The pupils interviewed stated that they always spent at least a half to one hour to prepare for their traditional dictation
lessons before changes. They all viewed dictation as a kind of spelling-checking exercise. 12 out of 15 pupils (80% of
the pupils) indicated they were working under stress and threat. 100% of the pupils declared that they were always
trying hard to get high scores to satisfy their parents. They all thought that every learner had to undergo dictation
lessons in their language learning process. All of them had strong belief that dictation helped their learning.