Listening practice A2 to C1: dialogues for language schools

Good listening practice at A2 is a short dialogue set in a real situation, with simple sentences, common linking words and a few questions to answer afterwards. At B1 the speakers start giving reasons and moving between tenses; at C1 they use idioms and leave things unsaid. Below is a ready-to-use A2 dialogue with four questions, followed by a method a language school can use to make two-voice listening tracks for every class and every CEFR level.

What changes from one level to the next?

Length matters in class too: a track of one or two minutes can be played twice without losing the room.

An A2 dialogue: at the station ticket office

The places are invented. Our editorial team wrote this dialogue, and you're welcome to use it in class.

Passenger: Good morning. A return ticket to Seaton Bay, please. Clerk: For today? Passenger: Yes. And I'd like to come back on Sunday. Clerk: That's twenty-four pounds fifty. Are you paying by card? Passenger: Yes, here you are. What time is the next train? Clerk: At ten fifteen, from platform three. Passenger: Is it a direct train? Clerk: No, you change at Millbridge. It takes about an hour. Passenger: Thank you very much. Clerk: You're welcome. Have a nice trip!

Comprehension questions:

1. Where does the passenger want to go?
2. When is the passenger coming back?
3. How much is the ticket?
4. Is the train direct? Where does the passenger change?

The same scene at B1: the 10:15 train is canceled, the clerk offers two alternatives, and the passenger picks one and explains why ("I'd rather wait, because..."). Same situation, different level, which is handy for mixed classes or for showing progress over a term.

How can a school produce listening tracks for every class?

1. Start from the coursebook unit. The topic and situation follow what the class is studying.
2. One level at a time. The same topic can become an A2 track for one group and a B1 track for another.
3. Two different voices, so listeners can tell straight away who's speaking.
4. Questions written by the teacher, on a worksheet or the board. The audio stays clean, with no exercises inside it.
5. Transcript after listening. The SRT subtitles double as the text to read during correction.
6. A library by level. Give each file a clear title, such as "A2 - station - unit 4", and reuse it next year.

If you want to use dialogues from a published coursebook, you need the publisher's permission. And tell students the voices are AI-generated: it's transparent, and in line with the EU's AI rules.

How to do it with Fynqcast

1. In your dashboard, open the Studio tab (FYNQ Studio and Publisher plans) and choose the Translate & Speak category.
2. Under How to start, pick Create with AI. Fill in Topic, Language level (CEFR) from A1 to C2, Format (Dialogue, Debate or Interview) and Situation, for example "station ticket office, a passenger buys a return ticket".
3. Choose the language of the dialogue and the maximum length. In this category, an AI-written text always has two voices.
4. Read the dialogue the way you'd check an exercise: every line can be edited or rewritten with a short instruction, such as "simpler" or "add a question about the time". Then approve it.
5. Pick the two voices, play the samples and generate. You download an MP3 and SRT subtitles.

Audio is available in eight languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Arabic, so the same steps work for schools teaching other languages too. The plans that include Studio are listed on the pricing page.

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