and connections between the ideas. Therefore, the student is mapping knowledge in a manner which will help them understand and remember new information.
Extensive reading is a reading activity that is done for pleasure Mikulecky, 1990. The students are given freedom to choose what they want to
read. They are free to choose the reading passages. Meanwhile, the lecturer has to monitor the progress of the learners. Then, the lecturer starts to implement the
mind-mapping technique in order to help students reach the goal of their study. Students’ opinions and attitudes toward specific classroom activities or
teacher-student interactions can affect the decision related to the best way to modify and employ various techniques and methods in the classroom Young,
1991. In addition, students’ perception also covers wide variety of factors related to their language experiences, including opinion about their teachers, views of
instructional activities and approaches, and expressions of satisfaction with their progress in their classroom. Therefore, students’ perception on what they learn
also plays a key role in the success or failure of the learning. This study is then aimed at finding out the implementation of mind-
mapping technique in ER II class and discovering the students’ perception on the implementation of mind-mapping technique in ER II class.
B. Problem Limitation
The use of mind-mapping technique in ER II class may lead the students to have their perceptions on the technique that influences students’ achievement in
learning. This research will focus on two points, namely the implementation of
mind-mapping technique in ER II class and the students’ perception on mind- mapping technique in ER II class of the third semester of English Education Study
Program to assess learners’ progress in Extensive Reading
C. Problem Formulation
From the problem limitation, the problems can be formulated as follows: 1.
How is the mind-mapping technique implemented in the Extensive Reading II class of English Language Education Study Program?
2. What are the students’ perceptions on the use of mind-mapping technique in
Extensive Reading II class of English Education Study Program?
D. Research Objectives
The objectives of this research are as follows: 1.
To find out how the mind-mapping technique is implemented in the Extensive Reading II
class of English Language Education Study Program. 2.
To find out what the student’s perceptions on the use of mind-mapping technique in the Extensive Reading II class of English Language Study
Program are.
E. Research Benefits
The findings of the research hopefully will be valuable for the student and the lecturer of English Language Study Program.
1. Students
This research discusses the students’ perceptions on the use of mind- mapping technique. The researcher hopes that the students may improve their
ability to comprehend reading passages in ER II class. 2.
The Extensive Reading II lecturers of English Education Study Program This study provides information on how the student perceives on the use
of mind-mapping technique in ER II class. The positive perceptions may affect on positive behavioral aspects so that the goal of the study can be achieved.
Hopefully, this research can help ER II lecturers gain further information about the use of mind-mapping technique in teaching ER II. Besides, the students’
perception on the teaching technique implemented by the lecturer can also be used to improve the teaching-learning activities.
F. Definition of Terms
