THE USE OF MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE IN INCREASING STUDENTS' VOCABULARY LIST
Vocabulary is central to English language teaching and learning because without sufficient vocabulary students cannot really understand others or express their own ideas, opinions and creativity. It is very beneficial to learn vocabulary since vocabulary is an important thing in communication. Everybody who learns English or a certain language should know the words and the meaning of it. If the students do not know and understand the meaning of words, they will not be able to speak, write and translate anything in English. Thus, without good vocabulary skills the students could not come out with a good writing and excellent result in English Language Examination. This vocabulary component is equally important to enable students to do well in the examinations and in their job situation later in their real daily life. For that, a strong effort should be made to enable students to be better in their vocabulary skills. Without good vocabulary skills students could not perform better in class. The aim of this study are to identify whether or not the use of mind mapping technique increase the vocabulary list of the students and to know the difference in vocabulary list increment among the students. The quasi experimental research study employed pre and post test for both control and experimental group to collect data from 38 samples of Year 6 UKM students of SK Telok Kemang, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. This intervention programme held for 4 hour training programme which is stretched for four weeks. The study found that mind mapping technique helped to improve students' vocabulary list. Therefore the study implies that the intervention programme of using mind mapping to improve students' ability in increasing students' vocabulary list and get the better band mark for that section has a tremendous positive impact on the samples as compared to chalk and talk method.