IMPROVING STUDENTS WRITING SKILLS BY DICTATION TECHNIQUE AT SMK ANALIS MANDALA BHAKTI PALOPO

ABSTRACT Murthi prayudi, 2022. "Improving Students Writing Skills by Dictation Technique at SMK Analis Mandala Bhakti Palopo". A thesis Of The English Education Study Program Faculty Of Tarbiyah And Teacher Training State Islamic Institute Of Palopo. Supervised By: Muhammad Iksan and Andi Tenrisanna Syam. xii This research attempted to determine the students' improvement in learning writing skills by dictation technique at SMK analis mandala bhakti palopo. This research applied pre-experimental research. The research objective is to find out whether using the dictation technique is effective in improving students' writing skills at SMK Anakis Mandala Bhakti Palopo. The population of this research was the students of the second year of SMK Analis Mandala Bhakti Palopo. The research used purposive sampling with 11 students. The researcher gave the students a pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 22. The researcher gathered data by making paragraphs by dictation pre-test and post-test formulated in the writing test. Pre-test and post-test data were firstly tabulated and analyzed in percentage. The research results show that the use of the dictation technique effectively improves students' reading skills. The mean score in the pre-test was lower than the mean score in the post-test (51