5,000 people participate in a giant dictation on June 4

When dictation is a family affair. Sylvie, the grandmother, her daughter Caroline, and Thibault, the youngest, the whole family will participate in the great dictation of the Champs-Élysées, Sunday June 4. Revisions with Sylvie, as a school teacher. The dictation thrilled generations of schoolchildren. In the 80s, on television, Bernard Pivot gave it back its nobility.

Huge open-air classroom

Today, it is back in force with giant dictations, for everyone and everywhere. Even in space, with Thomas Pesquet as a schoolteacher. On Sunday, meet on the Champs-Élysées, the most beautiful avenue in the world, for the biggest dictation ever. Instead of cars, a huge open-air classroom. 5,000 attendees are expected. “It’s gonna be the 14th of July spelling“, says Rachid Sankati, “Monsieur Dictée”, organizer of giant dictations.