A Quantitative Study on Using Dictogloss in Improving Students’ Note-taking Skills in Listening Class.

This Quantitative study investigate the use of Dictogloss to improve students’ listening skills in formal setting. The participants were 29 English Department students of UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh. Data were collected through an experimental teaching along with pre-test and post-test, and also questionnaire. The findings indicate that the use of dictogloss affected students’ note-taking skills in which the difference of mean score between pre-test (M = 38,2) and post-test (M = 53,8), and the result of paired samples test also proved that there was a significant difference in the scores. The result shows that dictogloss and note-taking gave positive effect for students listening skill. Moreover, the students could recognize the unfamiliar words by using dictogloss stage as well as lectures be remembered by taking a note.