IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL THROUGH THE USE OF THE DICTOGLOSS TECHNIQUE “A Study at Nahdlatul Ulama University of NTB”

Lalu Dwi Satria Ardiansyah

doi:10.47165/jpin.v1i2.36

Abstract

This paper is intended to explain the use of the dictogloss technique to improve students’ writing skill at Nahdlatul Ulama University of West Nusa Tenggara. The use of the dictogloss technique for improving students’ writing skill can be represented in each stage of this technique. Moreover, as a technique for language learning, the dictogloss, has preparation stage, dictation stage, reconstruction stage, and analysis-correction stage which facilitate learners in which students work together to reconstruct a dictated-text. They reconstruct the dictated-text by using their own words or in other words they do not write exactly what the lecturer read. Furthermore, the use of the dictogloss technique give a clear advantages for improving students’ writing skill, such as provides an opportunity for learners to use their grammatical knowledge to reconstruct the dictated-text and also encourages learners to find out what they do and do not know about English which is realized in the attempts to reconstruct the text and in the subsequent analysis of those attempts. Besides, the dictogloss technique also contribute to the motivation, learners’ interaction, and grammar in context. Teaching the students grammar in context shows them how to apply various grammatical concepts.

Highlights

English education in Indonesian context (English as a Foreign Language) has many problems which are related to the quality of the students
Talking about English education problems, this paper will focus on the writing ability of the students of the university level in West Nusa Tenggara province
The results showed the students were interested, motivated and enthusiastic in learning grammar using the Dictogloss technique

Summary

INTRODUCTION

English education in Indonesian context (English as a Foreign Language) has many problems which are related to the quality of the students. The experimental research aims to investigate the effectiveness of dictogloss technique to improve students’ skill in writing narrative text, and to investigate whether there is any significant difference of the experimental and control groups. Design of the Research The research on improving students’ writing skill through the use of the dictogloss technique on developing the materials and media on the topics that would be taught It was conducted collaboratively with the the collaborator, and the students. According to Kemmis and McTaggart (1988) in Burns (2010: 7-8), there are four broad steps in a cycle of action research: Planning In this step, the researcher collected much information from the observations and the interviews done to the lecturer and the students.The researcher observed the English classroom teaching and learning process in class. The researcher takes time to reflect with the beliefs and understandings about the nature and context of the general idea which has been developed

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CONCLUSION