INCREASING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY THROUGH MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE OF REPORT TEXT

Nadya Oktarima, Dedy Supriyadi, Sudirman Sudirman

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan: (i) apakah ada peningkatan yang signifikan dalam kemampuan membaca siswa melalui penerapan teknik Mind Mapping dalam teks report dan (ii) aspek kemampuan membaca yang paling banyak dan paling sedikit meningkat. Subyek penelitian ini adalah 28 siswa di kelas X of SMAN 2 Natar. Data dikumpulkan melalui membaca bentuk pilihan ganda dan dianalisis menggunakan SPSS 16.0. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan yang signifikan dalam membaca siswa pada teks report setelah diajar melalui penerapan teknik Mind Mapping karena nilai t-value > t-table (7.796 > 2.051) dengan nilai signifikan 0.05. Nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh dalam pre-test adalah 82.36 dan nilai rata-rata dalam post-test adalah 95.02. Nilai peningkatan diperoleh sebesar 10.16 dan aspek kemampuan membaca yang paling banyak peningkatannya adalah kosa kata sedangkan yang paling sedikit adalah menentukan informasi detail.

 

This research was aimed at examining: (i) whether there is significant increase on students’ reading comprehension ability after being taught through Mind Mapping Technique of report text and (ii) the aspect of reading skills that increased the most and the least. The subjects of this research were 28 students in class X. The data in form of scores were collected using multiple choices and analized using SPSS 16.0. The result of this research showed that there was significant increased of students’ reading comprehension to  a  report text after being taught through Mind Mapping technique  since t-value  >  t-table (7.796 > 2.051) with significant value was 0.05. The average score of pre-test was 82.36 and the average score of post-test was 95.02. It gained 10.16 and the most increased aspect of reading skills is vocabulary whereas the least increased is finding detail information.

 

Keywords: mind mapping technique, reading comprehension, report text.


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