초록/서문 부분을 실어 독자 대중이 딕테이션이라는 교습법에 대한 환상에서 벗어나도록 함으로써 왜곡된 현실에 대한 이해를 돕고자 합니다.


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Dictation: Is it really effective for language teaching? *TAKEUCHI, OsamuFaculty of Informatics, Kansai University, Osaka, Japane-mail: takeuchi@res.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp
Introduction


As a testing method, dictation has been confirmed to be reliable and valid by many researchers. Based on the summary of empirical studies, Oller (1979), for example, considers dictation to be a type of integrative test, a test which requires a learner to use several language skills at the same time). Heaton (1988:17) says, "the integrated skills involved in tests of dictation include auditory discrimination, the auditory memory span, spelling, the recognition of sound segments, a familiarity with the grammatical and lexical patterning of the language, and overall textual comprehension", and claims, "dictation tests can prove good predictors of global language ability". Dictation is, in a sense, an established means of testing.


As a teaching method, however, dictation lacks sound empirical grounds. Harris (1969), for example, insists that dictation can be a useful pedagogical device but offers little empirical support. Davis and Rinvolucri (1988) also mention that dictation is an effective measure of teaching, and provide us with various methods of dictation. However, empirical support for their claim of effectiveness is slight.

One example of empirical data was provided by Yoshida (1978, 1981, 1984). He found statistically significant positive correlations between dictation and the results of listening tests, and, based on these findings, claims that dictation can be a good teaching device. His findings do indicate that dictation is a good predictor of learners' listening ability. However, a good predictor does not necessarily turn out to be a good teaching device. The literature as a whole, therefore, shows that dictation has been utilized by foreign language teachers for teaching with precarious empirical support."


출처 : 関西大学視聴覚教育第20号(1997) 

Kansai University, Audio-Visual Education 20, pp. (1997)

http://www2.ipcku.kansai-u.ac.jp/~takeuchi/papers/av20.html


어휘 한 개 소개 : precarious [prikɛəriəs] adjective. ① 불확실한, 믿을 수 없는, 불안정한; 위험한, 불안(不安)한(생활 따위). [SYN.] ⇨ UNCERTAIN.

② 지레짐작의, 근거 없는(가설·추측 따위).


"As a teaching method, however, dictation lacks sound empirical grounds. "


"교습법으로서의 딕테이션은 건전한 실증적 근거를 결핍한다."


" [E]mpirical support for their claim of effectiveness is slight."


"그들의 주장에 대한 실증적 지지는 희박하다."


"The literature as a whole, therefore, shows that dictation has been utilized by foreign language teachers for teaching with precarious empirical support."


"그러므로 (언어교육학 분야의) 문헌을 총체적으로 보건대, 외국어 교사들은 그동안 추측성 근거에 입각하여 딕테이션 방법을 이용하여 왔다."