EAL Conservation masked mutual dictation task

Based on ideas from Wajnrib and Rinvolucri, this is a student-centred dictation task. A text about conservation has been divided into two parts; Student A and Student B. The students each take turns to dictate the parts of the text they have, in order. To reflect the times we are living in, I have made this a ‘masked’ dictation. It has been very difficult to understand each other while wearing face masks during COVID-times, so I designed this activity to allow non-native speakers the opportunity to focus on their pronunciation as we can no longer use lip-reading to assist with comprehension. Students should not show each other their sheets, or spell out or translate words. They can check their work with their partner.