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Using Dictation to Practice Common Words: You Don't Truly "Know" Them Until You Reach 80% Accuracy
You understand common words at a glance, but when it comes to writing them down, you often miss letters or misspell them—listening comprehension and spelling are two different things. This article teaches you how to use dictation to practice them separately, and introduces a scientific standard to determine if you've actually mastered them: an 80% accuracy rate, practiced at least 3 times, is what counts as true mastery.
How to Use Dictation: Train Your Listening and Spelling Together, One Sentence at a Time
Recognizing a word in print but failing to hear it, or hearing it but spelling it wrong—these are two entirely different challenges. Loopy's dictation mode separates 'auditory recognition' and 'spelling' so you can practice them step-by-step. Listen to a sentence, spell it out, and instantly see which words you got wrong or which sounds you missed. This guide shows you how to use it.