Using Mind Mapping Technique To Improve the Quality of Descriptive Text Written by The First Grade of MTS Islamiyah Songgon

Rochmatulloh, Bintang Irar (2025) Using Mind Mapping Technique To Improve the Quality of Descriptive Text Written by The First Grade of MTS Islamiyah Songgon. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Writing is one of the important skills in learning English, and writing descriptive text is a basic type of writing to hone the ability to describe objects, people, or places in detail. However, in reality, many students still struggle to write descriptive texts effectively.
Students are unable to develop ideas or find the right words to describe an object, Descriptive text structures (generic structures) such as identification and description are not properly understood, Limited vocabulary causes descriptions to be very simple and uninteresting, Students are often confused about starting to write and do not know how to organize ideas logically and systematically, Lack of confidence in pouring thoughts into writing.
Due to these problems, the quality of descriptive texts produced by students is very low and does not meet the criteria for good descriptive texts. This certainly hinders their overall writing skills. Therefore, the researcher is interested in conducting the research entitled “Using Mind Mapping Technique to Improve the Quality of Descriptive Text Written by the First Grade at MTS Islamiyah Songgon”.
Based on the background of the research, the researcher formulated the research question: “How is the use of the mind mapping technique able to improve the quality of the descriptive text written by the first grade of MTS Islamiyah Songgon?” The research objective of this research is to describe how to use the mind mapping technique to improve the quality of the descriptive text written by the first grade of MTS Islamiyah Songgon.
The research used the Classroom Action Research (CAR) by Kemmis and McTaggart, which entailed: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. This research was carried out in two cycles. The research was conducted in two cycles there are with three meetings in each cycle. for the last meeting, the researcher conducted a post-test. The cycle of this research was held in two meetings in one week, on Wednesday and Thursday. This class consists of 20 students
After the treatment and data analysis, it can be seen that the Mind Mapping technique can improve students' writing skills. This is supported by the scores obtained by students, which are getting higher after the researcher gave the treatment. In cycle I, the researcher processed the data using 15 essay questions about descriptive text material for 20 students. So, based on the percentage, it shows that the pre-test score is 43.75%, meaning the average data is low. After the researcher taught the material using the mind mapping technique, data analysis was obtained from the post-test with a percentage of 62.25%.

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