Abstract
Due to its importance, in Indonesia, English as a foreign language has been served as a compulsory subject for students in almost all levels of education. In the process of teaching, this language is presented to its learners in a different way adjusted to the level they are learning. In order to succeed the learning goals, teacher, with all respect, has the authority to select types of learning strategy to use in the classroom. This research belongs to an experimental research, designed to improve the teaching quality and find out the applicability of mind mapping in writing class. This study was conducted in Sultan Agung Islamic University for a semester and this was participated by two writing classes of the fourth semester students, consisted of 33 students in total. The primary data were collected through the result of pretest and posttest of the two classes which was later statistically calculated to answer the question of the research.
Keywords: Mind Mapping, essay writing, university students