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. They had
never thought of any possibility of change in the way dictation could have been conducted. Some pupils expressed their
concerns about having changes. They were insecure over any new ways of dictation which they had never experienced
before and they did not have confidence in getting satisfactory results in their work in new ways of doing dictation.
After the introduction of the innovative dictation activities, pupils began to enjoy their dictation lessons. Some
pupils immediately asked whether they would have the same kind of activities in their coming dictation lessons once the
lesson was over. They looked forward to having the lessons again instead of avoiding them like what they did in the
past. Data collected in the questionnaires revealed pupils’ consistent and strong belief in the use of dictation in their
learning. The figure was even higher than it was before the study. There was an increase of 17 pupils representing
17.5% of the sample. This is an encouraging finding because it reveals that pupils not only treat innovative dictation
activities as interesting games but also as learning processes. 15 more pupils, an increase of 15.5%, found happiness in
their dictation lessons and the satisfaction pupils gained from the innovative dictation lessons also increased by 12.4%
or a total of 12 more pupils. Pupils who were previously worried about changes realised that dictation lessons could also
be fun. 57 out of 97 pupils, representing 58.8% of the sample, either gave the responses of ‘strongly agree’ or ‘agree’ on
having more dictation lessons. There was an increase of 15 pupils representing an increase of 22.7% who held positive
responses when compared with the figure at the beginning of the study. In the final questionnaire, 78% of pupils
expressed that they enjoyed their innovative dictation activities while 76% of the pupils expressed their preferences in
having the new innovative dictation activities to the traditional exercises they used to have.