Start with about 6–10 seconds: one course exercise or a sentence or two from a podcast. Trying to write a whole long conversation makes it harder to locate where you stopped understanding.
Listen without writing the first time
Listen to the end and establish who is talking about what. Do not write yet.
On the second listen, write the words you hear
Write only what you understood and leave gaps for missed words. Filling them from context hides where you need to listen again. Those gaps mark where to return.
Replay from just before each gap
Do not isolate only the missing word. Start from the preceding word you could write. Connected sounds can change how a word sounds. In Rehear, go back by phrase first and use an A-B section only when the phrase is too broad.
When you wrote everything but cannot understand it
No gaps does not necessarily mean you heard correctly. If the sentence does not make sense, listen from the previous sentence to check the context. Look for mistaken word boundaries or similar-sounding words.
Listen again after checking the answer
Use the course's answer or script first. Without an original, an automatic transcript can help, but it may reproduce a mishearing. Mark words that do not match the audio instead of assuming they are correct. See when to use a transcript.
Once you fill the gaps, close the text and listen again. What sounded like one unit may now sound like two words. If it is still unclear, check in turn whether the word is unfamiliar, sounds are connected, or you misunderstood the context.
