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Dictation

Dictation is listen-and-type practice on real videos. You hear a sentence and type exactly what was said — sharpening your ear, your spelling, and your ability to catch detail at speed (all of which feed straight into IELTS Listening).

The dictation library

How it's organised​

  • Dictation content is grouped into playlists (collections of videos on a theme, each with a difficulty level).
  • Open a playlist to see its videos; each shows how many sentences it has and how far you've got.

How a session goes​

  1. Pick a playlist, then a video.
  2. For each sentence, play the audio (you can replay it as many times as you need) and type what you hear.
  3. The app checks your typing word by word — correct words lock in, mistakes are flagged so you can fix them.
  4. Work through the sentences; your progress on each video is saved so you can come back.

Good to know​

  • Replay is unlimited here — unlike a real exam. That's deliberate: dictation is for training your ear on tricky words and connected speech, so use the replays.
  • Start with a playlist at or just above your level; drop down if you're missing too much.

Tips​

  • Type what you actually hear, then fix it — don't guess the whole sentence from context.
  • Pay attention to weak forms, linking, and word endings ("-ed", "-s") — that's where marks are lost in real Listening.
  • A few sentences a day is plenty; consistency beats cramming.