Running dictation is an activity used to energize the students, get them out of their seats and move around. It is a way to recap vocabulary, grammar, word or sentence order, and practice listening or speaking.
Choose a short passage or dialogue and make several copies. Stick these on the walls or may be on the walls or maybe in the corridor or out of the class.
Put the students in pairs or in groups. One student runs and read the passage and comes and dictates the rest. Then they swap roles. In several turns they will build the whole passage.
The dictation can follow strictly what is in the passage or revolve around main ideas if I aim at teaching reading.
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