The Effect of Transcribing on Beginning Learners’ Dictation

Afsharrad, Mohammad; Benis, Aram Reza Sadeghi

doi:10.4304/tpls.4.10.2203-2208

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“…Since the input (aural), the output (written), and the process in both dictation and transcribing are almost the same, transcribing seems to be a valid way to practice and improve. (Afsharrad & Sadeghi Benis, 2014, p. 2203 Davis and Rinvolucri (2002) have also defined dictation as decoding sounds in aural input and then recoding them in writing. Afsharrad and Sadeghi Benis (2014) have recommended dictational transcribing exercise as one of the techniques to help elementary learners improve their language proficiency.…”

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“…(Afsharrad & Sadeghi Benis, 2014, p. 2203 Davis and Rinvolucri (2002) have also defined dictation as decoding sounds in aural input and then recoding them in writing. Afsharrad and Sadeghi Benis (2014) have recommended dictational transcribing exercise as one of the techniques to help elementary learners improve their language proficiency. Richards and Schmidt (2002) have demarcated dictation as a technique used in both language teaching and language testing in which a passage is read aloud to students or test takers, with pauses during which they must try to write down what they have heard as accurately as possible.…”

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“…However, it regained popularity later because a) it highly correlates with tests of overall language proficiency and b) it tests language as a whole as opposed to testing language components in isolation. (Afsharrad & Sadeghi Benis, 2014, p. 2204 Being influenced by changing attitudes in the language teaching area, dictation has grown and faded in popularity throughout the history of language teaching. It is closely accompanied with Grammar Translation Method.…”

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“…Dictation regained legitimacy in 1970 when search for integrative measures of language proficiency initiated. Different varieties of dictation have sustained to be used as a valid device in teaching and testing since then (Afsharrad & Sadeghi Benis, 2014).…”

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“…Dictation as a device in both testing and teaching has been controversial in the area of SLA (Afsharrad & Sadeghi Benis, 2014).…”

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A Review on the Effect of Using Dictogloss Tasks and Fake Scoring on Children's Dictation Ability

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Writing is one of the important language skills that should be mastered by the foreign language learners to convey their concepts in written form, so teachers should contemplate on different applicable techniques to promote this skill. One of these techniques is dictogloss task. Dictogloss task is a technique of dictation method that can be used for teaching writing cooperatively. It has four steps which are preparation, dictation, reconstruction, and analysis and correction. Dictogloss procedure is practical and flexible enough to account for the needs, interests, and learning preferences of learners. Kids and even adults need reassurance and flexibility from their teachers while learning. They need not to be interrupted while producing, and sometimes their mistakes are better not to be announced and corrected at the time. A motivational strategy to reach that goal was to ignore their writing mistakes in scoring by simply and slightly showing them that the mistaken part could have been written in the correct form. Given the background of unsatisfactory number of studies on improving children language learning performance, especially, their writing in pre-school age, this review study is aimed to highlight a useful technique in the language teaching activities, not just English. It has an endeavor to find the influence of giving fake high scores in a dictogloss task on kids' dictation ability. It is recommended that teachers should be encouraged to voice their viewpoints and be capable of any required changes regarding their class situation and be able to rely on themselves rather than books. In spite of being fair, it is sometimes needed to lessen the strictness towards some students. It is concluded that fake high scoring on a permanent dictogloss task is a suitable, applicable, and appropriate device for EFL teachers and learners to achieve their educational aims.

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