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Having grouped her learners into groups of five, a teacher read out a text to them and then asks them to jot down words and fragments of sentences to recreate the text, not necessarily the exact text. What is this strategy known as?

A.
Mutual dictation
B.
Composition dictation
C.
Grammar dictation
D.
Plain dictation

Solution:

Dictation refers to the practice of speaking or reading aloud words to be noted down by others. It has been regarded as a technique to train pupils to listen carefully, concentrate for the time being and retain what is being spoken, and reproduce it in good handwriting at a reasonable speed. In this situation, the teacher read the text and asks them to recreate the text, this is known as composition dictation.Composition dictation includes at the first hand, dictation by the teacher followed by the composition of a new text by the students on a similar line. It is so-called because the composition refers to the formation of compound words from separate words.?Hence, it is concluded that the above mentioned strategy is known as composition dictation.Additional InformationMutual dictation is a group activity where the students are divided into pairs and are asked to dictate parts of the text to each other and then collectively combine the total text.Grammar dictation is a creative or innovative methodology of dictation where the speech is presented at a normal speed. i.e. not with an intention of word-to-word speech to text conversion.

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