IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF FIRST GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA XAVERIUS PRINGSEWU IN NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE

The objective of this research is to find out whether there is a significant improvement in students' reading comprehension of narrative text after being taught using the mind mapping technique. This research was conducted on 30 first-grade students at SMA Xaverius Pringsewu. This is a quantitative research with One Group Pre- test - Post-test design. The results showed that the students‘ mean score in the pre- test was 56.19 and in the post-test was 75.85. This indicated an improvement of 19.66 points after the students were taught through mind mapping technique. In addition, the highest score increased from 83.3 in the pre-test to 93.3 in the post- test. Likewise, the minimum score also increased from 33.3 in the pretest to 56.6 in the post-test. The effectiveness of this technique was confirmed by T-Test result, which showed that t-value (17.53) was higher than t-table value (2.04). These findings show that mind mapping technique can improve reading comprehension of first grade students in narrative text. Keywords: Mind Mapping Technique, Narrative Text, Reading Comprehension