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THE EFFECT OF RUNNING DICTATION TOWARD

THE STUDENTS’ WRITING MECHANICS AT THE EIGHTH

GRADE OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 8 BATU

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana

Degree in English Education

By:

PrimadinaCahyati

201110100311138

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2015

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This thesis was written by Primadina Cahyati and was approved on 11 November, 2015

By:

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“Don’t Put of Tomorrow What You Can Do Today”

“Never Stop Praying No Matter How Dark and Hopeless It May Seem.

Keep Your Faith”

-Dr. Bilal Philips-

“Sesungguhnya Sesudah Kesulitan Itu Ada Kemudahan”.

Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.

-Q.S Al-Insyiroh:5-

Dedication:

This thesis dedicated to:

1. My beloved parents

2. My beloved family

3. My beloved lecturers

4. My beloved friends

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bismillahirrohmanirrohim

First of all, let’s praise to Allah SWT, which gave his grace to us. So, this

research can be finished. This research was made based on the data which was got

by the researcher. The purpose of this research is to develop the knowledge and to

know the effect of Running Dictation on the students’ mechanics in writing skill

at the eighth grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Batu.

In terms of preparation this research, the researcher gained some helps

from some parties who gave support in the process wrote this research. Therefore,

the researcher needs to say thank you to them. Some of the following parties were

written below:

1. Mr. Edi Pranoto and Mrs. Nasyiatul Aisyiah, the researcher’s parents

that always give support and spirit to finish this research.

2. Mr. Drs. Jarum, M.Ed. as the first advisor who always helps and

supports to build up the researcher’s mind in order to finish this

research.

3. Mrs. Rina Wahyu S, M.Ed. as the second advisor who always helps

and supports the researcher to finish this research.

4. All of the researcher’s friends who always give enjoyable and also

spirit to finish this research.

The researcher recognizes that this research is too far from perfect. So,

constructive criticism and suggestion are highly expected by the author. In

addition, the author hopes that this research can be useful to solve the similar

problem in the future.

Malang, October 27 2015

Author

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page ........................................................................................ i

Approval Page before the Thesis Defense ...................................... ii

Approval Page after the Defense .................................................... iii

Motto and Dedication ..................................................................... iv

Statement of Work’s Originality .................................................... v

Abstract ............................................................................................. vi

Acknowledgements .......................................................................... vii

Table of Contents ............................................................................ viii

List of Tables .................................................................................... x

List of Appendix .............................................................................. xi

Chapter I ........................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of The Study ................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of The Problem ................................................. 4

1.3 Hypothesis .......................................................................... 4

1.4 Significance of The Study .................................................. 5

1.5 Scope and Limitation ......................................................... 5

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ..................................................... 6

Chapter II ......................................................................................... 7

2.1 Writing Skill ...................................................................... 7

2.2 Technique to Teach Writing ............................................... 8

2.3 Problem in Teach Writing ................................................. 9

2.4 The Concept of Running Dictation .................................... 12

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2.5 Writing Mechanics ........................................................... 15

Chapter III ....................................................................................... 17

3.1 Design of the Study ........................................................... 17

3.2 Population and Sample ....................................................... 18

3.3 Research Instrument .......................................................... 19

3.4 Data Collection .................................................................. 20

3.5 Data Analysis ..................................................................... 22

Chapter IV ........................................................................................ 24

4.1 Research Finding ................................................................ 24

4.2 Discussion ........................................................................... 31

Chapter V .......................................................................................... 35

5.1 Conclusion .......................................................................... 35

5.2 Suggestion ........................................................................... 36

References ......................................................................................... 37

Appendix .......................................................................................... 40

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LIST OF TABLES

Tables Page

Table 3.1 The Research Design’s Table of Pre-test and Post-test 18

Table 3.2 Rubric Score for Mechanics in Writing 20

Table 3.3 The Schedule of Teaching in The Experimental and

Control Group

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Table 4.1 Table of the Average and Percentage in Experimental

Group

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Table 4.2 Table of the Average and Percentage in Control Group 26

Table 4.3 Mean Score of Both Experimental and Control Group in

Pre-test

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Table 4.4 The Schedule of Teaching English in Experimental and

Control Group

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Table 4.5Table of the Average and Percentage in Experimental

Group

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Table 4.6 Table of the Average and Percentage in Control Group 29

Table 4.7 Mean Score of Both Experimental and Control Group in

Post-test

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Table 4.8 Difference of Pre-test and Post-test Score 32

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LIST OF APPENDIXES

Appendixes Page

Appendix I The Materials of Pre-test, Post-test, and Treatment 40

Appendix II The Objective of The Teaching Writing 46

Appendix III The Result of Dependent Sample T-test 47

Appendix IV Table t 55

Appendix V Lesson Plan 57

Appendix VI Pictures of Running Dictation Activity 95

Appendix VII Research Letter 98

Appendix VIII Students’ Work 99

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