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Picture dictation

A picture dictation activity

Watch Joshua demonstrating a fun picture dictation activity.

  • Would your learners enjoy this activity? How might you adapt it for them? What language might you focus on? See Claire and Josh discuss this from minute 4 to 6 (last 2 minutes).
  • What other activities or games involving pictures do your learners enjoy doing online?

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Download The Image in English Language Teaching (pdf ebook) – a collection of articles and practical ideas for using still and moving images in language education.

The images we’ve used in the screencasts on this course come from Unsplash and Pixabay.

Your students might enjoy this close-up images guessing game.

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