MIND MAP DALAM PENGAJARAN KETERAMPILAN MENULIS DAN MEMBACA

A mind map is a graphic form showing how related ideasare organized. Useful as a graphic organizer of ideas, it is a conceptmap made on the basis of the principles of how the brain works, thatis, through association and imagination, simultaneously maximizingthe function of the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Its essenceis that the main idea is placed in the middle and then, regarded asits center, it is then connected with lines to supporting ideas havingcertain associations with it.A mind map can be used to help develop skills in writing andreading texts written in such a language as German. In developinglearners’ writing skills, it is to be employed before they write acomposition, functioning in this case as a tool for organizing ideasand seeing relations between them and also as guidance in writing acomposition. In developing reading skills, it can be employed in thepre-reading phase as an advance organizer enabling readers to havea general idea of the contents of the text. It can also be employedafter the reading activity to help give readers training in organizingthe information in the text.Keywords: mind map, writing and reading skills