Applying Dictogloss Strategy to Improve Students’ English Writing Achievement (Experimental Research at The Second Yearof SMA Negeri 1 Meukek)

This research is entitled "Applying Dictogloss Strategy to Improve Students’ English Writing Achievement". At the second year students of SMAN 1 Meukek, Aceh Selatan. It was aimed at finding out to what extend the use of dictogloss strategy improves students’ ability in writing narrative text. This research was experimental research. The experiment was conducted through classroom meetings in two classes; they were the control and the experimental classes. The samples of this research were students of class XI MIPA 3 (experimental class) which consisted of 25 students, and XI MIPA 2 (control class) which consisted of 24 students. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. The data were gathered through tests which were divided into the pre-test, post-test and questionnaires. The result of this study indicates that the dictogloss strategy could improve students’ achievement in writing narrative text, which proven by the result of the tests that showed an increase in score of the experimental class (74.6) is higher than the control class (69.8).