Open AccessMind Mapping vs Semantic Mapping: Which Technique Gives EFL Learners more Benefits in Reading Comprehension?
Author(s) -
Dzul Rachman,
Khusnul Khatimah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jees (journal of english educators society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2503-3492
DOI - 10.21070/jees.v3i2.1498
Subject(s) - semantic mapping , reading comprehension , class (philosophy) , reading (process) , comprehension , test (biology) , computer science , concept map , mind map , natural language processing , mathematics education , narrative , process (computing) , psychology , artificial intelligence , linguistics , philosophy , operating system , paleontology , biology , programming language
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 IPA 1 as experimental 1 class, and XI IPA 2 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.
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