Dis-moi ou je peux trouver des dictées

August 1, 2024 6:31 AM

My biggest problem in learning French is parsing what I'm hearing correctly. My second biggest problem is getting the nitpicky details right like remembering to use d' in front of a vowel and such. I find dictées very useful for practicing both of those things. I already subscribe to Lawless French / Kwizik which has a few, but what other sites do you like for practicing dictées that have decent control over the speed and length and complexity of the dictation, and will mark whether or not you are correct? Willing to pay a reasonable amount, but ideally not a lot because I already pay a lot for my other French training.
posted by jacquilynne to Writing & Language (5 answers total)

https://speechling.com/dictation/french
posted by Tandem Affinity at 6:44 AM on August 1 [3 favorites]

It is worth mentioning that the French themselves don’t just love setting their own dictées for native speakers- but that they do so on this scale - which tells you a little about how tricky it is.
posted by rongorongo at 7:19 AM on August 1 [1 favorite]

(Here are the texts they used for that event - bonne chance avec ça)
posted by rongorongo at 7:26 AM on August 1

Response by poster: Spoechling is mostly good but it doesn't check accents which kind of drives me crazy.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:56 AM on August 1

Ooh! Ooh! I know this one!

Orthodidacte has approximately a zillion dictations, helpfully sorted into categories (scolaires, pour adultes, FLE) and ability levels (A1-C2).

I do have an account, but I didn't have to pay, and I don't recall whether you can do everything even without setting up the free account, but you should definitely be able to find a ton of dictations for free.
posted by kristi at 10:15 AM on August 1 [2 favorites]