VEPT Dictation: Transcription Skills 3

Question 1

You hear: 'He doesn't enjoy working late at the office.' A test-taker writes: 'He don't enjoy working late at the office.' What is wrong?

Accepted Answer

The contraction 'doesn't' was incorrectly changed to 'don't'

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The word 'enjoy' should be 'enjoyed'

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The phrase 'at the office' should be 'in the office'

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The word 'working' should be 'to work'

Question 2

In VEPT dictation scoring, which transcription would be penalized even if the meaning is preserved?

Accepted Answer

Changing 'won't' to 'will not' when the speaker said 'won't'

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Typing the sentence in uppercase letters

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Adding a period at the end of the sentence

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Leaving a single space between words

Question 3

A test-taker hears a sentence once and must immediately write it down. Which cognitive process is most critical in this moment?

Accepted Answer

Phonological working memory — holding the spoken words in short-term memory

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Long-term semantic memory — recalling word definitions

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Visual memory — remembering how words look in print

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Procedural memory — recalling grammar rules consciously

Question 4

You hear: 'The children were playing quietly in the garden.' Which transcription contains a deletion error?

Accepted Answer

The children were playing in the garden.

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The children was playing quietly in the garden.

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The children were playing quietly in a garden.

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The childrens were playing quietly in the garden.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of correct punctuation practice in VEPT dictation?

Accepted Answer

Ending a statement with a period as heard from the sentence's falling intonation

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Adding commas after every third word for clarity

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Using quotation marks around every verb

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Capitalizing all nouns to mark their importance

Question 6

You hear: 'She has already finished her assignment.' A student writes: 'She already finished her assignment.' Which error occurred?

Accepted Answer

Deletion of the auxiliary verb 'has'

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Substitution of 'finished' with a different verb

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Incorrect spelling of 'assignment'

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Addition of an extra word not in the original

Question 7

How does accurate transcription of function words (e.g., 'the,' 'a,' 'of,' 'to') affect a VEPT dictation score?

Accepted Answer

It matters, because every word including function words must be reproduced accurately

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It doesn't matter, since only content words are scored

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Only articles like 'the' and 'a' are scored; prepositions are ignored

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Function words are automatically filled in by the scoring system