reason that the students could be accustomed in applying mind mapping technique so that there would be a big impact of mind mapping technique in enhancing the
students’ reading comprehension. At the end of the research, the researcher distributed the Questionnaire B.
The same as in Questionnaire A, the students were given several questions related to the implementation of mind mapping technique. There were six questions in
Questionnaire B. The result gained from the Questionnaire B then is analyzed to investigate the students’ perceptions toward the implementation of mind mapping
technique in narrative reading.
E. Data Analysis Technique
There were two main parts in the data analysis. The first part was the analysis of the Questionnaire A and the result of interview. It was used as the
basis of the experiment since it contained the information of the students’ behavior and the problems that should be solved. The second part was the analysis
of the experiment result. It consisted of the analysis the Questionnaire B. This part determined students’ perceptions toward the implementation of mind mapping
technique in narrative reading.
F. Research Procedure
To obtain valid and reliable data more easily, the researcher made clear steps in such a way that one step will not overlie each other. The steps were
arranged and carried out in a well organized sequence so that they really helped
the researcher in the process of collecting data. The procedures can be elaborated as follows.
1. Preparing the Research
Before the research was conducted, the researcher prepared everything needed. The preparation involved asking permission from the head of the English
Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University and asking permission from the headmaster of SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu Appendix A on
page 66. The researcher gave the letter of permission to the headmaster of SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu in order to attain permission to conduct the research.
2. Finding the Problems
As the first step, the researcher tried to find out the problems about reading in which students of SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu often get. The researcher
conducted the interview with the English teachers of SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu who taught grade eleven and distributed questionnaires to the students of grade
eleven class XI IPS 2. The result of the interview and the questionnaire helped the researcher to identify the students’ problems in reading.
3. Planning the Research
Obtaining the problems of the research, the researcher then set mind mapping technique as the most appropriate method to overcome the problems.
The research was conducted in the beginning of the even semester academic year 20082009 and it spent five meetings. In order to go more understand about the
problems, the researcher tried to attain some information about some theories related to the topic. The researcher used any kinds of reliable sources such as
books, articles, and the internet. The researcher also learned the best way to implement mind mapping technique. Besides, the researcher also tried to obtain
the characteristics of the eleventh grade students of senior high school since the research conducted in SMA Pangudi Luhur Sedayu grade eleven.
4. Conducting the Research
Having everything prepared, the researcher conducted the research. First, the researcher distributed the pre-test in order to gain the basic knowledge of the
participants and also to find the raw data of students’ reading comprehension before he conducted the experiment. Then, the researcher conducted the
experiment which was applying the mind mapping technique. The researcher explained how to take notes about a reading passage using mind mapping
technique. Students practiced to take note using mind mapping technique in three meetings in order to get big impact of the preliminary action.
5. Evaluating
In the end of the experiment, the researcher distributed the Questionnaire B. It was done in order to identify the students’ perceptions toward mind mapping
technique in narrative reading. The researcher analyzed the data by consulting to related theories. The result of the pre-test and the post-test were also analyzed and
compared in order to determine the effectiveness of mind mapping technique to enhance students’ narrative reading comprehension in SMA Pangudi Luhur
Sedayu grade eleven.
The figure 3.1 summarizes the research procedure.
Figure 3.1. The Research Procedure
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