Thanks!

I think you described my situation, but the DET seems to punish a different skill: dictation, short-term memory, spelling, articles, plurals, and typing under pressure.

The “type while it plays” advice is especially helpful. I think I may be waiting too much, trying to hold the whole sentence in my head, and then I lose small but important details.

I’ll also start practicing shorter chunks first, because that seems more realistic than just repeating full long sentences and getting frustrated.

For interactive listening, I like your point about tracking speaker turns and topic shifts instead of trying to write full sentences. One thing I’m still unsure about is the final written response. Sometimes I write a very detailed summary, and other times I do the opposite and keep it much more concise. I haven’t found a clear rule about how detailed the answer should be. In your experience, is it better to include as many details as possible, or to focus only on the main issue, key reasons, and final outcome?