second meeting would be guided practice. In this meeting, the teacher would give some tasks so that the students could practice using Mind Mapping technique in reading. In the
third meeting, the students would independently use Mind Mapping Bubble to help them comprehend the text.
In the beginning of each meeting, the teacher, that was also the researcher, would remind them about the previous materials and explain how to use Mind Mapping
technique in reading. The teacher would also use slide shows as the media to attract students’ interest. At the end of the cycle, the teacher would do some assessments.
2. Actions and Observation
During the actions, the researcher worked with a collaborator, the English teacher of SMP BOPKRI 3. When the researcher played the role as a teacher, the collaborator
helped him observe the class and give feedback. In the end of the meeting, the collaborator would gave some reflection and recommendation about the meeting.
As it was planned, Cycle I was conducted in three meetings. In the first meeting, the teacher gave some examples or models on how using Mind Mapping to help the
students comprehend the content of written text. In the second meeting, the students were guided by the teacher to practice using Mind Mapping in reading. In the third meeting,
the students practiced using Mind Mapping independently. The details of each meeting are presented below.
a. Meeting 1 The first meeting was conducted on March 4
th,
2014. Previously on February 28
th
, 2014, the researcher conducted a pretest and gave some briefing about the research. The
researcher explained his attempt to solve the students’ reading comprehension problems through Mind Mapping technique. The researcher also gave a brief explanation about
Mind Mapping technique. On March 4
th
, the researcher started the lesson by asking about the students’ favorite story. The students answered variously. Then the researcher asked them to retell
the story briefly but the students suddenly felt shy and kept silent. After the researcher
