Listening — Teacher's Guide

The image and the player are all the student sees when a story opens. Press play, and then it's just the voices: the text remains hidden, the playback speed can be slowed down, and the recording can be replayed as many times as the student wants.

How it works

Listening stories opens a grid with filters for level, category, topic, status (Not started, In progress, Completed), and sorting (Recommended, Recently opened, Title A–Z), plus search, Reset, and Random. The grid begins with Continue where you left off and continues under Recommended. The cards are labeled In progress or Completed.

Inside the story, there is a single player with a progress bar and a Speed control with minus and plus buttons, ranging from 0.5x to 2.0x. The setting is remembered, and at levels A1 and A2, playback starts at 0.9x.

Before playback, it simply says Listen to the content. and Afterward, you will get tasks and be able to see the text. Once the audio finishes, the questions appear one at a time with Score: visible, and the student immediately sees whether their answer was correct. See results displays a score circle and a review showing the Correct answer alongside Your answer (incorrect).

Then the text is revealed, with the Text panel below—at the A0 level, this includes the student's native language line by line and a highlight tracking the spoken word—along with Keywords, where each word opens a dictionary entry with audio. All words in the text are clickable. From level A1 upwards, there is also a button at the bottom of the page: Translate to {language}, and back with Show in Norwegian.

Task types

A story can include several types, presented one at a time, labeled Task {n} of {total}.

• Multiple choice — the main quiz: three options, one correct answer.
• True or false? — statements about what the student heard, with True and False beneath each.
• Put the events in the correct order — items are moved using arrows, and Check order reveals the answer key under Correct order: if anything is misplaced.
• What do you hear? — the student taps the correct image, and Hear question along with the speaker icon next to each image plays the audio again. The A0 stories are built exclusively with this type, and Show text is available there for anyone who gets stuck.

Who it is for

The catalog covers levels A0 to B2 in Norwegian, featuring over 1,200 stories across the main categories Free Time and Internship/Work, with topics such as At Home, At the Store, At the Doctor’s Office, and At Work. A0 is the smallest section: 40 dialogues of under 30 words, designed for students who do not yet read the Latin alphabet. A1 to B2 makes up the vast majority of the content, which is where most adult education participants will work.

This trains listening comprehension and vocabulary. Pronunciation receives no feedback—that is handled by Speaking practice—and the audio does not adapt dynamically to the individual: the level is chosen by the student or you. The results are practice data, not a test, and should not serve as the sole basis for assessment.

Suggestions for working with Listening

1. Play one story together on a shared screen, let students answer before the text is shown, and then review the Text and Keywords as a class.
2. Share a specific story within a group: select Listening stories from the post menu, search for the title or paste the link, and share it to the feed.
3. Assign homework using the status filter: ask students to filter by Not started at their level and complete three stories.
4. Differentiate by topic: pick a single category and have students work at their respective levels. The content is similar, but the language complexity differs.
5. Have students listen the first time at 0.7x and the second time at normal speed, allowing them to experience the difference between "too fast" and "comprehension."
6. Take Keywords further: add them to a list in Word lists and practice them in Practice the following week.

Good to know

• The text is hidden intentionally. It only appears after the tasks so that the answers are based on what the student heard. In A0 stories, Show text remains accessible throughout.
• A story counts as completed in two ways. Either the student has answered the quiz, or at least 90 percent of the audio has been played—many students only listen and should not be left with an unmarked card.
• Time spent counts as learning time. Listening activity is logged in the Listen section in Progress with the number of stories and accuracy rate, contributing to the daily total and streak. The timer pauses after one and a half minutes of inactivity, unless audio is playing.
• Audio and images are pre-generated using AI. The voices remain consistent for each character in the Sjøhavn universe, so students will encounter familiar personas. The page automatically tags the content.

See also

• Listening stories
• How do I practice listening?
• Groups