13. Running Dictation

Running Dictation is a good way to get the students out of their seats and move around, especially if you find yourself teaching the last class of the day and the children are really tired.
This can revise vocabulary, grammar, word or sentence order, and practices listening and speaking. It's also really enjoyable for the students.
You can make this as easy or as difficult as you need to.
Teacher: Jane Gordon (English for Asia)
Students from: Lingnan Hang Yee Secondary School
Director: Angelina Komar (English for Asia)
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[@adryviga1707]

It's a great idea, thanks. I'm always looking for new ideas and I like this one so much!!

[@vickybui6572]

I will write these sentences with wrong grammar or spelling mistakes, then students have to work with their pair/teammate to correct the sentences when they are finished with their ''dictation running''.

[@jessikessler5057]

Zaa🎄🎄🎃🎆🎇🎈

[@mariaantoniettagallo8115]

Trying tommorrow.. hope they have fun

[@Moonlightcastle127]

really good video, thanks for sharing.

[@user-oc2nq5cd2z]

Excellent channel👍

[@somesbestzeronine1840]

how the techer is cheking the movimentof the students? any way!

[@janylorozbekova7707]

Yes ,good idea

[@bradleyrhodes5157]

Great. But how do you do this in the online classroom?

[@englishforasia]

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[@mrgentleman9809]

Great idea

[@valentinaaspidova1399]

Hello, thanks for the videos. Tell us about the glass wall. What are they made of? Do you use them as white boards?

[@englishforasia]

Hi Valentina. These glass walls are a very economical trick to turn the whole wall into a white board. You simply paint the back of the glass (the side facing the wall) with white emulsion, and then the surface facing outwards acts as an excellent white board. In this room, the glass wall is a petition between two classrooms, with two sheets of glass siliconed together (with the painted sides facing each other).

[@AndoDouglas]

Just post the text outside the door and the runners can reference the same one. They have to decide how many words at a time to 'carry' back in order to have a good mix of speed and accuracy

[@JackieBolen]

I like posting them around the class so nobody gets an advantage based on where they're sitting.

[@barrybadranath]

FREEEEEEDOMMMMM!!!!!

[@puspitasari2135]

sorry i have question for you all, my question is the running dictation where is the part of running dictation ? strategi or method ?

[@paolaxblando]

Do I divide a text into several sentences or a song, the runner must read the sentences, and then dictate them to the writer and finally form the text again in the correct order?

[@mueezadnanjanjua4958]

great activity

[@haniniefadzil5012]

Good activities.tq

[@FeelingARhythm]

Can there be all words in one place for each player? or they are for all?

[@JackieBolen]

I put them around the classroom so nobody gets an advantage based on where they're sitting.

[@rossolatef7705]

Very good activity

[@wenjiao230]

I've used this game before. it's not very good for big class.

[@muttarelli8863]

Cool activity maam

[@dohajouaher3906]

Magnificent 👍👍

[@jessikessler5057]

Zaza🎎🎃🎃🎆🎄🎇✨🎈🎉🎉🎊🎍🏐🏈

[@brownsugar5061]

But if u have 40 learner in class

[@lambertettienanne5540]

hahaha, this can only be done with small classes.

[@seanarmstrong8460]

@@lambertettienanne5540 If you have larger classes, you can divide them into teams and choose 1 runner for each sentence. You also have larger classroom area to post the sentences around the room.

[@lambertettienanne5540]

@@seanarmstrong8460 fortunately I got a CELTA training and I can now do this efficiently.