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Dictogloss task sequence for form-focused vocabulary learning

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Description

Dictogloss is a form of dictation in which students hear and reconstruct a whole text rather than doing so line by line (Wajnryb, 1990). In the study's FoF condition, the teacher first activated background knowledge with questions, students read a text, then "teachers read a short text containing new words twice and at a normal speed," students noted what they could, and in "small groups of three" reconstructed the text and compared and analyzed the different versions produced. The pattern integrates listening, note-taking, collaborative reconstruction, and form analysis.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • A short text containing the target new words; small groups for reconstruction; a comparison and analysis phase of the produced versions

Constraints

  • In this study the technique was used with beginning-proficiency Iranian ESP learners and technical vocabulary from their field of study

Target Learners

  • University ESP students at beginning proficiency level

Learning Goals

  • Productive knowledge of new technical vocabulary

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Mahnaz Saeidi, Elaheh Zaferanieh & Hafez Shatery. (2012). On the Effects of Focus on Form, Focus on Meaning, and Focus on Forms on Learners' Vocabulary Learning in ESP Context. English Language Teaching, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n10p72
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title Dictogloss task sequence for form-focused vocabulary learning
description Dictogloss is a form of dictation in which students hear and reconstruct a whole text rather than doing so line by line (Wajnryb, 1990).
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