AN ABSTRACT
In language teaching, concept mapping has
been widely recommended and used in variety of way. The writer summarizes that
concept map is a graphical representation of concepts and their
interrelationships. It’s very necessary for organizing new information and
integrating it with existing knowledge. The act of constructing concepts maps
help language learners to recognize new relationship between concepts and
refine their understanding of existing relationship.
The concepts map can give manifestations of
students’ understanding, externalize thinking; provide opportunities for
discussion as well as interaction. Due to advantages of concept mapping. The
writer tried to apply this concept in relation to teaching speaking for the
students. This research leads to describing phenomena by which certain
treatment of concept maps were given to the students in teaching speaking, so.
This investigation is referred to descriptive – experimental study. The focus
of study is based on the questions: first, what are the effects of mapping
ideas (Concepts map) of certain topic to the students’ speaking improvement?
Second, is there any correlation between mapping ideas and their speaking
achievement? To prove the hypothesis “there is positive correlation between
mapping ideas with the students’ speaking achievement,” which was developed
from the research formulation, the writer applied related statistical
calculation.
Based on the investigation, he found that
first, the value of the t observe is 8, 34. Thus based on the significance 5%
and n = 40 the t is 2.021, the t observe ⦣ t critical; it means that the
hypothesis is accepted. So, the concept mapping can develop student’s speaking
ability, Second, concept mapping is an out overt way of representing meaning
full relationship between concepts in the form of propositions, that is, two or
more concepts labels linked by clarifying words. Third, in line with the
pattern in teaching speaking, there is tactic the presenting the lesson for the
purpose of improving students’ skill. The process is referred to students’
mapping ideas of certain topic. In this case, the students are exposed to
develop related vocabularies in order to be able to express their mind and
feeling.
Finally, the concept mapping has the
potential to facilitate the communication of knowledge, both verbally and in
written form, and it may make valuable contribution to broadening the scope of
evaluation tools available to education.
