Theme: types of dictations in teaching english sodiqov Tolqinjon Sobirovich

THEME: TYPES OF DICTATIONS IN TEACHING ENGLISH
Sodiqov Tolqinjon Sobirovich
Senior EFL teacher of the Language Teaching Methodology Department.
Ferghana Regional Center.

Plan:

1. 
   Types of dictations used in language Teaching
   
2. 
   Ways of using dictations effectively in teaching foreign languages.
   
3. 
   The merits and of dictations
   

Types of Dictations used in Language Teaching
What is dictation?
The word "dictation" comes from the Latin verb "dicto". Dictation is a variant of a written task; in which pupils write different texts for the dictation of the teacher.
Dictation has numerous uses in the ELT classroom, often involving very little preparation and a lot of creativity and interest. Used imaginatively, it can be an effective tool for working on accuracy and fluency in all four skills.
Why do it?
There are several reasons why dictation activities work well in the classroom. From the teacher's point of view, dictations:

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  Can be done with any level, depending on the text used
  
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  Can be graded for a multi-level class
  
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  Usually require very little preparation and photocopying
  

In fact, dictation can be used to decrease preparation time for other activities. Instead of spending hours making cut-up activities such as matching vocabulary and their definitions, why not just give the pupils blank slips of paper and dictate the necessary information to them in the classroom? This also gives the pupils more listening and writing /spelling practice.
For the pupils, dictations:
Can develop all four skills - speaking and pronunciation can be developed if the pupils do the dictating rather than the teacher.
Give pupils the opportunity to notice features of pronunciation such as weak forms, linking and elision.