The effectiveness of using dictogloss as a method to improve students’ listening achievement at MTs Ma’arif 04 Rumbia

The aims of this research are to find out whether there is significant effect of dictogloss method on the students’ listening achievement and to investigate in what part of speech the students get better achievement after learning through dictogloss method. The sample of this research was the first grade that consisted of 23 students. The instrument of this research was listening test. The researcher used paired samples t-test to analyze the data, in which the significant was determined by p<0.05. The result showed that mean score of pretest (24.56) and posttest (55.65) in which t-value>t-table (9.264 > 2.074) or sig p<0.05 (0.000<0.05). Furthermore, part of speech in listening test that improved the most after learning through dictogloss method was verb. As a result, it can be concluded that dictogloss method is effective to improve students’ listening achievement. Dictogloss method can help the students in understanding the text easier, especially in descriptive text. Keyword: Dictogloss method, Listening Comprehension, Descriptive Text