Benefits of dictations for children
To speak well, it is necessary to write correctly, and this is achieved with much reading and much practice on paper. When someone commits spelling mistakes the general recommendation is 'read more', but this can also be substituted with the dictation . Dic Dictations are one of the most traditional
To speak well, it is necessary to write correctly, and this is achieved with much reading and much practice on paper. When someone commits spelling mistakes the general recommendation is 'read more', but this can also be substituted with the dictation. Dic Dictations are one of the most traditional language activities in terms of teaching, and consists of the student listening to the teacher
telling a text that he has to reproduce by writing it exactly. These exercises improve the children's listening ability, attention and concentration and also help to improve writing and spelling. The benefits of dictations for children1.
Improves attention
: For a dictation to end satisfactorily not only is it necessary for all words and phrases to be written with
correctnessand coherence, but it is fundamental that the child is attentive all the time. When the teacher or the father in question relates the words or phrases and the children go writing them, they will have to be all the time pending of what is written what the person dictates, which will improve their capacity to attend at all times to explanations or other types of academic exercises.2. Concentration increases : In line with attention, the concentration of the child also increases when a dictation is being made. Not only do they have to be aware of what the teacher or the parent is actually dictating at that moment, but they have to do everything on their part to be able to focus and know how the words that they are saying are written.
3.Improves spelling:When a word or phrase is written several times, errors decrease. Exercising contributes to the fact that spelling mistakes are getting smaller. When a word has been written incorrectly and corrected shortly afterwards, when it reappears again in the same text or in another dictation , the child will be able to detect his mistake and not repeat it again. Also, as they write words that are expressed the same but are written differently: to see and to have, go and fence, etc; the children will have to make a greater effort to know how to write them well.
4. Help to improve the language: Like the spelling, the language is also enriched through the dictations. When children are faced with oral descriptions, in addition to trying to "write correctly" the word or phrase in question, they will also improve their writing and communication skills. In this way, the language will be more complete as they make dictations because they will learn to say and write new words and different expressions. 5.Increased active capacity
: A dictation is also good for children because it has a good rhythm. This means that even if the oral presentation is paused, and it does not go too fast, it is true that it does not stop, and the children must be used to keeping their attention all the time the activity lasts.6.They help self-correction: When words are repeated and combinations appear with g and j, b and v or some words that carry h, children often have doubts about spelling
. Although at the beginning mistakes are made and probably will occur again during the first few times, by dint of seeing the same or similar words that are written the same way, children will know more and more how to correct themselves. In this way, they will be able to improve in spelling before putting a fault, or they will know how to detect the error after finishing the dictation.7.Improve listening comprehension: Another of the most positive aspects of dictation is the considerable improvement of listening comprehension. In addition to reading comprehension, children should develop their listening skills to understand and understand what they are listening to. Knowing how to put on paper what is being heard accurately and without committing misspellings is the dictation success
, which also does a great favor to the hearing ability of children, who will decipher the teacher's slow speech and put it in writing.
