English Teaching

ELT365 · Day 208 — Dictogloss

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Idea — Dictogloss goes beyond dictation: learners hear a text twice, take notes, then reconstruct the meaning collaboratively — not word for word.

Example — A teacher reads a 60-word paragraph twice. Pairs reconstruct it from notes and compare their version to the original for language accuracy.

Try — Write a 60-word dictogloss text at your learners’ level. Plan what you expect them to reconstruct accurately and where you expect approximation.


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