How to use the Dictation Practice Text Generator.
Dictation text should fit the learner's level and target listening skill. Keep the transcript separate from the exercise and provide audio through an available speaker or audio tool.
Make the workflow fit your task.
Choose the level, length and listening target, then prepare a passage and separate answer transcript. Arrange an appropriate audio reading or speaker and decide how many replays are allowed. Compare errors by pattern rather than counting only a total score.
- What you provide
- Level, spelling goals and topic.
- What you get
- Teacher-readable dictation passage and answer text.
See the input and the result.
Illustrative input and output · a teaching example, not a live WebAct run
Example input
Elementary English learner is practicing times and days; requested passage is two short sentences.
Completed example
The class starts at nine on Monday. Please arrive ten minutes early. Keep this answer text hidden during listening and use a clear audio reading; the written passage alone is not an audio exercise.
Load this input into the prompt, then copy it to WebAct to try the task. Your result may differ from the illustration.
Decisions and troubleshooting.
Can the written dictation passage itself function as the listening exercise?
It is the script and answer material. The learner needs an audio reading while the transcript remains hidden.
Why does the exercise test memory more than the target language skill?
The passage or playback segments may be too long. Shorten them and align replay rules with the learning objective.
Try it with your own source.
Replace the example with your material in the task prompt. Keep the requirements you need, then copy the task into WebAct.
Customize and copy the task ↑