Acquisition
Article Title
Using Dictation to
Improve Language
Proficiency
Author
Dr. Mohammad
Rahimi,
Shiraz University
Source
http://asian-efl-journa
l.com/March_08_mr.p
hp
Dictation
testing device for
measuring
language
proficiency
Experimental Group (EG)
Control Group (CG)
showed improvement in
their performance on the
whole proficiency test .
EG showed improvement
in all the components of
the post-test grammar ,
vocabulary , reading and
listening comprehension .
CG improved in the
Learn to listen, to
concentrate, to write from
dictation.
Morris (1983)
- concludes that dictation
is a technique - testing
techniques and as a
learning activity.
- helps students develop
their accuracy.
Whitaker (1976)
- considers dictation as a
good teaching device.
- An oral comprehension,
together with literacy
and ability to read.
Dictation may be found to be
both profitable for teaching
and valid for testing.
classes;
one taken as the
experimental group (EG)
consisted of 34 students
and the other, the control
group (CG), consisted of
31 students.
age -18 to 25 years; average of
22.
Instrumentation
2. Different components