THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SECOND GRADE OF SMPN 1 TRIMURJO

Ade Aprilia, Ag. Bambang Setiyadi, Mahpul Mahpul

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti i) apakah mind mapping dapat meningkatkan aspek kemampuan menulis siswa dan ii) hambatan yang dialami siswa dalam belajar menulis menggunakan mind mapping. Penelitian ini termasuk kedalam penelitian kuantitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 31 siswa VIII A SMPN 1 Trimurjo. Tes menulis dan questioner digunakan sebagai alat untuk pengambilan data. Data dianalisis menggunakan Paired Sample t-test. Hasil menunjukan bahwa ada peningkatan kemampuan menulis siswa yang signifikan dengan tingkat signifikansi p=0.00<0.05. Pemahaman tatabahasa (grammar) adalah hambatan utama yang dihadapi siswa selama belajar menggunakan mind mapping. Hasil dari penelitian ini menganjurkan bahwa menulis menggunakan teknik mind mapping dapat membantu siswa untuk meningkatkan kemampuan mereka dalam menulis.

The objectives of this research were to find out i) whether mind mapping significantly improved the aspects of writing and ii) the constraints in learning writing descriptive texts using mind mapping. This research was quantitative research. The subjects were 31 students of VIII A and of SMPN 1 Trimurjo. The writing test and questionnaire were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed by using Paired Sample t-test. The results showed that there was statistically significant improvement of the students writing p=0.00<0.05. Understanding grammar was the major constraint in learning descriptive texts. The findings suggest that teaching writing through mind mapping facilitates the students to improve their writing skill.

Keywords: mind mapping, writing achievement, descriptive text.


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