Spanish interactive 'zero error' dictation - Juan y su amiga Gabi
This activity is an interactive ‘zero error’ dictation. It brings together a wide range of sound-spelling correspondences (SSCs) previously taught in NCELP Spanish phonics materials. The same text could also be used as a phoneme monitoring activity (tallying how many times a certain phoneme is heard in the passage) or for a dictogloss (note taking, either in Spanish or English, and text reconstruction in small groups).
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Language being learnt
Type / purpose of resource
Pedagogical focus
Interaction (e.g., face to face, online)
Phonics - Applying sound-symbol combination knowledge
Phonics - Consolidating sound-symbol combination knowledge
Phonics - Sound-symbol combinations in sentences/discourse
Teaching Methods: Task-Based Language Teaching
Type of practice - Listening
Type of practice - Reading
Phonics - Applying sound-symbol combination knowledge
Phonics - Consolidating sound-symbol combination knowledge
Phonics - Sound-symbol combinations in sentences/discourse
Teaching Methods: Task-Based Language Teaching
Type of practice - Listening
Type of practice - Reading
Modality / mode (skill)
Target age range
Hours of prior instruction
0-50 hours
| Key stage | Year | Ages | Hours of instruction (based on 40 weeks in a year) | Total hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 7-8 | 40 | ||
| 4 | 8-9 | 40 | ||
| 5 | 9-10 | 40 | ||
| 6 | 10-11 | 40 | ||
| KS2 | 160 | |||
| 7 | 11-12 | 80 | ||
| 8 | 12-13 | 80 | ||
| 9 | 13-14 | 80 | ||
| KS3 | 400 | |||
| 10 | 14-15 | 120 | ||
| 11 | 15-16 | 120 | ||
| KS4 | 640 | |||
| 12 | 16-17 | 200 | ||
| 13 | 17-18 | 200 | ||
| A-levels | 1040 |
Thematic / semantic field