STUDENTS PERCEPTION THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS OF USING MIND MAPPING IN SPEAKING CLASS

Indah Afrianti, Nur Wahyuni, Rusdin, Ririn Tasumbey, Nurwahidah, Putri Maharani

Abstract

The aims of the research are to explore The Strengths and Weakness of Using Mind Mapping in Speaking Class Students Perceptions. Based on researcher observation of second semester English language education students, some of them were fluent and not fluent in speaking in English at the time of them doing presentation by using mind mapping, thus the researcher wanted to conduct research on the strengths and weakness of using mind mapping at speaking class 2 semester. The researcher has carried out this research use qualitative research methodology and collected the data through Questionaries’ and Interview. The objects of this research are 30 students speaking class at STKIP Yapis Dompu. The result of this research had found the strengths of using mind mapping are easy to understand and structured. Mind mapping makes student’s accustomed to organizing and grouping important information from the main concepts or ideas of subject matter. Mind mapping also makes the learning atmosphere fun and increases creativity and some student’s learning interest. The weakness of using mind mapping are the difficulty in making mind mapping and also only students who are actively involved because not all students are learning by using mind mapping because of difficulty in speaking English.

Keywords: Strengths: Mind Mapping: Weakness: Speaking