teacher and I tried to clarify the problems that influenced the students’ writing skills by considering the importance level of those problems.
From the five factors above, we thought that one of the most important aspects was the use of technique. The right technique would be very helpful for
the teacher to make the students understand the right way to learn writing. Besides, the students would pay more attention to the topic because they may find it
interesting. A good result in writing could be achieved when the students have a good motivation in learning the skill and also know the right steps in generating
their ideas. Hence, in this action research I tried to improve students’ writing skills
using mind mapping as the learning technique. This study focused on how mind mapping as the learning technique improve the writing skills of the second grade
students in class B of SMP N 3 Depok.
D. Formulation of the Problems
In line with limitation of the problem above, the problem of this research was formulated as follows: “How can mind mapping be implemented to improve
the writing skills of the eighth grade students in class B of SMP N 3 Depok
Yogyakarta in the academic year of 20142015?”
E. The Objective of the Study
Based on the problem formulated above, the objective of the research was to improve writing skills of the eighth grade students in class B of SMP N 3 Depok
Yogyakarta in the academic year of 20142015 through mind mapping.
F. The Significance of the Study
In the end of this study, I hoped that this study would give a significant contribution for English teacher, school, or the readers in learning English better
than before. For teachers especially, this study hopefully could give a new alternative about how to teach writing in interesting way. Based on the
formulation of the formulation above, the objective of this research were: 1.
For the students, it would be an effort to improve their writing skills and also their learning motivation. The implementation of using mind mapping as
learning technique in teaching writing is expected to be the best way to improve and develop their writing skills.
2. For English teachers, it would be a good opportunity to improve the quality of
English teaching and learning process. It would be better if the implementation of using mind mapping as learning technique is continuously used.
3. For English Department of State University of Yogyakarta, it can be used as a
research reference for other researchers who have similar topic or purpose.
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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
This chapter presents literature review, relevant studies, and also conceptual framework. Literature review discusses the theories related to the topic. In the
relevant studies, the researcher presents about the studies that are relevant to this research. In the conceptual framework, the researcher discusses the link between
theories and study of the research.
A. Literature Review
