to entertainment. You hear names like Marilyn Monroe, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer.

You also have interesting ideas you would like to share - thoughts about Hong Kong and 1997 - but you hesitate to speak. Why? Because you lack confidence, although in fact your English may be quite good.

If you feel you lack fluency in English speaking, and are afraid to mispronounce foreign names, here is the very thing you may be looking for - the booklet and cassette titled ''Up-date Practical Smart English''.

Among other things, the set teaches the proper pronunciation of well-known names in different fields, from the world of fashion and art to the names of countries and cities.

It is part of Silver Planet Production's new oral English package, ''Better English, Better Job'', presented by former Miss Hong Kong runner-up and television host Deborah Moore and film critic and social observer Paul Fonoroff.

Besides the booklet on famous names, the package includes two books plus six cassettes or four compact discs.

The kit contains over 300 pages of text and 300 minutes of taped spoken English. The chapters are wide-ranging in subject, such as ''Asking for instructions'', ''Making an appointment'', ''At the interview'', and even ''On the aeroplane''.