This article was based
on my research of graduate program at State University of Malang in 2009. It
was published in an Accredited Journal, LiNGUA Jurnal ilmu Bahasa dan
Sastra Vol. 5, No. 2, 2010, published by UIN Maliki Malang. For a
complete text please click
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ABSTRACT
This study is aimed at developing mind mapping strategy to improve the
tenth-year students’ writing ability at Madrasah Aliyah (MA) Mambaus
Sholihin Gresik and focused on solving the problem of how the students generate and organize ideas for writing a topic. The
design of the study is collaborative classroom action research. Both the
researcher and his collaborator work together in cyclic activities – planning,
implementing, observing and reflecting on the data gained from the teaching and
learning process – which runs into three cycles, each of which covers four
meetings.
The findings show
that by implementing mind mapping with the proper model developed, the
students’ ability in writing a descriptive text improves. It is indicated by
the improvement of the percentage of the students achieving the score
greater than or equal to 65 and of the percentage of the students’ involvement
in the writing activities during the implementation of mind mapping in the
instructional process in
Cycle I, II, and III. The improvement of the students’ ability in writing a
descriptive text can be reached but it should follow the procedures of the
proper model of mind mapping developed.
Keywords: mind mapping, writing ability.
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