Writing Descriptive Writing Organization of the Research

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a. Writing

Hyland 2003:9 views that writing is a way of sharing personal meanings and writing courses emphasize the power of the individual to construct his or her own views based on a topic. b. Mind Mapping According to Buzan 2004 : 10, a mind map is a colourful, visual form of note-taking that can be worked on by one person or a team of people. At its heart is a central idea or image. This is then explored by means of branches representing main ideas, which all connect to this central idea.

c. Descriptive Writing

Descriptive writing according to Wishon and Burks 1980:379, description reproduces the way things look, smell, taste, feel, or sound; it may also evoke moods, such as happiness, loneliness, or fear. It is used create a visual image of people, places, even of units of time-days, times of day, or seasons.

1.9 Organization of the Research

This research will be organized into three chapters as follow: Chapter I : Introduction The section contains introduction which discusses the background of the problem, identification of the problems, limitation of the problem, formulation of the problem, objective of the research, uses of the research, scope of the research, operational definitions, and organization of the research. 9 Chapter II : Frame of Theories It compasses underlying theories, which serve a basic for investigating the problem of study such as the notion of writing, the notion of descriptive , the notion of mind mapping and previous study. Chapter III : Methodology This chapter provides methodology of the research like research method and design , subjects of the research , time and place , research instruments , technique of collecting data , technique of analysis data , and research procedure. Chapter IV : Research Finding and Discussion This chapter contains research finding, the introduction of the research, the implementation of pre cycle, the implementation of cycle I, the implementation of cycle II, the implementation of post cycle and discussion. Chapter V : Conclusion and Suggestion This chapter provides conclusion and suggestion of the research. 10

CHAPTER II FRAME OF THEORIES

2.1 The Notion of Writing 2.1.1 General Concept of Writing Writing is one of the English skills that is considered more than medium of communication. In this sense, Rogers 2005 : 1 assumes writing is one of the most significant cultural accomplishments of human beings. It allows us to record and convey information and stories beyond the immediate moment. Writing makes word permanent and it can expand the collective memory of human beings from small store and the collective memory of our culture until produce writing as many as capacity of library. In addition, writing is a tool for clear thinking, for sharpening our awareness of the realities around us, for solving problems and shaping argument and for developing knowledge. Rogers 2005 : 1 said that with writing, we can supplement our own memory. We can record much longer texts than we could ever hope to memorize. It indicate that writing more permanent to help us memorize every event. Writing also has unnatural advantage, such as time and vocabulary. Writing needs a long time to advance and it can be retrieved. Writing also has much broader vocabulary and permanent words than it is in the speech. Hyland 2003:9 views that writing is a way of sharing personal meanings and writing courses emphasize the power of the individual to construct his or her own views based on a topic. This means that expression of ideas of a certain topic