Listen and Repeat - Introduction

NOTE: This video mentions "Oral Dictation" Which is now "Listen and Repeat"

This is basically the same as the dictation that you got to know already. Just that this time you won't write anything down. You "simply" repeat what you hear. Ideally you do so by using headphones and one of the apps that I recommended in the Preaching lectures: either speechnotes.co for Android or web or Just Press Record for iOS. The steps are as follows:

  1. Use headphones for listening as otherwise Speechnotes will also transcribe the audio.
  2. Start the recording on the above recommended apps.
  3. Listen to (half) a sentence then push pause.
  4. Repeat what you have heard out loud but slow and clearly. The app will transcribe what you were saying.
  5. When you feel you have done enough of this exercise, stop the transcription/recording and
  6. Listen to the original again while reading along the transcription in front of you.
  7. Compare your transcription with the original text. Copy and paste your text into this text comparision tool to compare it with the original text.
  8. Repeat steps 1-7 once or twice until you feel more comfortable with your performance.

IMPORTANT
Never (!) strive for more than 80% perfection. If 100% come effortless to you, congratulations. But that should not be a conscious goal of yours during this course.

Now try it with the audio from the text Gastfreundschaft on the next step.