Passage courses

Passage dictation courses on NewWordBook: short stories, slow news and other passages in English, Spanish and French, taken down sentence by sentence to train listening and spelling.

English for beginners: short stories (English)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the supermarket
• Unit 3: A rainy weekend
• Unit 4: My new neighbour

English listening passages (English)

• Unit 1: Airport announcement
• Unit 2: A phone message
• Unit 3: A simple recipe
• Unit 4: Weather forecast

Stories from everyday life (English)

• Unit 1: Moving to a new city
• Unit 2: The old bookshop
• Unit 3: A job interview

Everyday English: At the café (English)

• Unit 1: Hello, a table for two
• Unit 2: Ordering a second round

Short news in slow English (English)

• Unit 1: A small town by the sea

Everyday Spanish: At the café (Spanish)

• Unit 1: Hola, una mesa para dos
• Unit 2: La cuenta, por favor

Short news in slow Spanish (Spanish)

• Unit 1: Un pueblo junto al mar

Everyday French: At the café (French)

• Unit 1: Bonjour, une table pour deux
• Unit 2: L'addition, s'il vous plaît

Short news in slow French (French)

• Unit 1: Une petite ville au bord de la mer

HSK 1 short stories (Simplified Chinese)

• Unit 1: My family
• Unit 2: At the shop
• Unit 3: A rainy day
• Unit 4: My Chinese friend

Spanish for beginners: short stories (Spanish)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

French for beginners: short stories (French)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the bakery

German for beginners: short stories (German)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the supermarket
• Unit 3: A rainy weekend
• Unit 4: My new neighbour

Korean for beginners: short stories (Korean)

• Unit 1: My morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Italian for beginners: short stories (Italian)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market
• Unit 3: A rainy weekend
• Unit 4: My new neighbour

Portuguese for beginners: short stories (Portuguese)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market
• Unit 3: A rainy weekend
• Unit 4: My new neighbour

Dutch for beginners: short stories (Dutch)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market
• Unit 3: A rainy weekend
• Unit 4: My new neighbour

Swedish for beginners: short stories (Swedish)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market
• Unit 3: A rainy weekend
• Unit 4: My new neighbour

Norwegian for beginners: short stories (Norwegian)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Polish for beginners: short stories (Polish)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Turkish for beginners: short stories (Turkish)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Indonesian for beginners: short stories (Indonesian)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Vietnamese for beginners: short stories (Vietnamese)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Latin for beginners: short stories (Latin)

• Unit 1: A Roman morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Irish for beginners: short stories (Irish)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Russian for beginners: short stories (Russian)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Greek for beginners: short stories (Greek)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Hebrew for beginners: short stories (Hebrew)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Arabic for beginners: short stories (Arabic)

• Unit 1: A busy morning
• Unit 2: At the market

Traditional Chinese for beginners: short stories (Traditional Chinese)

• Unit 1: My morning
• Unit 2: At the market

German listening passages (German)

• Unit 1: Train station announcement
• Unit 2: A phone message
• Unit 3: A simple recipe
• Unit 4: Weather forecast

Italian listening passages (Italian)

• Unit 1: Train station announcement
• Unit 2: A phone message
• Unit 3: A simple recipe
• Unit 4: Weather forecast

Portuguese listening passages (Portuguese)

• Unit 1: Airport announcement
• Unit 2: A phone message
• Unit 3: A simple recipe
• Unit 4: Weather forecast

Dutch listening passages (Dutch)

• Unit 1: Train station announcement
• Unit 2: A phone message
• Unit 3: A simple recipe
• Unit 4: Weather forecast

Swedish listening passages (Swedish)

• Unit 1: Airport announcement
• Unit 2: A phone message

Norwegian listening passages (Norwegian)