Artinya penggunaan teknik mind mapping dapat meningkatkan kemampuan menulis paragraf deskriptif siswa kelas VIII SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Way Jepara. Artinya penggunaan teknik mind mapping dapat meningkatkan keterampilan menulis siswa kelas VIII SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Way Jepara. Skripsi ini berjudul “PENINGKATAN PARAGRAF DESKRIPTIF SISWA MELALUI IMPLEMENTASI TEKNIK MIND MAPPING DI SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 2 WAY JEPARA”.
Background of Study
Based on the researcher's observation of eighth grade students at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Way Jepara, the researcher found some problems. So, from the above data it can be known that the students' English writing is low. It shows that the writing paragraph of the students of SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Way Jepara is still unsatisfactory.
Problem Identification
Therefore, the researcher will investigate whether using the mind mapping technique increases the writing descriptive paragraph. Using the learning method is still a conventional method, the students are bored or they are not interested in studying English.
Problem Limitation
Problem Formulation
Objective of the Study
Referring to the problem statement above, the purpose of the study can be identified as follows: To know whether mind mapping technique can increase students'.
Benefit of the Study
This research can provide information about the importance of using Mind Mapping technique in the teaching of writing.
Concept of Writing Descriptive Paragraph 1. Definition of Writing
- The Process of Writing
- The Types of Writing
- The Teaching of Writing
- The Concept of Descriptive Paragraph
- Descriptive Paragraph
- Process of Writing Paragraph
The audience as people and the questions they have about the topic.4 It is important that communication is successful if the reader understands what the message means because writing is drawing graphic symbols that represent a language so that people can understand it. The purpose of writing is to convey information from the writer to the reader and to convey the message or information accurately, effectively and precisely, to achieve the purpose, the writer must be able to communicate her ideas or thoughts in written language in clear way. so it can be understood by the reader. In conclusion, it can be said that writing is one of the language skills and an important means of indirect communication that conveys meaningful information from the writer to the reader using written language media.
In speech, the speaker expresses his mind orally and the result can be directly evaluated by the reader, but in writing, the writer can have enough time to express the idea in written form. According to Cynthia A, a paragraph is the basic unit of academic writing in English.11 The paragraph is a major unit of composition, as important to the writer as the sentence or phrase. All sentences elaborate on the writer's main idea (most important idea) about that topic.
The sentences are constructed logically so that the reader can easily understand what the writer wants to say. 13. The writer found that a descriptive paragraph is that paragraph that has the function of describing something more clearly and in detail so that the reader can imagine what he is writing and easily understand what the text means. Example: Study abroad b. When writing a paragraph, the writer must know the subject or who is .. the audience that will read the writing.
Concept of mind mapping technique 1. Definition of mind mapping 1. Definition of mind mapping.
The Concept of Mind Mapping Technique 1.The Definition of Mind Mapping 1.The Definition of Mind Mapping
- The Characteristic of Mind Mapping Technique
- The Procedure of Mind Mapping Technique
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Mind Mapping Technique
- Teaching Writing Descriptive Paragraph Through Mind Mapping Technique
With the help of mind mapping technique, the students also felt that with the help of mind mapping technique they could brainstorm ideas better. In addition, mind maps are graphic tool used to collect, create, manage and exchange information. In addition, Silvina assumed that brain mapping is considered a brainstorming technique from which we obtain desired results or even extraordinary results.25.
According to the above explanation of some experts, the researcher can conclude that the mind mapping technique is a technique that creates a concept through a word or a hint, and then each word has a branch like a tree. In short, the ways to teach using the mind mapping technique are not too difficult. In conclusion, learning by using mind maps would make students enjoy learning English more.
The teachers teach writing of mind mapping technique in the primary school and their classes to develop their understanding of mind mapping technique and its uses. Mind Mapping Technique is the ideal technique for teaching and presenting concepts in the classroom as it provides a useful focus for students, and provides an overview of the subject without redundant information. Mind Mapping Technique is the ideal teaching tool for classroom handouts, as the inherent color, imagery and visually appealing layout of a Mind Mapping Technique immediately engages students.
Mind Mapping Technique provides concise overviews of topics, creates understanding and interest even on the most complex ones.
Action Hypothesis
RESEARCH METHODRESEARCH METHOD
Action Plan
- Classroom Action Research
- Field Note
The research aims to enhance the teaching and learning process, so the researcher uses classroom action research. The collaborator observes the students' activities, in this research the researcher acted as a teacher who implemented the images in the treatment. The first step that would be done in this reflection is to analyze the quantity data, the researcher would evaluate the score for each task.
In this step, the researcher observes the learning process by using the observation method to collect the data in Action Plan II. d) Reflect. In this step, the researcher would compare the pre-test and post-test score. The researcher assesses and reflects on the activity of the students and the performance of the teacher, whether positive or negative, the second cycle is sufficient or necessary for the next step.
When collecting data, the researcher observed the learning process of the students and put it in the data paper. Simply put, a test is a method of measuring someone's ability, knowledge, or performance in a particular domain.36 The test that the researcher would use is pre-test and post-test. After collecting the data from test, observation, interview, documentation, the researcher analyzed the data based on the limitation of the problems and the objectives of the research.
Moreover, to know the result, the researcher would compare the pre-test and the post-test.
Indicator of Success
If from cycle I there are some students who are not successful, then the researcher must complete cycle 2. The result in cycle 1 is for evaluation material and for reflection for the second research. If all students from cycle 2 are successful, the cycle can only be stopped until cycle 2.
Result of The Research
- Description of the Research Location
- Description of the Research
- Cycle 1
- Cycle 2 a. Planning
The researcher asked the students to tell about themselves in front of the class. This meeting was started with prayers and greetings, checking the attendance list and asking the condition of the students. In this meeting, the researcher reviewed the task that the students have done in the first meeting, and the teacher asked the students what they understood by descriptive text.
In this session, the researcher got the result of the students' post-test 1 in cycle 1. The result can be seen as follows:. The Students' Post-test 1 result of cycle 1. Frequency of students' score at post-test 1 of cycle 1. In the second meeting, the researcher explained the mind mapping technique before instructing the students using full English.
But the results of the students' tests were better than the students' tests before they gave treatment. Based on the students' results in cycle 1, the researcher and the collaboration partner concluded that there are some problems. Then the teacher asked the students to explain what descriptive is and what mind mapping is.
It can be seen that most students have no difficulty answering the assignment.
Interpretation
- The Increasing the Students’ Writing Descriptive Paragraph through the Implementation of Mind Mapping Technique on Cycle I and Cycle
- The Result of the Students’ Activity
From the increasing each cycle, it can be seen that the use of mind mapping technique can increase students' ability to write descriptive paragraphs, because students had understood how to make a descriptive text, they could increase their writing skills. This means that the students could reach the target, the target is 70% of students achieved a score of 65. There was an increase in the number of students who scored up to the standard from pre-test to post-test 1, and from post-test 1 to post-test 2.
Based on the pre-test and post-test results, it could be seen that the mind map could significantly increase the students' writing ability compared to the average of the students before and after the treatment. Based on the above explanation, the researcher concluded that the research was successful because the students' result achieved a success rate of 70%, and the minimum mastery criterion was 65. The result of the students' activities in Cycle 1 & Cycle 2 No Name Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Ascending Explanation.
Most students showed a good increase in learning activities when mind mapping was used in the learning process from cycle 1 to cycle 2. Based on the above graphic, it can be concluded that during the learning process in cycle 1 and cycle 2, the activity of students through the mind map increased. Therefore, this research was completed and could be discontinued in the 2nd cycle, as the result of the students' activities reached a success rate of 70%.
Considering all the data collected in the classroom action research, the researcher gets some research conclusions and some suggestions that support the research result.
Conclusion
This means that the Mind Mapping technique would be able to increase students' writing skills. The use of the Mind Mapping technique in the learning process made it easy for students to write descriptive paragraphs. It can be seen to increase the scores of students in the eighth grade at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Way Jepara.
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