LUDGARDIS JELIFA Pengarang YANPITHERZON LIUNOKAS Dosen Pembimbing 1 Merlyn K. Nelloe Dosen Pembimbing 2 Yanpitherzon Liunokas Ketua Penguji Gracia M. N. Otta Penguji 2 MERLYN K NELLOE Penguji 1

The problem of this research is: can mind mapping technique improve the ability of seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Kupang Timur in academic year 2022/2023 in writing descriptive text? This research aims to find out whether the mind mapping technique can improve the ability of seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Kupang Timur in academic year 2022/2023 in writing descriptive text. The method used was experimental design. This research was conducted in SMP Negeri 2 Kupang Timur particularly seventh grade students from February to April 2023. The population of this research was 60 students. The instrument used to collect data was a test that is written test. In collecting the data, the researcher used pre test, treatment and post test as the data collection procedures. The data were analysed by using t-test formula. The result shows that the use mind mapping technique can improve the ability of seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Kupang Timur in academic year 2022/2023 in writing descriptive text, because the result of the statistical calculation indicated that the value of t-test was 85,7 and the value of df (degree of freedom) 58 at the level of significance. It can be concluded that t-test was higher than t-table where. Since t-test value is higher than the t-table value thus, the alternative hypothesis is accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected. It means that the use of mind mapping technique can improve the ability of seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Kupang Timur in academic year 2022/2023 in writing descriptive text. Key terms: Decriptive Text, Mind Mapping, Writing