Dictation Triptychs Help Ontarian Students Kill Four Birds with a Stone

Custom Dictation Triptych, for the Kurelek Room at the AGO

There's often a gap between the speaking and listening skills and the reading and writing skills in a student. Some students can really read and write at an advanced level, but when it comes to speaking, they're incomprehensible. Nor can they understand English utterances other than those made by their L1 counterparts.

Dictation Triptychs raises the stakes for those with grossly asymmetrical skills by engaging them with their peers in jigsawed activities that work holistically on the language.

So, you can work on the four skills piecemeal, or you can whip out Dictation Triptychs and nail them all at once!