The
act of forming words correctly from individual letters (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 2010)
Teaching Spelling
Teachers should focus on :
1.
Teaching the most common words.
2.
Developing visual memory for shapes of words.
3. Developing relevant dictionary skills.
4. Helping pupils devise ways of helping
themselves to remember common but trouble words.
What is Dictation?
The act of speaking or reading so
that somebody can write down the words.
(Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 2010)
Why use Dictation?
1. Dictation is a natural way to teach proper spelling to a child. The words
are meaningful because
they are taken from the child’s schoolbooks. They are also learned in context, rather than list form,
which aids the child in remembering
how to spell the word.
2. To practice newly learned words in context.
3. To test mastery of
a spelling pattern or rule.
4. To review old spelling words in a meaningful way.
5. Teachers can model
listening to a sound and writing the associated letter.
6. It allows us to
model that speech can be written down and read back.
Advantages of Dictation
- Speeds up the writing process because you might forget the whole content if you write it slowly
- Good way to input written notes, taken at a meeting, lecture or seminar.
References:
1.ModuleTSL 3107 Teaching of Writing skills In the
Primary ESL Classroom
Thank you so much for the notes. It helps me a lot. Before this I was confused with spelling and dictation, but not anymore :)
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