This method has certain advantages in learning English, there are:1. Performing dictation can improve listening skills2. Performing dictation is an activity that always seems to have a positive effect on classroom management.3. Performing dictation helps learners see relationships between spelling and pronunciation.4. Performing dictation can lead to oral communication activities.5. Performing a dictation can help the teacher to make his students active in learning to listen. Based on the above statements, the author wants to conduct an experimental research to find out to what extent performing dictation can improve the listening skills of SMP Sultan Fatah Demak students. The author is carrying out an experimental research entitled “THE USE OF RUNNING DICTION TO TEACH LISTENING SKILL”.2.3. Steps of the Running Dictation Method A running dictation can be used for almost any subject. The steps for executing the dictation are as follows:1. The professor prepares ten short films