Using the audio texts

Dictatext features audio texts for learners of English as a foreign language.

The audio texts below can be used for dictation, and there are linked activities to help you memorise the texts. Start right away by selecting a text below to listen to and learn.   

Jim's day at work

Geography

It's a great little town

In trouble with my flatmate

A tricky situation

Always thinking about Neil

After prison

Products sold in supermarkets

The seagull and the President

Jim's luck

The disappointing hotel

The one that got away

What did they talk about?

What if the internet had never been invented?

She used to be anxious