ディクトレ-ディクテーションを取り入れた英語リスニング学習- 4.9

Dictle App Review

• More than 240,000 users have utilized this English dictation learning site, which has now been transformed into an app.
• Features include audio loop playback, script of the questions, word translations, and explanations.
• Enhance your listening skills by "listening" -> "typing" -> "checking answers" to improve your listening comprehension.

About Dictle

• Focusing on enhancing listening skills, the web service "English Listening Free Learning Center (http://english-listening-center.com)" has finally turned into an app. The main feature is the ability to learn English through dictation.

What is Dictation?

• Dictation is a method of learning English where you "write down spoken words as you hear them." It involves repeatedly listening to English audio until you reach the point where you can no longer understand or transcribe it.
• This study method, known as dictation, is said to be particularly effective for improving listening skills.

How to Proceed with Dictation

1. Listen to the English audio and transcribe it. The app provides audio materials and blank spaces for typing. With the loop playback feature, you can listen attentively.
2. Check the answer script once you have listened until you can't understand anymore. Identify the parts you couldn't catch. Pay attention to English-specific phenomena like "elision and linking of sounds," then try listening with the question script next time.

Main Benefits of Dictation

• Advantages include the necessity to write, allowing for focused listening.
• You can clearly identify what parts you couldn't understand.
• You will be able to visualize the changes in English sounds that are specific to the language.

Featured Problems (Sample)

• Question:
• 1. A: I heard you are familiar with medical terms.
     B: Yeah. In fact, I used to work as a doctor at ABC hospital.
• Japanese Translation:
• 1. A: 私はあなたは医療用語に詳しいと聞きました。
     B: ええ。実は、私は医者としてABC病院でかつて働いていました。
• Key Words and Phrases:
• 1. - be familiar with ~ "to have good knowledge about ~"
  2. - medical "relating to medicine or medical science"
  3. - term "a word or phrase"
• Explanation:
• 1. In the sentence from A, it's important to note the structure "I heard that (sentence)." In this question, "that" is omitted.
  2. The verb 'hear' has a unique feature of being able to be followed by a full sentence containing a subject and a verb. Similarly, verbs like 'think' or 'say' are often used in forms like "I think that (sentence)" or "I said that (sentence)."
  3. "used to V-infinitive" means "something done in the past." It's common to mix this up with other phrases such as "be used to -ing = being accustomed to doing" or "get used to -ing = getting accustomed to doing." It's crucial to remember each distinction.