Responses Writing Ability in Organizing Ideas

7 mapping so that it can really help the readers to increase their ability in organizing their ideas. The readers can also use the result of this research to be their consideration and knowledge when they want to use mind mapping especially in writing.

3. Future Researchers

This research is expected to support other researchers to do further discussions which are related to the topic of the use of mind mapping in teaching writing. The future researchers can develop this research into a classroom action research using the same topic, which is the use of mind mapping, to increase the students‟ ability in organizing ideas in writing descriptive text. Moreover, the future researchers can also make some modules for the research and development.

F. Definition of Terms

In order to clarify the concepts and avoid misinterpretation, the researcher provides the definition of several key-terms which are used in writing this research. The key-terms are presented as follows.

1. Responses

According to Power as cited in Dunkin, 1987, a response is any verbal or non-verbal act designed to fulfill the expectation implicit in the questions, commands or requests of others. In this research, students‟ responses refer to the verbal or non- verbal act. Students‟ responses can be seen from the teaching learning activities in the classroom. 8

2. Writing

There are four basic skills of the English language learning, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Those four basic skills are divided into receptive and productive skills. Writing belongs to productive skills because it requires the writer to produce a written product. Zamel 2007 states that writing is the process of discovering meaning and producing something in a written form so that people can read and perform it or use it. Moreover, writing is a way of sharing personal meanings and writing course emphasizes the power of the individual to construct his or her own views on a topic Richards, 2003. It means that something which is provided in written form will be used by people to discover the meaning of the writing. Writing is how to produce a written product. However, to make a written product, the writer should have some processes. It means that the writer should have a good skill to organize their ideas which can help them to make the best written product. It can also help the reader to understand the meaning easily.

3. Ability in Organizing Ideas

An ability is the fact that somebody is able to do something. An ability can be improved by doing exercises. In this research, the students were asked to do some assignments which were related to writing skill. In order to make a writing product, writers or students should have a good ability in writing skill moreover in organizing their ideas. Therefore, they can produce the connected sentences. 9

4. Mind Mapping Technique