USING MIND MAPPING TO IMPROVE THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT MAN 2 EAST JAKARTA IN 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

muhammad abil fidaa al�amiin; dr. m. farkhan, m. pd.;

MARWAH ARDI AFIATI, Using Mind Mapping to Improve The Eleventh Grade Student’s Reading Comprehension at MAN 2 Jakarta. Paper. Jakarta. The Department of English Study Programme, The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof.DR.HAMKA, 2014.
The objective of this research is to find out whether or not using mind mapping effective in learning English reading for the eleventh grade students at MAN 2 Jakarta. In case, the independent variable is mind mapping and dependent variable is students‟ reading comprehension. The writer used an experimental method. The population of this research was the eleventh grade students of MAN 2 Jakarta. The samples were taken from two classes. The first class is the experimental group and the other is the control group. The first class consists of 30 students; meanwhile the control group consists of 32 students.
The writer got the data by using the t-test formula. The research findings show that using mind mapping is effective to improve the eleventh grade students‟ reading comprehension. The result is tobserved = 5.46 and ttable = 1.66. Because to > ttable, it means that there is an effectiveness to improve students‟ reading comprehension by using mind mapping.
In brief, it can be concluded that using mind mapping is expected to be useful for the students to help them improve their comprehension in reading. Moreover, mind mapping can encourage the lower learners to read the text quickly by focusing on the keywords, while the higher learners will be faster in comprehend the text.