Grammar Dictation by Ruth Wajnryb (Resource Books for Teachers)

The book contains a variety of texts for dictogloss exercises, arranged topically, according to the grammatical structure(s) trained, and according to the level of difficulty. It will be useful for busy teachers and those who want to try something different in their classrooms.
Grammar Dictation differs somewhat from other books in this series. Rather than offering a range of different techniques or activities focused on a particular area of interest, it presents one central idea which is exemplified in a large number of concrete instances.
It does, nevertheless, offer teachers a significant resource (rather than a course). The materials can be used flexibly to suit different groups at different stages of their development. Further, teachers can build upon this resource by applying the procedure to texts of their own choosing.
'Grammar dictation' is better known in some quarters as the 'dictogloss' procedure. Essentially it consists of asking learners to reconstruct a dictated text so as to capture as much as possible of its information content in as accurate and acceptable a linguistic form as possible.
This process requires learners to draw upon a nexus of interrelated skills. Initially learners engage individually in the creative reconstruction of text from memory and from their own linguistic resources. They then share this with others in a process of gradual approximation to a final product. With time and practice they learn to refine and develop their own linguistic resources but always in relation to what they already know. The contribution of individual and group effort are nicely balanced.
The approach is especially interesting for the way it reconciles certain apparent oppositions such as the new interest in grammar and the need for interactive learning; and the achievement of accuracy through fluency activities. The final product is important (in part as input to further analysis), but the individual and group process is integral in moulding and shaping it. Individual learner perceptions of wants are reconciled with teacher perceptions of learner needs.
Grammar Dictation offers teachers and learners a powerful and effective tool for learning. We recommend you try it.

AIan Maley

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