From Dictation to Online Story Writing through Pictures

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From Dictation to Online StoryWriting through
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• October 13 14, 2001
• Seoul, South Korea
• Antonia Hsiu-chen Lin
• antonia_at_mail.wtuc.edu.tw

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From Dictation to Online StoryWriting through
Pictures

• I. Introduction
• II. Literature Review
• III. Traditional Dictation
• IV. Changes
• V. Response to Dicto-composition
• VI. Response to Online Story Writing
• VII. Discussion
• VIII. Conclusion

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From Dictation to Online StoryWriting through
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• I. Introduction
• A. English Listening Writing
• B. Dicto-composition
• C. Changes
• 1. Teacher-controlled to student-centered
• 2. Picture collection
• 3. Picture story/Story book
• 4. Online story writing

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• II. Literature Review
• A. Wright (1989)
• Pictures are motivating.
• Context exists in the pictures.
• Pictures provide language skill practice.
• Pictures supply information for creation.
• Activities of picture application help
• develop critical thinking skills.

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• II. Literature Review
• B. Jackson (1999)
• Information technology encourages
  learners to construct online collaborative
  projects.

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• II. Literature Review
• C. Close Ramsey (2000)
• Wonders of technology help promote
  ownership of information, collaboration, and
  understanding of the writing process.

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• III. Traditional Dictation /Dicto-comp
• Get ready for dicto-composition.
• T reads the whole text once.
• T reads the title three times. gt Ss write it
  down.
• T reads three sentences three times. gt Ss write
  them down.
• Repeat Step 4 till the end of the text.
• T reads the whole text once and Ss check their
  writing at the same time.

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• IV. Changes
• 1. Reasons
• A) challenging but threatening
• B) repeated pattern in writing
• 2. Purposes
• A) to release the tension
• B) to involve learners as lesson
• planners and story writers

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• IV. Changes
• 3. Changes
• Picture file gt Pictures gt Story line gt
  Story writing gt Read aloud gt
• First draft submission gt Revision gt
  Second draft submission

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• IV. Changes
• 3. Changes (1997)

                         
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• IV. Changes
• 3. Changes (1999 2001)
• A. Changes in the first semester
• 1) Mechanical changes in doing
• dicto-composition
• 2) Grading system
• 3) Learner-centered story instead of
• teacher-controlled story

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• IV. Changes
• 3. Changes (1999 2001)
• B. Changes in the second semester
• 1) Group discussion -- individual story
• writing instead of dicto-composition
• 2) Picture collection for story writing as
• assignment
• 3) Online story writing through pictures
  (See
• Slide 13)
• 4) Other

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• IV. Online Story Writing through Pictures
• Picture collection
• Show and tell
• Write and read aloud (peer checking)
• First draft submission
• Rewrite and make a mini storybook (B4)
• Record the story, listen to it, and share
• Final work submission
• Pair writing/storywriting.com/ Blackboard

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• V. Response to Dicto-composition (9900)

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• V. Response to Dicto-composition (0001)

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1) One sentence was read three times.
2) Two sentences were read three times.
3) Three sentence were read three times.
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4) Prepare your own pictures to make your own
story.
5) Use the instructors pictures to choose 4-6 of
them and make a story with your partners.
  6) Use the instructors pictures to choose 4-6
of them and write your own story after discussing
with your partner.
 
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VI. Response to online story writing in the lab
1) Work in W002 for story writing and recording.
    2) Work in W002 for online writing and
reading.
 
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• VII. Discussion
• Writing experiences ( from traditional
• to web-based)
• Imagination and creation
• A sense of community
• Interactive storytellers
• Active participants
• Learners are treated as whole persons.

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• VIII. Conclusion
• Dicto-composition gt online story writing
• Teacher-controlled gt learner-centered
• Classroom-writing gt web-based writing
• Paper-and-pen gt Text-and-voice
• Language skills Imagination Commitment
  Accomplishment Online writing

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• The End
• Any Comments
• Q A
• Antonia Hsiu-chen Lin
• antonia_at_mail.wtuc.edu.tw