Abstract
This research aimed at comparing mind mapping technique and semantic mapping technique in teaching reading comprehension. It was intended to find out which technique (mind mapping or semantic mapping) was more effective to strengthen the reading comprehension and which technique was more interesting in learning process to the second graders of SMAN 5 Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was an experimental research. There are two classes taken as sample, XI IPA1as experimental 1 class, and XI IPA2 as experimental 2 class. Researcher collected the data through reading test and questionnaire as research instrument. The result revealed that (1) students obtained higher score after being taught under mind mapping technique as opposed to those who studied under semantic mapping technique (2) students who studied narrative text under mind mapping technique showed great reading interest.
Highlights
Reading is a way of comprehending or understanding text that needs detail attention and concentration
It was intended to find out which technique was more effective to strengthen the reading comprehension and which technique was more interesting in learning process to the EFL learners in the second grade of Senior High School
The result revealed that (1) students obtained higher score after being taught under mind mapping technique as opposed to those who studied under semantic mapping technique (2) students who studied narrative text under mind mapping technique showed great reading interest
Summary
Reading is a way of comprehending or understanding text that needs detail attention and concentration. It is one of particular abilities which helps people comprehend and get the information of the text. Al-Emami (2010) states that analyzing comprehension is a complicated task that relies upon many automatic and strategic cognitive processes. She appended that studying fluency, the ability to read with pace and proper expression, is an essential ability for comprehension. It can be noticed the high status reading occupies and captures among the other learning skills. Reading is one of working processes that transfers particular
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