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Choose your English dictation below. You'll hear it read four times :
first, the whole passage is read at normal speed for you to listen for gist;
second, each phrase is read slowly twice, with punctuation, as you write;
then the whole passage is read again for you to check your work;
finally, the written text is shown - count your mistakes.
Allow up to 20 seconds for pages to load, but don't click until you're ready to write!
Language Level Title Duration
(seconds)
English
1 Students
2 Introductions
3 Numbers
4 Whose?
5 Names and Numbers
6 A Timetable
7 A Form
8 A Friend 1
9 A Friend 2
10 A Friend 3
1 My Cat Trotsky
2 Strange Food (Anonymous)
3 Tears and Laughs (Samuel Beckett)
4 More Beckett
5 Numbers
6 That man
7 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
8 East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
9 The Unicorn (James Thurber)
10 A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
11 Describing Self 1
12 Describing Self 2
13 Describing Self 3
14 The Cemetery
15 My Two Friends
16 Routine
Choose your English dictation below. You'll hear it read four times :
first, the whole passage is read at normal speed for you to listen for gist;
second, each phrase is read slowly twice, with punctuation, as you write;
then the whole passage is read again for you to check your work;
finally, the written text is shown - count your mistakes.
Allow up to 20 seconds for pages to load, but don't click until you're ready to write!
Language Level Title Duration
English
1 Students
2 Introductions
3 Numbers
4 Whose?
5 Names and Numbers
6 A Timetable
7 A Form
8 A Friend 1
9 A Friend 2
10 A Friend 3
1 My Cat Trotsky
2 Strange Food (Anonymous)
3 Tears and Laughs (Samuel Beckett)
4 More Beckett
5 Numbers
6 That man
7 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
8 East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
9 The Unicorn (James Thurber)
10 A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
11 Describing Self 1
12 Describing Self 2
13 Describing Self 3
14 The Cemetery
15 My Two Friends
16 Routine
