THE EFFECT OF GRAMMAR WHEEL AND MIND MAPPING ON THE STUDENTS’ WRITING OF NARRATIVE TEXT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 10 MUARA TEWEH

Boby Saputra, Wahyuningsih Usadiati, Natalina Asi

Abstract

Abstract
Junior high school students like those in the eighth grade of SMPN 10
Muara Teweh still have difficulty in writing narrative text. This is because
they are still weak in terms of writing and channeling ideas to be poured in
narrative texts. The purpose of the study is to know whether or not there is a
significant difference of the use of grammar wheel and mind mapping in
students' ability to write narrative text as the media. The method was an
experimental method with design of One-Shot Case Study design; the
independent variable was grammar wheel and mind mapping, and the students'
writing narrative text as the dependent variable. The population and sample
were taken from the eighth grade students of SMPN 10 Muara Teweh. The
data were analysed using SPSS 16.0 for Windows program. The result shows
that there was a significant difference of the use of grammar wheel and mind
mapping as media and without them. The use of Grammar Wheel media
affected more significant than that of Mind Mapping in the students’ writing
ability in narrative text.
Key Words: Grammar Wheel, Mind Mapping, Narrative text