Teaching and Learning Writing Using Dictogloss at the First Semester of the Eighth Grade of SMP Al Huda Jatiagung, South Lampung in 2017/2018 Academic Year

ABSTRACT TEACHING AND LEARNING WRITING USING DICTOGLOSS AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHT GRADE OF SMP AL HUDA JATIAGUNG, SOUTH LAMPUNG IN 2017/2018 ACADEMIC YEAR In learning English, there are four skills need to mastered by students, there are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Writing as one of the productive skills is required by the learners to communicate in written form. The implementation of interesting and effective technique, media, or strategies are needed by a teacher. One of the techniques in teaching writing is Dictogloss technique. This research was conducted because writing score of the students were still low. The objectives of this research were to know and describe the process of teaching and learning writing using Dictogloss, to know and describe the teacher’s problems in teaching writing using Dictogloss, to know and describe the students’ problems in learning writing using Dictogloss. In this research, the writer used descriptive qualitative research method. The writer chose one of the six classes of eight grade who get lowest average score of English subject in writing. the writer chose VIII A which consisted 35 students. In collecting the data, the writer used three kinds of instruments, they were observation, interview, and questionnaire. The writer used three major phase of data analysis, they were data reduction, data display, and conclusion or verification.The writer conducted the research in two meetings. The writer analyzed the process of teaching and learning writing using dictogloss, teacher’s problems and students problems in teaching learning using dictogloss. After analysing the data, there were points of the result. The process of teaching and learning writing using Dictogloss at SMP Al Huda had been conducted, the process were pre-activity, main-activity and post-activity. The teacher’s problems in teaching writing using Dictogloss were the teacher had difficulties to calm and handle the students that seemed noisy during reconstructing activity and he should be guide the students when reconstructed their writing. The problems faced by students in learning writing using Dictogloss were that the students felt confused to developed their ideas because they did not understand to the words that teacher read. Furthermore, the students had limited vocabulary, wrong capitalization, punctuation, grammatical error and organisation. They also needed too much time to discuss with their friend when reconstruction activity. Keywords: Dictogloss, teaching writing, descriptive qualitative researc