Through an analysis of the kinds of language behavior considered important for language acquisition such as students use of language items from dictogloss text, negotiation of language items and students participation in terms of quantity of student talk in completing the task, this paper undertakes an empirical study of the effectiveness of dictogloss in creating conditions for English learning.

According to the "second language acquisition theories", dictogloss should be applied to the traditional grammar teaching, and the teaching methods involved are probed and analyzed in this article.

With the students of two parallel classes as subjects,the present empirical research attempts to explore the influence of dictogloss in the classroom environment on the accuracy and vocabulary use of second language writing.

The research found out that dictogloss could improve students\' grammar in the using of verbs(tense),prepositions,conjunctions and pronouns.

This paper reports a study that investigates the different effects of pre-listening activities of 43 Chinese non-English majors by means of quantitative method.