The Joy of Dictation Mick Farrell The joy

The Joy of Dictation Mick Farrell

The joy of Dictation The program ………………… • The power of the spoken Word • Dictogloss, the process? • A typical dictation for A 2 level students • A typical dictation for FCE students • . Conclusions and discussion

The Joy of Dictation The power of the spoken Word!……………………. . Stepping in from the torrid Street, you met……………

The joy of Dictation Modern dictation – Dictogloss ………………… • Warm up • Dictation • Reconstruction • Analysis and correction

The Joy of Dictation Application - A 2 classroom A. Hi, where do you work? B. I work in Central Barcelona. A. How do you travel to work? B. I usually travel by train? What about you? A. Well, I normally travel by car, I work in IT in Sitges, what do you do? B. I’m an accountant, I work for a bank near Passeig de Gracia

The Joy of Dictation Application - FCE classroom – speaking part 2 long turn Well…. in both potos you can see people working out, in the first picture it looks like they are in a gym, they might be on cycling machines, in the other photo she seems to be running on a beach. This girl might prefer to run outside and enjoy the views while the girls in the gym are more focussed on getting fit

The joy of Dictation Prime reasons for using Dictogloss ………………… • Similar to conventional teaching procedures • Principles of language learning covered • Student sense of achievement • Students think about the process of learning

The joy of Dictation References and further reading ………………… • Lessons from Nothing – Bruce Marsland • . Dictation – Davis and Rinvolurci • Dictogloss as an Interactive Method of Teaching Listening Comprehension, Zorana Vasiljevic, Faculty of Litreature, Bunkyo University, Japan

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