The aim of this research was to improve students’ ability in writing class
through concept map. It was a classroom action research that had been conducted
for about two weeks starting from 17th until 29th of January 2016. The research
subjects of this research were the Eight B grade students of SMP IT Harapan
Ummat Purbalingga, consisted of 23 students. The instruments that had been used
were observation and questionnaire. The data analysis showed that concept map
improved the students’ ability in teaching recount text. The observation data
showed the average of students’ improvement in writing activities reached 41.3%
in cycle 1 and 66.3% in cycle 2. Thus, the improvement of students’ writing
activities reached 25%, which meant that students’ ability in teaching recount text
improved after the implementation of concept map. Furthermore, most of the
students gave their positive responses about the implementation of concept map. It
was supported by 68.83% students who answer “yes” for all the questions given.
It meant that students’ felt happy having English class using concept map
technique. In conclusion, the result of the research indicated that the
implementation of concept map can better improve the students’ ability in
teaching recount text.