The Effectiveness Of Dictogloss To Teach Writing Skill Viewed From Students’ Risk-Taking (An Experimental Study at the English Education Department of  STKIP-PGRI Pontianak in the Academic Year of 2012/2013)

Arif, Abdul

The objective of this research is to find out whether: (1) dictogloss is more effective than dicto-comp to teach writing skill; (2) the students with high level of risk-taking have better writing skill than those with low level of risk-taking; and (3) there is an interaction between the teaching methods and students’ risk-taking in teaching writing skill. This experimental study was carried out at the English Education Department of STKIP-PGRI Pontianak in the Academic Year of 2012/2013. The population of this research is the second semester students of the English Education Department of STKIP-PGRI Pontianak in the Academic Year of 2012/2013. The sample of this research consists of two classes; class A was used as the experimental group and class B as the control group. The experimental group was treated by using dictogloss; while the control group was treated by using dicto-comp. The sampling technique used is cluster random sampling. The instruments used to collect the data are students’ risk-taking questionnaire and writing test. The data were analyzed by using multifactor analysis of variance (ANOVA 2X2) and tukey test. Based on the results of the analysis, the findings of this research are: (1) dictogloss is more effective than dicto-comp to teach writing skill; (2) the students with high level of risk-taking have better writing skill than those with low level of risk-taking; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ risk-taking to teach writing skill. Based on the above findings, it can be concluded that dictogloss is an effective method to teach writing skill for the second semester students of The English Education Department of STKIP-PGRI Pontianak in the Academic Year of 2012/2013. The effectiveness of the method is influenced by the students’ level of risk-taking. Key word: Dictogloss, Dicto-comp, Writing Skill, Risk-taking, Experimental Study

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The Effectiveness Of Dictogloss To Teach Writing Skill Viewed From Students’ Risk-Taking (An Experimental Study at the English Education Department of STKIP-PGRI Pontianak in the Academic Year of 2012/2013)