Dictation
Dictation is used (after the very first lesson) as a late but important activity in each lesson in each stage of the Entry Zero Programme:
Learners have an opportunity to practise important motor skills for writing and to demonstrate that they understand the relationship between words is that sounds that they hear, say and read, and can then produce for themselves in writing.
Learners respond positively to the opportunity to provide manifest evidence of their acquisition of new language that can be produced in a written form. They also value the opportunity dictation provides to get feedback on their progress at each stage in the programme.
Dictation provides the teacher with a change of pace and focus in the lesson. Learners can gradually become more fluent in producing written work at speed and with accuracy, as the teacher controls the speed of delivery of the utterances to be written by the Learners. It is also possible to use dictation diagnose and identify areas in which individual Learners may need further guidance and support in the formation of small and capital letters, numerals, words, sentences, etc.
Read more here in this article from the British Council website.
Dictation is used (after the very first lesson) as a late but important activity in each lesson in each stage of the Entry Zero Programme:
- Stage One - Letters and numbers
- Stage Two - Words
- Stage Three - Sentences.
Learners have an opportunity to practise important motor skills for writing and to demonstrate that they understand the relationship between words is that sounds that they hear, say and read, and can then produce for themselves in writing.
Learners respond positively to the opportunity to provide manifest evidence of their acquisition of new language that can be produced in a written form. They also value the opportunity dictation provides to get feedback on their progress at each stage in the programme.
Dictation provides the teacher with a change of pace and focus in the lesson. Learners can gradually become more fluent in producing written work at speed and with accuracy, as the teacher controls the speed of delivery of the utterances to be written by the Learners. It is also possible to use dictation diagnose and identify areas in which individual Learners may need further guidance and support in the formation of small and capital letters, numerals, words, sentences, etc.
Read more here in this article from the British Council website.