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Listening: Lightning Strike on Departure from Amsterdam
A gap-fill dictation activity. A Boeing 737-800 is struck by lightning shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. B1 level — can you catch every word?
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Listening: Volcanic Ash Encounter near Bali
A night flight over Indonesia flies into a cloud of volcanic ash. A Format A narrative listening exercise with a true/false/not-given comprehension activity (CEFR B2).
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Listening: Turbulent Approach to Dublin
How to do this dictation Play the audio and write down everything you hear. Listen as many times as you need. Then use the answer key…
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Listening: Lightning Strike on Approach to Frankfurt
A Lufthansa Airbus A319 on approach to Frankfurt is struck by lightning, losing weather radar. A sentence-reorder dictation set during a stormy approach.
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Listening: Loss of Visibility on Landing at Helsinki
Snow reduces a crew's visibility as they land a domestic flight at Helsinki. Practise catching every word with this gap-fill dictation from the Listening Library.
Roleplay
Roleplay: Weather Radar Failure Approaching a Line of Thunderstorms
Your weather radar has failed with a line of thunderstorms ahead. Play the pilot: ask air traffic control for weather-avoidance vectors, negotiate a way around the…
