Using Mind Mapping Technique to Improve Writing Ability for EFL Students'

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to give description about how mind mapping method could be applied in teaching learning writing descriptive text. In order to reach the goals of this research. The researcher used descriptive qualitative to find the research results. This research was held in SMK Negeri 1 Lubuk Pakam with class X-TKJ as the sample. After analyzing the data and discussing the result in the previous chapter, the researcher would like to draw conclusions as follow; firstly, the students’ interest in using mind mapping method in writing descriptive text was high, mind mapping method was very relevance for the students’ in writing a descriptive text, the students’ achievement in producing descriptive text using mind mapping method was high, mind mapping method was very necessary for the students in constructing descriptive text. Secondly, the participation of the students was really positive. The researcher finally gave the final test in which the students make the mind mapping as they described the mind map in writing text. There is a significant improvement from the students in writing text using the mind mapping technique.