Dictogloss Task

First week

I divided the classroom into pairs. I wanted one of the partners from each group to pick up a word from the box I had prepared before. These words had been chosen from target vocabulary and they became group names of them. These pairs were supposed to stand up when they heard their group names in the sentence which teacher said. I started to read the sentences and wait for them. I hoped the activity in high school would become as funny as in secondary school yet it didn’t. The student didn’t stand up immediately but I believe that they could understand the usages of target vocabulary implicitly.

I passed dictogloss task activity. I made them listen to a story from a native speaker by using smart board. I divided the class into two groups as individual and pairs. The students studying collaboratively noted down some key points together and individuals noted down on their own while listening to the text for the second and third times. The pairs discussed their key notes and tried to build up a text through interacting with each other while individuals were creating their texts on their own. This stage was good, there were a great deal of interaction between pairs. Individuals tried to talk to their friends yet I had to make them remember the instructions. After all the students finished, I collected their papers.

I handed out some worksheets which include the target vocabulary. They matched the words with the pictures representing their meanings. It was really an easy activity since the aim was just to provide recall of the target vocabulary. I collected worksheets.