Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Vol 4, No 1 (2022)

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MIND MAPPING IN TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE-TEXT WRITING TO THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS OF “DHARMA KARYA UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA” JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PONDOK CABE ILIR

Nerisha Arviana (Universitas Pamulang)
Muhammad Ahsan Tampubolon (Universitas Pamulang)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Mar 2022

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find empirical evidence of whether or not mind mapping technique is effective in teaching descriptive-text writing to the first-grade students of “Dharma Karya Universitas Terbuka” Senior High School, Pondok Cabe Ilir. The method of the research was a pre-experiment. The writer conducted pre-test to the students’ writing skill to make descriptive text at the first. Then the writer taught writing descriptive text in experiment class by using mind mapping. In the last meeting the writer gave a post-test to know the effect of the increase of the students’ writing skill in making descriptive texts. The data that the writer collected is quantitative in the forms of scores representing how skillful the students in writing descriptive text. In collecting the data of this research, the writer used a pre test and a post test. In the first meeting, the writer gave a pre-test to know the level of the students’ competence at the beginning in writing descriptive texts. In the last meeting, the writer gave a post-test to know the increase of students’ writing skill after they followed the teaching-learning process using mind mapping.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

LJLAL

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Lexeme: Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (e-ISSN: 2656-7067; p-ISSN: 2685-7995) is a scientific journal published twice a year in January and July managed by the English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Letter, Universitas Pamulang. Established in November 2018, the legal standing ...