STUDENTS' PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF MIND MAPPING APPLICATION SOFTWARE IN LEARNING WRITING

The aims of this research were (1) to investigate the students' perception on the use of Mind Mapping in learning writing and (2) to describe the advantages and disadvantages on the use of Mind Mapping in learning writing. The method used in this research was mixed method. The researcher used quantitative analysis to investigate the students' perception on the use of Mind Mapping in learning writing. Besides, the researcher used the qualitative analysis, it was applied to describe the advantages and disadvantages on the use of Mind Mapping in learning writing. The researcher took class B who joined writing IV class in academic years 2014 as the research subjects. This research used questionnaire and interview as the instruments for collecting the data. The research findings showed that there were positive and negative perception on the use of Mind Mapping in learning writing. The majority of the students had positive perception on the use of Mind Mapping in learning writing and they perceived that Mind Mapping is an effective way to help them to organize the ideas in learning writing. Furthermore, the use of Mind Mapping in learning writing give three advantages, namely: (1) Mind Mapping eased the students to think and organize their ideas before writing something; (2) it facilitated the students to develop their ideas and (3) it helped the students remember better about the ideas. The findings also showed two disadvantages, namely: (1) Mind Mapping took longer time to create and organize the ideas; and (2) it needed computer access to create a Mind Mapping