The Role of Mind Mapping in Enhancing the Student’s Writing Proficiency.

Abstract

Mind mapping is a helpful and effective technique that students and teachers can use for a variety of purposes. The purpose of this study is to look into the role of the mind mapping technique in enhancing students' writing proficiency. To achieve the study's aims and to answer these questions, a questionnaire was distributed, and an experiment with the second-year foreign language students at Bouhana Massoud High School was conducted during 5 weeks for the academic year 2022-2023. Following that, a structured questionnaire was carried out with five teachers of English. The study was based on both quantitative methods (pre-posttest, questionnaire) and qualitative methods (textual analysis) of data collection. Two groups of 56 students attended five sessions on the mind mapping technique, where they experimented with and learned how to utilize it. The results of the pre- and post-tests given at the beginning and end of the study revealed that students' paragraphs improved greatly as a result of teaching and experience using mind mapping. They shifted from messy and disorganized pieces of writing to more elaborate ones embodied in well-designed mind maps. Therefore, the research hypothesis was confirmed, and the Mind Map technique was found to be an effective and helpful strategy for improving English learners' proficiency.