IMPROVING STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION BY USING DICTOGLOSS TECHNIQUE AT DARUL QUR’ANILKARIIM SCHOOL NARATHIWAT- SOUTH THAILAND

Abstract

Abstract
This study aims at finding out how the use of Dictogloss Technique improves Thai students’ listening comprehension. This is a Classroom Action Research (CAR) conducted in DarulQur'anilkariim Narathiwat-South Thailand. The subjects of the study are Thai students of class 6/1 at the school.The implementation of the technique was by building background knowledge about the text to be studied, then introducing some new vocabulary related to the text, dictating the material, and giving students time to record important matters when dictated.The data were collected from listening comprehension tests and were analyzed by using a qualitative approach. The result of the students’ listening comprehension improvement was as follows; the percentage of the students achieving the target score was 55% in the first cycle, and was improved into 75% in the second one.This leads to the conclusion that the students’ improved listening comprehension was because Dictogloss combines top-down and bottom-up processing which is appropriate with the students’ need.
Key words : Dictogloss Technique, Listening Comprehension.