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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH PROCEDURES, FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATIONS
This chapter presents the findings of the study that are divided into two sections. The first section presents the research procedures and the second
section presents the findings and interpretations of Cycles 1 and 2.
A. Research Procedures and Findings
This research is action research. In the previous chapter, it has been mentioned that the steps of the research were planning, implementation,
observation, action and reflection. The purpose of the research was to improve the students’ writing skills of grade XE in MAN III Yogyakarta. The
researcher focused on applying the mind mapping technique to improve the students’ writing skills.
The researcher did some steps in conducting the research. The first step was reconnaissance. In the reconnaissance step, researcher observed and
identified the problems that occurred in the writing learning process. The second step was planning. After the problems had been identified, researcher
designed a syllabus and an action that were feasible to be implemented in the field. The action designed in this research used the mind mapping technique.
The third step was action and observation. In this step, researcher implemented the action that had been made. After that, researcher observed and evaluated
the data, whether the mind mapping technique was effective to improve the
students’ writing skills or not. The last step was reflection. In the reflection step, the English teacher ET as the collaborator, students, and researcher
himself identified the effective and ineffective actions activities so that the researcher could design the better plans for the next Cycle.
1. Identification of the Field Problems
The researcher had a discussion with the English teacher of grade X at MAN Yogyakarta III to identify the problems. Besides, researcher also
observed the English teaching-learning process in the class. Researcher did some observations to identify the problems that occurred in English teaching-
learning process of grade X at MAN Yogyakarta III. In identifying the field of problems, the researcher observed the classroom activities and also
interviewed the teacher. Those problems could be seen on the table below.
Table 4.The Field Problems in XE MAN Yogyakarta III.
No Problems
Codes 1
When the teacher came to the class, the students were not ready to study.
S 2
Some students felt bored. S
3 The students did not pay attention when the teacher explained the
material. S
4 The students often made up something for fun in answering the
teacher’s questions. S
5 The students found difficulties in writing sentences in English.
S 6
The students had low interest to look up new words in their dictionary. S
7 Some students had difficulties in answering the teacher’s questions.
S 8
The students lacked grammar ability. S
9 The students had difficulties in guessing the meaning of words.
S 10
The students had difficulties in understanding the meaning of some sentences.
S 11
The students pronounced words incorrectly. S
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