Dictation Goes Spider Web 2.0

Yes too why not? Seems hard to come across how this would live on accomplished precisely it sure enough does seem to live on the illustration at the Listen too Write - Dictation website. What's to a greater extent than it seems to create got been done inward a pretty impressive agency too.

This site features quite a seat out of good files all of which tin live on accessed through quite a cleverly designed dictation activity. The users larn to head to parts of a judgement too they too hence create got to type inward the words of the judgement to a text champaign which alone allows the words if they are correct. They are able to head over too also larn some assistance yesteryear setting the activity to automobile consummate the words every bit they type them inward (cuts downwardly on the frustration for EFL students of non beingness able to piece what yous tin hear).

The other overnice seem of it is that yous larn a score every bit yous larn too hence yous tin move against yourself to attempt to ameliorate the score.

But where's the Web 2.0 bit?
Well anyone who registers tin link to an good file for role inward the activities. As a registered user yous tin also accept on the business of adding the transcript etc. This tin live on a smashing agency of sharing what must live on quite a lot of work. Anyway, sentry this video to come across it inward action.



How to role this amongst students

• Just your EFL students registered too sit down them amongst some headphones to move through a few dictations
• Get your students to add together some good files that they would similar turned into dictation activities
• Add some of your ain good too transcripts that yous desire students to move on

What I similar nigh it

• This is actually practiced complimentary listening do for students
• Great for role inward a media see or to gear upward listening homework for students to produce on their ain (they tin enjoin yous their scores inward class)
• Nicely designed activity amongst good sentiment out prompts
• Great that it plans to include other languages
• Great that the move charge is beingness shared out too that users tin add together links to audios they desire somebody to transcribe
• The texts create got been leveled according to difficulty

What I'm non hence sure about

• I didn't care to detect a privacy policy on the site, hence I wonder what they produce amongst my information 1 time they create got it!
• Most of the texts are quite high score too grabbed from Voice of America news, hence are also on some quite heavy intelligence topics.
  
• Some to a greater extent than exercise types would live on great, though they may live on coming
• I wonder who is going to live on willing to seat the fourth dimension into transcribing the good files (bit cynical I know precisely teachers are seldom sitting around amongst a lot of fourth dimension on their hands)

On the whole I mean value this is a actually simple, precisely actually smashing idea. This site has huge potential for linguistic communication evolution too I promise the the people at Listen too Write tin croak on this going too that your students detect it actually useful.

Best

Nik Peachey