allows students to perform ability to analyse and synthesize reading based on their own interest and to explore as well as acquire knowledge by his her own efforts. It
means they actively involve and experience their own learning. Second, students’ weekly report assignments which are based on their mind mapping can be one of the
indicators to monitor of the learning process and personal development that has to do with metacognitive learning strategies. Third, reading skill is important because
students mostly read to acquire knowledge. Thus it is important to apply a certain technique and learning strategies to acquire knowledge better such as mind mapping
technique and metacognitive learning strategies.
B. Problem Formulation
There are two questions addressed to this study: a.
How do students employ metacognitive learning strategies in accomplishing weekly report assignments using mind mapping technique in Extensive
Reading II class? b.
How does mind mapping technique help students to develop their metacognitive learning strategies?
C. Problem Limitation
The project is limited to the implementation of mind mapping technique in Extensive Reading II class. The focus of this study is to reveal students’ development
in metacognitive learning strategies through applying mind mapping technique.
Weekly reports using mind mapping program in Extensive Reading II class facilitates students to actively take part in their own learning process, by acquiring knowledge
based on their own efforts. It is started from deciding the topic, selecting and reading supported articles or texts, making mind maps, until finishing and revising the
reports. In this case, they are encouraged to develop integrative skills, i.e. reading and writing skills.
There are several steps on how to accomplish this task. Firstly, students receive several direction or short explanation from a lecturer about how to employ
mind mapping technique and the nature of the weekly reports. After that, students will automatically think about what need to be done, when, and how to do it. During
the process, they will experience and train themselves to plan, to monitor, and to evaluate their performance. These represent metacognitive learning strategies
throughout the accomplishment of each weekly report.
D. Research Objectives
Objectives of this research are to answer two research questions. The first research question is on how students employ metacognitive learning strategies to
accomplish the weekly report assignments in Extensive Reading II class. It explores deeply on the students’ behaviour in the management of planning, monitoring and
evaluating to carry out each weekly report assignments. The second question is on how mind mapping technique helps students to develop metacognitive learning
strategies. It can be seen on the use of mind mapping technique such as to brainstorm
ideas as the planning process, to organise ideas in monitoring process, and to measure the report in evaluating process.
E. Research Benefits
