Oksana Kharley's guest appearances

Oksana Kharley

Masters of TESOL

Scott Thornbury

Jennifer Jenkins

Thomas Farrell

Jon Campbell-Larsen

Eytan Zweig

Justin McKibben

Andrew Euan MacFarlane

Tamar Keren-Portnoy

Heather Marsden

Marilyn Vihman

Martin Dewey

Ahmar Mahboob

Dorothy Chun

Tom Randolph

Roger Fusselman

OwlTail

http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/21_-_Can_Dictation_Be_Fun__-_Oksana_Kharley.mp3  “Oh googie…dictation….” Possibly one of the most misused input/output techniques. The dreaded dictation. How can we move beyond playing a CD or reading and having students just write down what they hear? Oksana Kharley takes us through some useful approaches and techniques for practicing listening and writing that don’t include playing audio a couple of times and then handing out a script. Her ideas can help open up some new avenues for activities that the word and a new way of thinking about “dictation” (eg, does it NEED to include writing?) Some of these activities come from: Paul Davis &amp; Mario Rinvolucri. (2006). Dictation. New methods, new possibilities. CUP.

<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/21_-_Can_Dictation_Be_Fun__-_Oksana_Kharley.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/21_-_Can_Dictation_Be_Fun__-_Oksana_Kharley.mp3</a> “Oh googie…dictation….” Possibly one of the most misused input/output techniques. The dreaded dictation. How can we move beyond playing a CD or reading and having students just write down what they hear? Oksana Kharley takes us through some useful approaches and techniques for practicing listening and writing that don’t include playing audio a couple of times and then handing out a script. Her ideas can help open up some new avenues for activities that the word and a new way of thinking about “dictation” (eg, does it NEED to include writing?) Some of these activities come from: Paul Davis &amp; Mario Rinvolucri. (2006). Dictation. New methods, new possibilities. CUP.

21 – Can Dictation Be Fun? – Oksana Kharley