ИСТИНА

Teaching foreign languages online currently faces a challenge of adapting existing activities to digital transformation. Dictogloss approach introduced by Wajnryb has been practiced in language instruction since the 90s. Dictogloss is a task-based procedure which combines a dictation and a composition. The objective is teaching grammar and recycling vocabulary as well as developing listening and writing skills. A short text is read twice by the teacher, while learners jot down content words. In small groups, learners then reconstruct their version of the dictated text from the isolated words. Their own text should be cohesive and accurate from the point of view of grammar. The digital transformation of the procedure requires adaptation of certain stages of the activity and entails the focus change. The research experiment aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Dictogloss adaptation to online teaching. Quantitative content analysis measures the change in the amount of time spent for different stages of the task, the dynamic of the number of the key words used and the change of the noticing methods over the experiment. Qualitative methods include observation and questionnaires. The results show the growing effectiveness of the activity dependent on the amount of practice in online learning. Partial digital transformation of the procedure is recommended for offline learning. Keywords: dictogloss, digital transformation, online teaching, task-based learning.