The Advantages of Dictogloss Technique
According to Thornton in Vasiljevic (2010:46) Dictogloss has
some advantages over other models of teaching listening
comprehension.
1) The dictogloss method is an effective way of combining individual
and group activities. Students listen and take notes individually
and then work together to reconstruct the texts. The
reconstruction task gives students focus and a clear objective,
which is a pre-condition for effective group work. Students are
actively involved in the learning process and there are multiple

opportunities for peer learning and peer teaching. After the
teacher provides a framework for understanding the passage by
explaining the background information, cooperative groups can
develop more appropriate comparisons or examples that will
assist learners with their comprehension. 
2) The dictogloss procedure facilitates the development of the
learners’ communicative competence. Furthermore, unlike in a
typical discussion class where students are presented with a list
of topics or discussion questions and communication activities
often have a simple question-and-answer format, in a dictogloss
class, students’ interaction is much more natural. A
collaborative reconstruction task gives learners the opportunities
to practice and use all modes of language and to become
engaged in authentic communication. There is more turn-taking
and students are more likely to use confirmation and
clarification strategies. The variety of interaction was found to
be more productive in terms of language development than the
actual linguistic forms used. Point out, people learn languages
best not by treating them as an object of study, but by
experiencing them as a medium of communication. 
3) The reconstruction stage helps students try out their hypotheses
and subsequently to identify their strengths and weaknesses.
A reconstruction task encourages students to consider the input
more closely. Noticing is known to be one of the crucial
elements of the language learning process.