The implementation of Mind-mapping technique to improve student’s descriptive text writing ability
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The objectives of this research were to find out if there was any significant difference on students' writing ability in a descriptive text before and after the implementation of mind-mapping technique and to investigate the students’ perception toward the use of mind-mapping technique in teaching writing ability. The population of this research was the first year students of SMA Surya Dharma 2 Bandarlampung. The sample of this research was X Science 1 which consisted of 33 students. The data were taken from the tests and they were analyzed by using paired sample t-test. The result of the research showed that there was a significant difference on students’ writing ability since t-value>t-table (20.967 > 2.0345). The mean score of post-test (68.98) and the pre-test score (62.73). It gained 6.25. In addition, the second result showed that the mean of the questionnaire was 78.78. It means the students’ perception toward the implementation of the strategy was positive. Most of the students agreed that the strategy was applied in teaching reading process. Briefly, it could be concluded that mind-mapping technique enabled to improve the students’ achievements in writing ability and showed positive impact to students toward the use of the technique in teaching process.
Keywords: Writing ability, Descriptive text, Mind-mapping technique
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