Meeting a new neighbour
Anna meets a neighbour in her new building. Listen for questions about names, places and people.
Listen and practise
English listening · A1 to C2
Hear English clearly,
one sentence at a time.
Listen to a short sentence, type what you hear and check it straight away. Each lesson has five sentences and takes about five minutes.
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How it works
Listen
Play a sentence as often as you like and slow it down to 0.75×.
Type
Write the English sentence you hear.
Check
See what was right, read a short explanation and try again.
Why dictation helps
Hear every word
Writing each word down shows exactly which sounds you miss: short words, linked sounds and word endings.
Short and focused
Five sentences per lesson fit into a coffee break, so practising every day is easy.
From stories to exam-style recordings
Practise with stories, dialogues, news, TOEIC-, IELTS- and TOEFL-style recordings, numbers and spelling.
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Choose your level
Levels are suggestions. Start where the sentences feel a little difficult but still understandable.
Try a first lesson
Start with one of these A1 lessons.
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Anna wants to cook dinner in her new apartment. First she needs a supermarket and the right phone number.
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Anna looks for a pen in her bag and finds many other things. Listen for the objects.
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Is this an official test?
No. The lessons are practice. Levels A1 to C2 are guidance, not a CEFR certificate, and exam-style lessons are not affiliated with TOEIC, IELTS or TOEFL.
Is there help in other languages?
Yes. Menus, instructions, lesson descriptions, vocabulary and explanations are available in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Thai and Indonesian. The audio and sentences stay in English.
About the lessons
Lessons come from public-domain and openly licensed stories and reports (VOA Learning English, African Storybook) and from original lessons written for this site and read by a text-to-speech voice.