instructions on a test

[ganyuehan]

聽老師念出並寫出音節數

Everything's clear to me except "並". I know of another meaning for this character that wouldn't make sense. In this sentence, does 並 mean "and then ". Is it a formal way to say 然後?

[monto]

聽老師念並寫出音節數

並 = 並且，just means "and"

然後 means "then". Both are formal. If you want to use 然後, you can say

先聽老師念，然後寫出音節數。

[ganyuehan]

Thanks.