Linguodidactic potential of the complex task “Dictogloss”

Teaching a foreign language is aimed at the formation of foreign language communicative competence. The purpose of foreign language teaching is the development of speech skills. The methodology of foreign languages teaching continuously searches for new forms of work that increase the productivity of the process and have a large linguodidactic potential. For many years teachers has used one type of work at foreign languages lessons – a dictation. Dictogloss is dictation with more ambitious goals, develop not only writing, but also speaking, reading, listening. The analysis of the Model Foreign Language Programs for Schools shows that it is necessary to develop exercises that help in the shortest possible time to develop as many speech skills as possible, increasing the productivity of the process of foreign language teaching. So we study a number of research of both Russian and foreign authors on dictogloss and derive on their basis the dictogloss technique in stages and a variety of this type of work. We present: 1) the definition of dictogloss; 2) the main stages of its implementation (preparation, dictation, processing, analysis and correction); 3) the dictogloss types; 4) the great linguodidactic potential of the dictogloss, expressed in the application of students' lexical and grammatical not separately, but in a complex for solving practical speech tasks.

dictogloss, dictogloss technique, speech-making activities, foreign language, text, speech skills, learning efficiency