The Effectiveness Of Mind Mapping Technique in Increasing Students’ Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text (An Experimental Study Towards Second Graders of SMPN 1 Ngantru Tulungagung in Academic Year 2015 / 2016

ABSTRACT Mufarida, Heni. Student Registered Number. 2813123078. 2016. The Effectiveness of Mind Mapping Technique in Increasing Students’ Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text ( An Experimental Study Towards Second Graders of SMPN 1 Ngantru Tulungagung in Academic Year 2015/2016 ). Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor : Dr. Erna Iftanti, SS., M.Pd Keywords: mind mapping, reading comprehension, narrative text Reading is the most difficult skill for second or foreign language learners to master. Very often, students get stuck when they have a reading task because they have to understand new vocabularies and they have limited number of it. To achieve a successful teaching reading comprehension, there are many things to be considered. One of them is the usage of appropriate Mind Mapping technique. It is an important technique that is very powerful tool for brainstorming, creative thinking, problem solving, organizing of ideas and note taking. By using this technique, the students can see the way that pieces of information fit together. It encourages the students’ mind to remember and quickly to review what they read. Mind mapping made enjoyment in the classroom by using various map which is colorful. This technique is good to be implemented in teaching English, especially in teaching reading. The formulation of the research problem was : Is Mind Mapping Technique effective in increasing the second graders’ Reading Comprehension Achievement in Narrative Text of SMPN 1 Ngantru in Academic Year 2015/2016? Based on the formulation of research problem, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Mind Mapping Technique in increasing the second graders’ Reading Comprehension Achievement in Narrative Text of SMPN 1 Ngantru in Academic Year 2015/2016. This study used quantitative research with pre experimental design. The population of this study was the second year students of SMPN 1 Ngantru consisting of 12 classes. The sample was B class of second year in SMPN 1 Ngantru. This class consist of 28 students. The research instrument was reading comprehension test. Before starting the treatment, two tests were prepared as the pre test and post test. This tests used to find out students’ reading comprehension in narrative text at the beginning and at the end of the study. The data analysis was using T test by IBM SPSS Statistic 16 version. The finding showed significant differences between the result of pre test and post test. The mean of post-test scores (90.17) was larger than the mean of pre-test scores (78.57). From statistical calculation, it was confirmed that the tcount is 3.286. It is higher than ttable at either 5% significant level is 2.052. It showed that 3.286 > 2.052. It means Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, so there were significant different score between before and after taught using Mind Mapping technique. It can be concluded that, Mind Mapping can be used as an alternative technique to teach reading comprehension in narrative text to the students at Junior High School level especially to the second graders