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We are two educators with over 30 years of teaching experience — Teacher Rowena and Teacher Chiu.

Over 30 years, we've seen countless students feel frustrated and lose confidence because of dictation.

They weren't lacking effort — they were using the wrong method.

So we built Dictation Guru — using AI to break down word structure, turning "unknown" into "known", frustration into confidence.

Double R Amalgam English Integration is an English education brand of the HK Culture Intelligence Research Centre, for Cantonese- or Putonghua-speaking Chinese students.

Double R Dictation is a dictation practice app designed for Hong Kong students, covering both Chinese dictation (中文默書) and English dictation (英文默書). It was designed by Rowena Tam (露雲娜老師), founder of the Double R Amalgam English Integration method, who has over thirty years of teaching experience.

The English dictation part uses the Double R Amalgam English Integration method, which focuses on helping students understand the structure of English rather than simply memorising words. The Chinese dictation part uses visual memory and character-component decomposition, helping students memorise Chinese characters more effectively.

• ✅ Primary students (P1–P6): Chinese and English dictation practice
• ✅ Secondary students (S1–S6): Chinese dictation, English dictation and vocabulary building
• ✅ Students from mainland China: adapting to Hong Kong's Chinese and English dictation requirements
• ✅ Parents: helping their children prepare for dictation

The app's stroke-order and component-decomposition features help students understand the structure of Chinese characters. Students can choose to:

• Follow the school textbook schedule
• Learn at their own pace
• Customise the dictation scope
• Repeatedly practise characters they previously got wrong

The English dictation part uses the Double R Amalgam English Integration method. This method integrates Chinese and English into one learning system:

• Where the two languages overlap, students build on what they already know in Chinese
• Where the two languages differ, students learn the differences directly
• The focus is on understanding English structure, not rote memorisation

1. Choose Chinese or English dictation
2. Choose the grade and level
3. Choose the practice scope (textbook, custom, or previously wrong words)
4. Start practising
5. Review scores and error analysis
6. Keep practising until mastery

Dictation is an important part of the Hong Kong school curriculum. For native Chinese speakers, Chinese and English dictation differ in difficulty: Chinese dictation focuses on character-shape memory, while English dictation focuses on phonics and spelling rules.

With the right method, students can greatly reduce dictation preparation time and improve long-term retention.

What is Double R Dictation?

Double R Dictation is a dictation practice app designed for Hong Kong students, covering both Chinese dictation (中文默書) and English dictation (英文默書). The English dictation part uses the Double R Amalgam English Integration method.

What ages is this app suitable for?

It is suitable for Hong Kong primary and secondary students, from P1 to S6. Both Chinese and English dictation are graded by level.

Are Chinese and English dictation the same mode?

No. Chinese dictation uses visual memory and component decomposition, while English dictation uses the Double R Amalgam English Integration method. The two learning approaches are different.

Is there a fee to use this app?

Basic features are free. Some advanced features may require a subscription.

How is this app different from other dictation apps?

Most dictation apps only provide dictation questions. Double R Dictation covers both Chinese and English dictation and offers two complete learning methods: visual memory for Chinese, and the Double R Amalgam English Integration method for English.

Who designed this app?

It was designed by Rowena Tam (露雲娜老師), founder of the Double R Amalgam English Integration method. She has over thirty years of teaching experience and has written sixty grammar books, thirty phonics books and over two hundred readers.