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

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.