vii ABSTRACT
Irawati Husain, 2014. The Effectiveness of Dictogloss Technique to Improve the Students’
Writing Ability at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Muhammadiyah 4 Makassar. A thesis of English Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Makassar. Guided by Abd Muin and Abd Waris Hamid.
The objective of the research was to find out the improvement of the students achievement in writing ability through Dictogloss Technique in term of language use and mechanics. The researcher applied a pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and one group post-test design. The subject of the research was the tenth grade students in SMA Muhammadiyah 4 Makassar academic year 2013-2014. The sample consists of 20 students. The research was held in six meetings.
The result of the data analysis showed that there was a significant difference between pre- test and post-test. The research findings indicated that Dictogloss Technique was effective to improve the students’ writing ability in term of language use and mechanics. It was proved by the students’ mean score in pre-test was 58.07 and post test was 74.75. It showed that the students’
writing skill in post-test was higher than pre-test. The value of t-test from Language use and mechanics component was 15.53 and it was greater than t-table 2.093 at the level of significant (p)
= 0.05 and degree of freedom (df) = 20-1=19, it was found that the result of t-test value was greater than t-table (15.53>2.093). It is said that the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted.
It can be concluded that there was a significant difference between the students’ writing ability before and after using dictogloss technique writing process in improving the students’
writing ability at the tenth grade students in SMA Muhammadiyah 4 Makassar.
