THE USE OF MIND-MAPPING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS (Classroom Action Research at Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 3 Ciawigebang Kuningan in the Academic Year of 2015/2016)

Umi, Saebani (2016) THE USE OF MIND-MAPPING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS (Classroom Action Research at Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 3 Ciawigebang Kuningan in the Academic Year of 2015/2016). Masters thesis, Universitas Widya Dharma.

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Umi Saebani. NIM 14PSC01610. The Use of Mind Mapping Technique to Improve the Students’ Writing Skill on Descriptive Texts (Classroom Action Research at Eight Grade Students of SMPN 3 Ciawigebang Kuningan in Academic Year of 2015/2016). Thesis. Language Education Programme, Magister Programmed, Widya Dharma University Klaten, 2016. The aim of this research is to improve the students’ writing skill of the eight grade students at SMPN 3 Ciawigebang by using the mind mapping technique. The research was in form of an action research. In conducting the research, the researcher involved the English teacher, the principal, and the students of grade 8B.The subject of the study were 34 students of grade VIII B of SMPN 3 Ciawigebang in Academic Year of 2015/2016. The data of this research were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were data were obtained by observing the teaching learning process during the implementation of the action. The qualitative data was in the interview transcript; meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained by accessing the students writing skill trough the pre-test and the post-test. Therefore, the quantitative data were in the form of students’ writing scores in the pre-test and the post-test. The result of this research showed that the use of mind-mapping was effective to improve the students’ writing skill. The use of colourful pictures of mind-mapping in the BKOF and MOT stages was effective to make the students more enthusiastic and respond to the researcher instruction and explanations. The activities in JCOT stage for using the mind mapping at a pre-writing planning strategy were successful to help the students generate or organize their ideas. They could also use the appropriate words they learnt to make the mind-mapping. The activities in the ICOT stage to write the descriptive text were effective through the mind-mapping. The students could imagine and generate their ideas using the mind mapping and they could produce the descriptive text with the correct generic structure.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
Divisions:	Program Pasca Sarjana > Pendidikan Bahasa
Depositing User:	Unwidha Perpustakaan Unwidha
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2019 07:46
Last Modified:	25 Feb 2019 07:46
URI:	http://repository.unwidha.ac.id/id/eprint/673

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