A Study On The Use Of Mind Mapping Technique To Improve Reading Comprehension Ability Of Narrative Text

BENU, Rati (2018) A Study On The Use Of Mind Mapping Technique To Improve Reading Comprehension Ability Of Narrative Text. Diploma thesis, Unika Widya Mandira.

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Abstract

The problems of this study are; (1) Is the use of mind mapping effective to improve reading comprehension ability of the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Kupang in the school year 2017/2018? (2) How is mind mapping technique used to improve reading comprehension ability of the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Kupang in the school year 2017/2018?” The objective of this study are; (1) To find out whether or not the use of mind mapping is effective to improve the reading comprehension ability of the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Kupang in the school year 2017/2018. (2) To find out steps and describe the process of mind mapping technique is used to improve the reading comprehension ability of the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Kupang in school year 2017/2018. The subject of this study is the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Kupang in the school year 2017/2018. This study belongs to the Classroom Action Research (CAR) based on the model offered by Kemmis and McTaggart and were conducted in two cycle. Each cycle consists of four stages: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The result of pretest was very low and categorized as “below average”, in which the average score was 58.84 of 100 and only 19.23% of the subject was able to pass the test. The result of post I in showed that the average score increased to 70.58 of 100, which is categorized as “good”. 53.85% of the subject was able to pass the test. The average product score was 1.82 of 4.00 and the average score of students’ behavior and respond was 2.58 of 4.00. Students had passed the standard of achievement applied, which was 70.00 in score and more than 50% of the subject passed the cycle I posttest. While the result of posttest 2 in cycle II showed that the average score increased to 74.42 0f 100, which is categorized as “good”. 76.92% of the subject passed the test. The average product score was 2.83 of 4.00 and the average score of students’ behavior and respond was 2,85 of 4.00. Based on the result of the analysis it can be concluded that the Use of Mind Mapping Technique Improves Reading Comprehension Ability of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMAN 1 Kupang in the School Year 2017/2018. Therefore, the English teachers especially those who are teaching at the school where this study was taken place are highly recommended to use Mind Map as one of the strategy to teach the students to comprehend a text. For the students, especially those who involved in this study, are suggested to use Mind Map as their personal learning strategy because it is very useful and can help them to be better in comprehending a text critically in a fun way. And for the writer will become and educator to continue to use Mind Map with any necessary adjustment in her professional career as a teacher.

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