<![CDATA[Writing is a difficult skill to master which is why exercise is regularly needed. The objective of this study is to know the usage of the running dictation method improves the students’ writing descriptive text. This experimental research was carried out in MTs Mesra Pematangsiantar in the academic year of 2020/2021. The research design of this study is classroom action research with a quantitative approach. The population of this study is all students in grade eight at junior high school, they are 212 students were divided into six classes. And as a sample of this study consist of 30% of the population were VIII-1 as the experimental group and VIII-2 as the control group. Each group consists of 35 students. The experimental group was treated by usage the Running Dictation Method, while the control group was treated by using Direct Instruction. The finding of this research is the score pre-test in the control group is 1740 where the mean is 49,71 and in the experimental group 1542 where the mean is 44,05. The mean score of difference in the control group is 15,77 and the t-test is 4,86 The standard deviation of the data in the control group is 11,01 and the effect size in teaching writing descriptive text in the control group is 1,43 It means that the student's ability is low. The students’ scores post-test in the control group is 2292 where the mean is 65,48 and in the experimental group are 3023 where the mean is 86,37 The mean score of difference in the experimental group is 42,32 and the t-test for the experimental group is 5,88. The standard deviation of the data in the experimental group is 14,41 and the effect size in the experimental group is 2,93. It means that the student's ability is high. The data analysis shows the following findings: (1) Usage Running Dictation Method is more effective than Direct Instruction in teaching writing, (2) students with high creativity have better writing ability than those having low creativity, (3) there is an interaction between usage running dictation method and teamwork between students in teaching writing]]>
