THE EFFECT OF MIND MAP TO THE STUDENTS\' READING COMPREHENSION AT GRADE XI OF SMA NEGRI 1 PACE IN THE ACADEMIC YEARS OF 2017
Author (Penulis)
ERYTHRICA ALIFIA NUR
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
13.1.01.08.0059
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Reading is the skill or activity of getting information from books. Reading is useful for
language acquisition; the more the students read, the better they get at it. In addition, reading
also has positive effect on students’ vocabulary knowledge, on their spelling, and on their
writing. The aim of this research are to know the effect of Mind Mapping technique before
and after being taught using Mind Mapping technique, and the last to find out any effect of
Mind Mapping technique on students’ reading comprehension. This research approach was
quantitative research and the research method was pre experimental design, namely the one-
group pre-test post-test design. The subject of the research was the tenth seventh students
SMAN 1 Pace in academic year 2017. The sample of the research was class XI-A Scient
consisting of 30 students. The researcher concluded there are any significant effects in
teaching reading using mind mapping technique at the second grade students of SMAN 1
Pace, it showed t-test is -17.287 and the t-table with degree of freedom 29 is 2.0452 at the
level of significance of 5%. It means t-test was higher than t-table (17.287 >2.0452) and Sig.
(2-tailed) is0,313 was higher than 0.05. Then, the means difference between pre-test and post-
test score was -20.533.Finally, it can be concluded that MindMapping technique is good
technique for increase the reading comprehension in SMAN 1 Pace. The students’ are more
easy to understand, active to answer the question and interested in telling story.