Personalised dictation

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Most of us think of dictation as the boring blast from the past but there are ways of making it a little bit more interesting.

Procedure

1. Before you introduce a reading passage to students, ask them to keep their books closed.




2. Dictate statements you have prepared and extracted from the text you are going to read in class later.




3. Students should order the statements under three headings: I agree, I partly agree, I disagree (completely), or just tick the ones they agree with. Writing is good practice and gives time for thought, apart form the fact that hand-written language looks and makes it more personal to “work” with.




4. In pairs or small groups, students express and compare their opinion referring to the individual statements. If time permits, they finally report back to the class.

 

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Keywords: dictation, elementary, idea, personalising, writing