1. What this tool is for

Build your listening and speaking skills in foreign languages. Practice pronunciation, listening comprehension and vocabulary, using real-life videos, audio and texts.

2. Try these sample activities

 •  tasks based on the series The Flatmates, English at Work, VoA Learning English
 •  common irregular English verbs
 •  mini-test on articles
 •  pronunciation tips and tongue twisters
 •  tasks for Mandarin Chinese learners

3. Interactive features

 •  🎧 Click a word to hear it, or Ctrl + click a word to hear the entire sentence.
 •  🔍 Select a text to hear it, look it up, translate and add to vocabulary.
 •  🔁 Loop audio/video fragments at custom speed:
  or open a local file/drag-and-drop.
 •  ⚙️ Adjust playback and TTS speed in the settings.
 •  📺 Watch live TV channels or listen to the radio at slower speed.
 •  🗣️ Play voice games (Chrome/Edge desktop).
 •  📖 Practice shadow reading.

4. Make your own tasks

✍️ From your own text:
Got a text to study? Paste it below (or click to get an example), then hit Go! and start exploring it.
▶ From a YouTube video:
 •  Click the 🗋 icon and paste the url of a YouTube video.
 •  Copy/paste lines with timestamps from the video transcript.
 •  Edit if needed.
 •  Click the link icon to generate a shareable task link.✏️ Edit current task:
Click the Aa icon on the header of this window to modify this task.

5. More tasks & games

 •  Discover more activities and voice games.
 •  Want to make your own voice game? Check out this document.
 •  Have feedback or suggestions? Leave them here.