Listening Dictation Puzzles fo EFL ESL

I've just been playing with yet another beta site Audio Puzzler. The site has a small but growing collection of novel dictation puzzles. The audio files are displayed as small balloons which the user clicks on. They then hear the text and type in the words. Once they have done this they have to drag the text into the correct order.
This is a nice variation on the standard dictation activity , because it demands that students not only recognise the words, but can make sense of the text.

Audio Puzzler is part of a research project at the Georgia Institute of Technology and they are keen to receive feedback from anyone who tries the puzzles.

Let's hope this keeps developing as it looks like a really useful tool to help EFL ESL students develop their listening abilities.

Hope you enjoy this.

Related links:

• Dictation goes Web 2.0
• Subtitling your video clips
• Transcribed Videos for EFL ESL
  
• Soundscapes from SoundTransit
• Text to Speech for EFL ESL Materials

Best

Nik Peachey