Sunday 4 August 2019

practical dictation > online texts and audio

Here's a list of dictation activities:
Jay Doubleyou: dictation can be fun

And here are some examples, some with audio:

DICTOGLOSS:
with audio:
Listen just the once and rebuild the text in pairs/groups:
Breaking News English Lessons: Easy English News Materials | Current Events | ESL Materials
For example:
TV News - ESL Lesson Plan - Breaking News English Lesson
And:
(1) Stories - YouTube

LOOP DICTATION:
with audio:
Listen again and again to the short piece until you get it right:
BBC Learning English - News Report
For example:
BBC Learning English - News Report / Superbug threat

GAPPED DICTATION:
Fill in the gaps:
PAST SIMPLE TENSE: FILLING IN THE GAPS USING THE VERBS IN THE PAST SIMPLE worksheet - Free ESL printable worksheets made by teachers
with audio:
Fill in your own ideas:
(1) Gapped dictation - YouTube
Students create their own gapped dictation:
English ESL text worksheets - Most downloaded (300 Results)

COLLOCATION DICTATION:
Pre-teach some chunks - or get the students to put them together first; this is how:
Teaching Tips - Cambridge > https://www.cambridge.es/.../Teaching%2BTips_Read_05_CollocationDictation.pdf
Collocation is key!
Fun ways to teach English collocations | British Council

WRONG DICTATION:
Read out a text with students' typical mistakes:
Find and Correct Mistakes (A Recount Text)

STUDENTS DOING THE DICTATION:
with audio:
Take dictation from other students - and practising pronunciation:
dictation | ELF Pronunciation
For example:
“A Very Short Story” — Ernest Hemingway – Biblioklept

COOPERATIVE OPEN DICTATION:
Read out half a text to your partner; then swap:
English Short Stories – Simple and Illustrated

MIXED UP BITS OF A STORY:
Read out your line of the story to the others and put it all together
200 Free ESL Easy Short Stories (3) – Exercises, Audio

RUNNING DICTATIONS:
Run backwards and forwards to a text pinned up on a wall:
100 Word Story

SHOUTING DICTATIONS:
Sit at least three meters away from your partner:
50-Word Stories | Brand new bite-sized fiction every weekday!

CONTINUE THE STORY:
Hear only the beginning of a story then finish:
100 Short Story (or Novel) Writing Prompts | HobbyLark
with audio:
Do the first part of the story as a Dictogloss, then finish in pairs:
(1) Finish the story - YouTube
with video:
Use the visual prompts plus text: then finish the story:
5-Minute Film Festival: 7 Video Writing Prompts for Young Authors | Edutopia
(1) Denise Cassano Presents: Crossroads Video Writing Prompt by Denise M. Cassano - YouTube

QUICK DICTATIONS:
Appointments
Flight Schedule
Money
Names
Numbers and Symbols
Telephone Numbers
Teaching with Dictation | TEFL.net

SHADOWING IS DICTATION:
Because reading out-loud is a VERY DANGEROUS THING TO DO!!
(1) Will reading out loud improve your pronunciation & speaking skills? - YouTube
So, we need to LISTEN first and only much later, when we understand every word, should we MIMIC EXACTLY what we hear:
all with audio:
This is how it works:
shadowing english - Google Search
How to speak in English well? Use the shadowing technique to improve..
Here are some audio books:
(1) simplified readers esl - YouTube
Here are some fun stories: how much of the dialogue can you get? Write it down and then read it aloud WITH the audio:
Fast and Fun English Shadowing: 4 Short Films to Watch, Listen and Repeat | FluentU English
And some great speeches:
The 30 Greatest Movie Speeches Ever - AskMen
Back to the BBC:
BBC Learning English - Course: News Review / Unit 1
BBC Learning English - Lingohack
BBC Learning English - Words in the News
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