INCREASING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY THROUGH MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUEIN DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT SMP NEGERI 1 REMBOKEN

Abstract

The study aims of this research is to find outwhether the use of mind mapping technique effective to increase students’ vocabulary In other words, the study was conducted to describe a cause in understanding describing the effect of word mapping strategy on the increase of students’vocabulary. This study is aquantitative research for experimental design with one group pretest-posttest. The population of this research was the first year students of SMP Negeri 1 Remboken and the sample consist of 20 students of gradeVIIC. The data were collected through objective test in multiple-choice format. The findings indicated that using mind mapping technique in teaching vocabulary describe in understanding than without using mind mapping technique. The mean of the students’ score in the pretest was 4.4 while the mean of the students score in the posttest was 6.5. The achievement of the students in posttest was higher than that in pre-test.It suggested that the English teacher can collected using usemultiple-choice test teaching and learning or Mind Mapping in developing students’ vocabulary mastery, because the use of Mind Mapping is effective to develop the students vocabulary and make learning process more interesting for the students.