Dictation Strategy — Paper 1

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🎧 Dictation Strategy — Paper 1

AQA Paper 1 (Listening) includes a dictation section where you hear a sentence and must write it exactly. Three plays are standard. Use each play for a specific purpose.

Play 1 — Understand

  • Listen for meaning, not spelling.
  • Note key words you recognise — verb, topic, person.
  • Do not write anything yet. Let the whole sentence land first.

Play 2 — Fill

  • Write what you hear, phonetically if needed.
  • Apply SSC rules as you write: /yamo/ → llamo; /xente/ → gente; /acer/ → hacer (remember the silent h).
  • Mark b/v words you are unsure about — come back in Play 3.

Play 3 — Check

  • Check accents: question words need accents (¿qué? ¿cómo? ¿dónde?); preterite endings need accents (hablé, habló).
  • Check silent-h words: hola, hablar, hacer, hay, historia — the h is there even though you cannot hear it.
  • Decide b or v from grammar and context: voy (going), bien (well), vivir vs beber.

Example in full: hearing /me yamo carlos i tengo kince anyos/ → apply SSC rules → write: Me llamo Carlos y tengo quince años.

Practice questions for SSC practice sentences

  • A. /hotel/ — the h is pronounced as in English
  • B. /hotel/ — with a guttural h sound
  • C. /hotél/ — stress on the first syllable
  • D. /otel/ — the h is always silent in Spanish
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Quick recall flashcards

Read-aloud: 'ñ' words fluency drill
España · mañana · año · señor · niño · baño All = /nj/ sound as in 'canyon'.
Read-aloud: trilled r words
carro · perro · tierra · correr · río · ropa · romano rr always trilled. Single r at start of word also trilled.

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