IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH MIND MAPPING MODEL OF EIGHT GRADE SMP NEGERI 13 MEDAN
ABSTRACT: This study was
conducted on the basis of the problems faced by the researcher in English teaching
in the classroom
in SMP Negeri
13 Medan showed
that the students’ ability in
writing English was still low and they have not motivated in writing. This
study proposed mind mapping to develop the eight grade students’ achievement in
writing a descriptive
text. This research
is aimed to
find out whether teaching writing
of descriptive text through mind mapping is effective to improve students’
writing skill, to collect students’ perception and students’ impression of
mind mapping process
and to collect
the progressive result
of students’ participation in learning writing of descriptive text. The
design of the study was collaborative
classroom action research.
Both the researcher
and the observer worked
together in cyclic
activities such as
Planning, Implementing, Observing,
and Reflecting. The subjects of the study were the students of VIII.6 in the second
semester 2012/2013 academic
year which consisted
of 35 students. The
instruments used were the students’ writing test, observation checklist, questionnaire and
field notes. The
research findings indicated
that the students were active during the teaching and
learning process and the students’ ability improved. The
improvement increased based
on KKM is
70. The mean
of students’ score in cycle 1 was 68,57 with the score 50 was 1 (31,42%)
students, score 70 was 7 (20%) students, and score 80 was 17 (48,57%) students.
The mean of students’ score in cycle 2 was 79,14 with the score 70 was 6
(17,14%) students, score 80 was 26 (74,28%) students, and score 90 was 3 (8,5%)
students.
Author: SRI MONA RIZA
Journal Code: jppaudsdgg130001
