Paul Nation describe that dictation as a technique where the learners receive some spoken input, hold this in their memory for a short time, and then writer what they heard. Dictation can be assessments tool to measure students’ understanding in spelling and the meaning of a word, it means that dictation most effective when it involves known vocabulary.
Dictation is used to evaluate most of the aspects of language: grammar, oral communication, pronunciation, and listening comprehension. Its main purpose is to check the proficiency of the students about the language being learned such grammatical mistakes, it ensures attentive listening and trains students to distinguish sound, helps learning punctuation and develops aural comprehension. It means that when students do dictation test, they do not only pay attention to the sound of the words but also understand about the meaning of that words, so that the student will be able to apply those words in new sentences.
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