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Listening

The fastest way to find the words your ears are missing: write down what you hear, and see exactly where it went wrong instead of a score you can't act on.

What you get

What it actually does.

1

Dictation, checked word by word

Play a line, type what you heard, and see precisely which words slipped past you — the gap is always a specific word, never a vague feeling.

2

Any YouTube video becomes a lesson

Paste a link and it is transcribed into timed lines you can practise: real speech, at real speed, on something you chose.

3

Sets that build up

Curated sentence sets grouped by level and topic, so you can start where the speed still makes sense and climb from there.

4

Exam listening too

Full IELTS and TOEIC listening papers, timed, with the real recordings and marked against the published key.

Ways to practise

What you can actually do here.

Dictation

Type exactly what you hear, word for word, and see which words slipped past you.

Any YouTube video

Paste a link and it becomes a timed dictation in the speaker’s own voice, at their own speed.

Echo a native speaker chunk by chunk. It is the fastest way to tune your ear to real speed, which is why it is here as well as under Speaking.

IELTS Listening

Also in IELTS

Sections 1–4 with the published recording, timed and scored by band.

TOEIC Listening

Also in TOEIC

Photographs, question–response, conversations and talks — Parts 1–4, marked instantly.

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