THE USE OF MIND MAPPING AS A WAY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT THESIS Submitted by: MUKHLISAH Student of Department of English Language Education Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Reg. No: 231324226 FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING AR- RANIRY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY DARUSSALAM - BANDA ACEH 2017 M / 1438 H ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Alhamdulillah, All praises be to Allah ‘azza wa jalla, the most gracious, the most merciful, and the most beneficent who has given me love and blessing that made me able to finish this research and writing this thesis. Peace and salutation be upon our beloved prophet Muhammad SAW, his family and companions has struggled whole heartedly to guide ummah to the right path. On this occasion with great humility, I would like to thank to all of those who help me and guidance, so that this thesis can be finished in time. Completion of writing this thesis, I would like to thank you Mr. Dr. Syarwan, M.LIS, and Mr. Mulia, M.Ed as my supervisor for giving the useful supervision, guidance and constructive ideas during the process of completing this thesis. Also I would like to express my gratitude and high appreciation to my beloved mother Nurawati, and my lovely father Ishak for their wisdom, patience, love, attention, support and care. I also bestow my thankfulness to my beloved sisters, brother, and my aunt, Mukramah, S. Pd, Zamzami, Khairun Ikhsan, Irfan, and Ainsyah S.Pd for their endless love who inspired and motivated me all along accomplishing this thesis. My special thank to my academic advisor Mrs. Nashriyah, MA, who has supervised me since I was first semester until now. Then, my thank to all of lecturers and all staff of English department who have given me invaluable i advices and encouragement throughout the whole semesters at UIN Ar-Raniry. May Allah the most exalted reward them for their good deed and worthy knowledge, Amien. Then, I would like thank to all of my friends in English Department year 2013, especially for Munira, Maulidia Humaira, Riska Fajri, Cut Nyak Mehri, Desi safitri, Irsanti, Aida Zulhulaifah, Cici Permatasari, Diandra Eka Putri, Zuhratul Aini, Nanda Rahmi Hidayati, Alfia Zahara, Farah Hanum, and all those whom I cannot mention names, who have always stay with me during completing this thesis. I also thank so much for my beloved friends, Fara Mutia, S.Pd, Ismamudi, Munawarah, S.Pd, and Wan Mursalin, S.Pd. Finally, I would like to express a great appreciation to head master of senior high school 2 Meureudu who had allowed me to conducted this research in this school and to all students from X MIPA 2 and X IPS 1 for the chances to conduct a marvellous and meaningful three times meeting to collect the data needed. Banda Aceh, July27th2017 Mukhlisah ii TABLE OF CONTENTS AKNOWLEDGMENT....................................................................................i CONTENTS.....................................................................................................iii LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................... v LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................vi LIST OF APPENDICES..................................................................................vii DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY...........................................................vii ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................ix CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A. Background of Study..........................................................1 B. Research Question..............................................................4 C. Research Aim.....................................................................5 D. Significance of Research....................................................5 E. Terminology.......................................................................7 F. Organization of Study.........................................................8 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW A. Mind mapping...................................................................9 B. Writing ..............................................................................17 C. Narrative Text.................................................................... 21 D. Previous Study...................................................................24 E. Mind Tools........................................................................29 iii CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Method of Research ............................................................30 B. Research Design..................................................................31 C. Population and Sample........................................................32 D. Instrument for Data Collection............................................34 E. Technique of Data Collection..............................................36 F. Technique of Data Analysis.................................................40 G. Brief Description of Research Location..............................41 CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS A. TheResult of Test ...............................................................45 B. QuestionnaireAnalysis........................................................55 C. Discussion............................................................................61 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusions..........................................................................63 B. Suggestions..........................................................................64 REFERENCES.................................................................................................65 APPENDICES AUTOBIOGRAPHY iv LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 Rubricof Mind Mapping ................................................................13 Table 3.1 Types of Experimental Research.....................................................31 Table 3.2 Rubricof Writing ............................................................................35 Table 3.3 TheData of SMAN 2 Meureudu Students.......................................42 Table 4.1 The Students Pretest Score...............................................................46 Table 4.2 The Students Posttest Score.............................................................47 Table 4.3 The Gained Student Score................................................................49 Table 4.4 T-Test of Pretest...............................................................................50 Table 4.5 T-Test of Posttest.............................................................................52 Table 4.6 T-Test of Gained Score...................................................................53 Table 4.7 Questionnare I..................................................................................56 Table 4.8 Questionnare II.................................................................................56 Table 4.9 Questionnare III...............................................................................57 Table 4.10 Questionnare IV.............................................................................57 Table 4.11 Questionnare V..............................................................................58 Table 4.12 Questionnare VI.............................................................................58 v Table 4.13 Questionnare VII............................................................................59 Table 4.14 Questionnare VII............................................................................59 Table 4.15 Questionnare IX.............................................................................60 Table 4.16 Questionnare X..............................................................................60 vi LIST OF FIGURE FIGURE 1. GOOD MIND MAPPING............................................................14 FIGURE II. VERY GOOD MIND MAPPING ...............................................15 FIGURE III. EXCELLENT MIND MAPPING...............................................15 vii