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2. Dictation (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   Dictation (exercise) Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world.

3. Transcription (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   Transcription was originally a process carried out manually, i.e. with pencil and paper, using an analogue sound recording stored on, e.g., a Compact Cassette. Nowadays, most transcription is done on computers. Recordings are usually digital audio files or video files, and transcriptions are electronic documents.

4. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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   Emphasizes knowledge and use of language rules rather than communicative competence. This method of language teaching was popular in the 20th century until the early 1960s. Grammatical syllabus. A syllabus based on the grammar or structure of a language; often part of the grammar translation method. Guided practice.

5. Shorthand - Wikipedia

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   Shorthand. Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write).

6. Dragon NaturallySpeaking - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .nuance .com. Dragon NaturallySpeaking (also known as Dragon for PC, or DNS) [1] is a speech recognition software package developed by Dragon Systems of Newton, Massachusetts, which was acquired in turn by Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, Nuance Communications, and Microsoft. It runs on Windows personal computers.

7. Direct method (education) - Wikipedia

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   The direct method is also known as the natural method. It was developed as a reaction to the grammar-translation method and is designed to take the learner into the domain of the target language in the most natural manner. The main objective is to impart a perfect command of a foreign language. The main focus is to make the learner think in the ...