Basic Dictations
A Listening Speaking Text for Beginner ESL Students
A Photocopyable Resource
Beginning ELL
Middle School to Adult
◆ Sample
Introduction, Types of Dictation, Tips for Teachers
Sample Basic Dictations Lessons
You may have noticed that this is Pro Lingua's fourth book of dictations by our good friends Cathy Sadow and Judy DeFilippo. Obviously, there is something about the way they create dictation materials that thousands of teachers have found very useful.
And you tell us the books are also really teacher and student friendly.
Basic Dictations, however, is a little different in three significant ways.
* As the title suggests, this is the easiest book of the four. It can be used with launched beginners and intermediates. It can even be used selectively with advanced students.
* As a glance at the topics (Contents) will reveal, it is aimed at the newcomer-young adult or adult. Not only are the students improving their English, they are also learning more about how to get around in their new country and culture.
* It's photocopyble. With 58 lessons in the collection, you may prefer photocopying, picking and choosing lessons that are most relevant to your students. However, the practical information on aspects of everyday life is wide-ranging and interesting, and your students will benefit from the fun and varied language practice in every lesson. Most lessons are only two pages with a short dictation, a discussion, and a couple of informative, fast-moving activities.
As with the other books, there are four kinds of dictations: partial, pair, prediction, and dictogloss. And scattered throughout the book there are also 18 listening activities - conversations and short narrations. All of the dictations and the listening tasks are available on a CD. And every lesson deals with vocabulary and discussion.
The 58 lessons are organized under these topic headings:
Friends and Families * Numbers * Time * Around Town * Food * Health * Work
◆ Contents
Introduction
Different Types of Dictations ... vi
Additional Listening Activities ... vii
Tips for Teachers ... viii
Pronunciation ... ix
Using the CD ... ix
Using a Listening Laboratory ... x
Friends and Families
What Is Your Name? ... 1 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 1, Full text 117
What's Your Nickname? ... 2 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 2, Full text 117
The Garcia Family ... 3 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 3, Full text 117
The Jolie-Pitt Family ... 4 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 4, Full text 117
Ted's Family ... 5 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 5, Full text 118
My New Family ... 7 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 6, Full text 118
Man's Best Friend ... 8 ♣ Pair•L ♣ CD track 7, Full text 119
Let's Talk ... 10 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 8, Full text 120
Am I Too Old? Asking for Advice ... 11 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 9, Full text 120
Who Is Important? ... 12 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 10, Full text 121
Numbers
Using Numbers ... 14 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 11, Full text 121
More With Numbers ... 15 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 12, Full text 121
American Money ... 17 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 13, Full text 122
A Little Math: Add and Subtract ... 18 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 14, Full text 122
Fun with Numbers ... 20 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 15, Full text 123
Trivia Contest! ... 22 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 16, Full text 124
Time
What Time Is It? Part 1 ... 23 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 17, Full text 124
What Time Is It? Part 2 ... 25 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 18, Full text 125
The Days of the Week ... 28 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 19, Full text 125
The Months of the Year ... 29 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 20, Full text 125
The Four Seasons ... 31 ♣ Dictogloss ♣ CD track 21, Full text 126
What's the Weather? The Temperature? ... 32 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 22, Full text 126
U.S. Holidays and Special Days ... 34 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 23, Full text 126
Around Town
Let's Go Shopping! ... 36 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 24, Full text 127
Second-Hand Clothing Stores ... 39 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 25, Full text 127
Household Items ... 40 ♣ Prediction ♣ CD track 26, Full text 127
Used Furnishings ... 43 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 27, Full text 128
Looking for an Apartment ... 45 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 28, Full text 128
Sending Money Home by Western Union ... 47 ♣ Partial •L ♣ CD track 29, Full text 128
United States Postal Service ... 50 ♣ Pair•L ♣ CD track 30, Full text 129
Public Schools in the United States ... 53 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 31, Full text 130
In the Library ... 55 ♣ Dictogloss•L ♣ CD track 32, Full text 130
Keep America Beautiful ... 56 ♣ Partial/ Dictogloss•L ♣ CD track 33, Full text 131
Food
Fruit Salad ... 58 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 34, Full text 131
Supermarket List ... 60 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 35, Full text 132
Nothing to Eat ... 63 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 36, Full text 133
Eat Right! ... 64 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 37, Full text 133
Food Pantries ... 65 ♣ Prediction•L ♣ CD track 38, Full text 133
Tipping ... 67 ♣ Prediction•L ♣ CD track 39, Full text 135
Health
A Bad Morning ... 69 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 40, Full text 136
An Appointment for Henry ... 71 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 41, Full text 137
Henry Visits the Doctor ... 73 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 42, Full text 138
Your Medical History ... 75 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 43, Full text 139
A Visit to the Dentist ... 78 ♣ Partial/ Dictogloss•L ♣ CD track 44, Full text 139
Baby Teeth ... 80 ♣ Pair•L ♣ CD track 45, Full text 140
Sleep Like a Baby ... 82 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 46, Full text 140
Infant Immunizations ... 84 ♣ Dictogloss/Partial ♣ CD track 47, Full text 140
Work
How Much Do They Make? ... 86 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 48, Full text 141
Looking for a Job ... 89 ♣ Prediction ♣ CD track 49, Full text 141
Social Security ... 93 ♣ Prediction•L ♣ CD track 50, Full text 142
The Pay Slip ... 96 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 51, Full text 143
Banks and Bank Accounts ... 100 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 52, Full text 144
Writing Checks ... 102 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 53, Full text 144
Henry Drives to Work ... 104 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 54, Full text 145
Fifty Minutes on the Road ... 107 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 55, Full text 145
Henry's Accident ... 109 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 56, Full text 146
How to Get a Driver's License ... 111 ♣ Prediction•L ♣ CD track 58, Full text 147
Road Signs ... 113 ♣ Dictogloss•L ♣ CD track 57, Full text 148
How to Give the Dictations ... 116
Dictation Scripts ... 117
Note: L indicates Additional Listening Activities - see page vii.
◆ Other books featuring dictation:
Dictations for
Great Dictations Discussion Dictation Riddles
(High-Beginner to Interactive Dictations (High-Intermediate to (High-Beginner to
Low-Intermediate) (Intermediate) Advanced) Advanced)
Basic Dictations
A Listening Speaking Text for Beginner ESL Students
A Photocopyable Resource
Beginning ELL
Middle School to Adult
◆ Sample
Introduction, Types of Dictation, Tips for Teachers
Sample Basic Dictations Lessons
You may have noticed that this is Pro Lingua's fourth book of dictations by our good friends Cathy Sadow and Judy DeFilippo. Obviously, there is something about the way they create dictation materials that thousands of teachers have found very useful.
And you tell us the books are also really teacher and student friendly.
Basic Dictations, however, is a little different in three significant ways.
* As the title suggests, this is the easiest book of the four. It can be used with launched beginners and intermediates. It can even be used selectively with advanced students.
* As a glance at the topics (Contents) will reveal, it is aimed at the newcomer-young adult or adult. Not only are the students improving their English, they are also learning more about how to get around in their new country and culture.
* It's photocopyble. With 58 lessons in the collection, you may prefer photocopying, picking and choosing lessons that are most relevant to your students. However, the practical information on aspects of everyday life is wide-ranging and interesting, and your students will benefit from the fun and varied language practice in every lesson. Most lessons are only two pages with a short dictation, a discussion, and a couple of informative, fast-moving activities.
As with the other books, there are four kinds of dictations: partial, pair, prediction, and dictogloss. And scattered throughout the book there are also 18 listening activities - conversations and short narrations. All of the dictations and the listening tasks are available on a CD. And every lesson deals with vocabulary and discussion.
The 58 lessons are organized under these topic headings:
Friends and Families * Numbers * Time * Around Town * Food * Health * Work
◆ Contents
Introduction
Different Types of Dictations ... vi
Additional Listening Activities ... vii
Tips for Teachers ... viii
Pronunciation ... ix
Using the CD ... ix
Using a Listening Laboratory ... x
Friends and Families
What Is Your Name? ... 1 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 1, Full text 117
What's Your Nickname? ... 2 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 2, Full text 117
The Garcia Family ... 3 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 3, Full text 117
The Jolie-Pitt Family ... 4 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 4, Full text 117
Ted's Family ... 5 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 5, Full text 118
My New Family ... 7 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 6, Full text 118
Man's Best Friend ... 8 ♣ Pair•L ♣ CD track 7, Full text 119
Let's Talk ... 10 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 8, Full text 120
Am I Too Old? Asking for Advice ... 11 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 9, Full text 120
Who Is Important? ... 12 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 10, Full text 121
Numbers
Using Numbers ... 14 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 11, Full text 121
More With Numbers ... 15 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 12, Full text 121
American Money ... 17 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 13, Full text 122
A Little Math: Add and Subtract ... 18 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 14, Full text 122
Fun with Numbers ... 20 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 15, Full text 123
Trivia Contest! ... 22 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 16, Full text 124
Time
What Time Is It? Part 1 ... 23 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 17, Full text 124
What Time Is It? Part 2 ... 25 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 18, Full text 125
The Days of the Week ... 28 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 19, Full text 125
The Months of the Year ... 29 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 20, Full text 125
The Four Seasons ... 31 ♣ Dictogloss ♣ CD track 21, Full text 126
What's the Weather? The Temperature? ... 32 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 22, Full text 126
U.S. Holidays and Special Days ... 34 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 23, Full text 126
Around Town
Let's Go Shopping! ... 36 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 24, Full text 127
Second-Hand Clothing Stores ... 39 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 25, Full text 127
Household Items ... 40 ♣ Prediction ♣ CD track 26, Full text 127
Used Furnishings ... 43 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 27, Full text 128
Looking for an Apartment ... 45 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 28, Full text 128
Sending Money Home by Western Union ... 47 ♣ Partial •L ♣ CD track 29, Full text 128
United States Postal Service ... 50 ♣ Pair•L ♣ CD track 30, Full text 129
Public Schools in the United States ... 53 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 31, Full text 130
In the Library ... 55 ♣ Dictogloss•L ♣ CD track 32, Full text 130
Keep America Beautiful ... 56 ♣ Partial/ Dictogloss•L ♣ CD track 33, Full text 131
Food
Fruit Salad ... 58 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 34, Full text 131
Supermarket List ... 60 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 35, Full text 132
Nothing to Eat ... 63 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 36, Full text 133
Eat Right! ... 64 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 37, Full text 133
Food Pantries ... 65 ♣ Prediction•L ♣ CD track 38, Full text 133
Tipping ... 67 ♣ Prediction•L ♣ CD track 39, Full text 135
Health
A Bad Morning ... 69 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 40, Full text 136
An Appointment for Henry ... 71 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 41, Full text 137
Henry Visits the Doctor ... 73 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 42, Full text 138
Your Medical History ... 75 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 43, Full text 139
A Visit to the Dentist ... 78 ♣ Partial/ Dictogloss•L ♣ CD track 44, Full text 139
Baby Teeth ... 80 ♣ Pair•L ♣ CD track 45, Full text 140
Sleep Like a Baby ... 82 ♣ Pair ♣ CD track 46, Full text 140
Infant Immunizations ... 84 ♣ Dictogloss/Partial ♣ CD track 47, Full text 140
Work
How Much Do They Make? ... 86 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 48, Full text 141
Looking for a Job ... 89 ♣ Prediction ♣ CD track 49, Full text 141
Social Security ... 93 ♣ Prediction•L ♣ CD track 50, Full text 142
The Pay Slip ... 96 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 51, Full text 143
Banks and Bank Accounts ... 100 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 52, Full text 144
Writing Checks ... 102 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 53, Full text 144
Henry Drives to Work ... 104 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 54, Full text 145
Fifty Minutes on the Road ... 107 ♣ Partial•L ♣ CD track 55, Full text 145
Henry's Accident ... 109 ♣ Partial ♣ CD track 56, Full text 146
How to Get a Driver's License ... 111 ♣ Prediction•L ♣ CD track 58, Full text 147
Road Signs ... 113 ♣ Dictogloss•L ♣ CD track 57, Full text 148
How to Give the Dictations ... 116
Dictation Scripts ... 117
Note: L indicates Additional Listening Activities - see page vii.
◆ Other books featuring dictation:
Dictations for
Great Dictations Discussion Dictation Riddles
(High-Beginner to Interactive Dictations (High-Intermediate to (High-Beginner to
Low-Intermediate) (Intermediate) Advanced) Advanced)