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  • How to Take Notes During Dictation: An Error Log That Works
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    How to Take Notes During Dictation: An Error Log That Works

    Most learners who practise dictation do the hard part well: they listen, they write, they check. Then they close the transcript and lose almost everything they just discovered. A week later the same…

    7 min read
  • Common Dictation Mistakes and What They Reveal
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    Common Dictation Mistakes and What They Reveal

    You finish a dictation, compare it with the transcript, and see a page full of red. The natural reaction is to count the errors and feel bad. The better reaction is to read them. Dictation mistakes…

    7 min read
  • English Dictation for Beginners: A Level-by-Level Plan
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    English Dictation for Beginners: A Level-by-Level Plan

    Most people who try dictation give up in the first week, and the reason is almost always the same: they pick a clip that is far too hard, catch one word in five and decide dictation "doesn't work…

    7 min read
  • English Dictation Practice: A Step-by-Step Listening Method
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    English Dictation Practice: A Step-by-Step Listening Method

    You understand every word when you read a transcript, yet the same sentence spoken at normal speed turns into one long blur. That gap is exactly what English dictation practice fixes. Dictation is…

    7 min read

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