Mind Mapping: The Way to Generate and Organize Ideas

This article was published in Anterior Journal, special edition, October 2011. The journal was published by Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangka Raya. Please click here to download and cite it for your article references.

 

ABSTRACT

This article highlights the utilization of Mind Mapping as an alternative way for writers to generate ideas and organize them before they write. From my personal experience as an English teacher at school and college as well, Mind Mapping can be as a weapon in teaching writing focusing on solving the problems of how to generate and organize ideas.
This technique can assist student writers begin to write; beginning with the generation and organization of ideas in prewriting stage, and then continuing to the other stages of the writing process – drafting, revising, editing and publishing. By starting the generation and organization of ideas the student writers can hopefully form the good content of their writing.

Keywords: Mind Mapping, Generating Idea, Organizing Idea, Writing