Listening trainer: understand Polish
Ten short tasks per round: recognise a word, hear the gap in a sentence, find the stressed syllable, tell two similar sounds apart, follow a dialogue. You decide when something plays — and whether slowly or at normal speed.
Listening closely helps you speak.
Listening trainer
Read along shows the text with every task straight away. Good for tuning in; answers then do not count, because it is no longer a listening test.
Or practise one thing
Why in small steps
Listening to a new language means recognising sounds first, then where words begin and end, then the meaning. The trainer practises these steps one by one — and together in the mixed round. Feedback comes at once, so your ear learns what made the difference.
Slow is not a step back
At the start, a slower speed demonstrably helps understanding. Feel free to hear a task twice, slowly first and then at normal speed: the goal is normal speed, but the way there can be slow.
Why different voices
If you hear words from many speakers, you later recognise them from strangers too. So the trainer switches between the voices your browser has for the language. They are speech-output voices, not recordings, and nothing plays unless you press a button.
Without sound or with hearing loss
Every task has a “Show text” button, and the “Read along” switch always shows the text. Everything works from the keyboard: Tab to the buttons, digits for the answers, Enter to go on.
Example sentences
A1 Dokąd jedziecie na wakacje?Where are you going for the holidays? (to several people)
A1 Mój płaszcz wisi w szafie.My coat is hanging in the wardrobe.
A1 Kupuję gazetę w kiosku.I buy the paper at the kiosk.
A1 Moje buty są brudne.My shoes are dirty.
A2 W tej piekarni chleb jest jeszcze ciepły.At this baker’s the bread is still warm.
A2 Jutro Kasia ma imieniny.Tomorrow is Kasia’s name day.
A2 Poproszę kilogram jabłek.A kilo of apples, please.
A2 W hotelu internet jest za darmo.The internet is free in the hotel.
B1 Nie chce mi się iść, zresztą pada deszcz.I don’t feel like going, and anyway it’s raining.
B1 Na autostradzie był poważny wypadek.There was a serious accident on the motorway.
B1 Jestem przeciwny temu planowi.I’m against this plan. (a man speaking)
B1 W lesie zbieraliśmy maliny.We picked raspberries in the woods.