Abstract
ABSTRACT
 This study concerns with the improve students’ creativity ability in writing descriptive paragraph through mind mapping technique. The objective of this study is to discover whether the use of mind mapping could significantly improve students’ creativity ability in writing descriptive paragraph. With support from the theory by Buzan. This study was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in 4 meetings. The subject of this study was the Administration Public course in 2ed semester of Students Universitas Merdeka Malang which consisted of 20 students. The data will take in quantitative and qualitative data. Where quantitative data collected by giving descriptive writing tests that related to topic in TA( (tugas akhir) and calculating the mean of students’ scores. The quantities data were collected by the students’ score in (80. 55) which was higher than the first cycle (74.95) and orientation test (69.65). The qualitative data were collected observation and questionnaire sheets. The analyzed qualitative data gathered from the observation and questionnaire sheet during cycle I and II. It was found that students also made improvement students creativity in writing descriptive paragraph by using mapping on their TA (tugas akhir) while guidance and teaching learning proses . Despite all students got problems at 1st meeting, they could handle their difficulties and more enjoy their lesson. By the process they become active and creative in writing descriptive paragraph and qualitative data showed students strongly agreed by mind mapping had solve students problem in writing TA (tugas akhir) that related to writing descriptive paragraph. The result of the research showed that mind mapping significantly improved students’ ability in writing TA (tugas akhir) that related to descriptive paragraph text.
 
Highlights
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For Students population and sample taken from 6 semesters on D3 English groups and each group was given a topic. They were asked to make their own Programs Universitas Merdeka Malang and sample consist of 20 students when doing mind map and create descriptive paragraph based on their mind map
The teacher asked the students to make a mind map based on the topic chosen the they made a descriptive paragraph based on their own mind map 1
Summary
Heaton (1988: 138) says that the skills of writing include five general components or main areas such as the following: 1. Content, the score of content depends of the students’ ability to write ideas, information in the form of logical sentences. Arina, (2012: 1) states in her research that this paper aims at presenting some alternative methods of teaching Business English stressing the fact that freedom, creativity, confidence walk hand in hand and are valuable tools in teaching with use mind mapping technique that can improve creative thinking and building. In states in his research that Mind mapping is a qualitative data; take from observation, and presentation form of radiant thinking, utilizing questioners were used on process of teaching lines, colors, characters, numbers, symbols, learning in guidance process. The writer will be conducted to see how to application of mapping technique can improve the students’ ability in writing, writing Descriptive Paragraph on students TA (Tugas Akhir). The teacher gave test I for the students. 3. .The teacher explained about descriptive text including its social function, generic structure and grammatical features
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