Speaking is one of the English language skills that must be mastered by students where there are students who can express their opinions, ideas and opinions in capturing the material presented by the teacher. There are several methods used to improve students English speaking skills, including this time the researcher used the mind map method. and the focus of this research is to improve students speaking ability in English. and the implementation of this method to the research subjects of class VII students of MTs RaudlatuthThalabah Kediri. The research method uses classroom action research with data collection starting from student observations, pre-test and post-test. The purpose of this research is to improve the speaking abilities of grade VII B students at MTs RaudlatulThalabah Kediri 2021/2022 academic year. This research relied on mind mapping method by descriptive text material. The results of the findings of the researchers found the development of students speaking skills from each test result that had been presented with the explanation of the last post-test data as follows, the lowest score of students in the second cycle post-test was 60.00 and the highest score was 90.00 then the class average value in the second cycle post-test was 78.1481. so that this study resulted in that this mind map method succeeded in improving students English speaking skills even though some researchers found obstacles in the research process.

Darussalam , Gilang Manik .   (2022). Improving Students’ Speaking Skill In Descriptive Text By Mind Mapping Method At Sevenh Grade In Mts Raudlatut Thalabah Kediri. IAIN Kediri