| dc.description.abstract | As part of learning strategies, Concept Mapping Strategy (CMS) has been
used in teaching reading in EFL context and has become an important issue of
investigation. Some advantages of using CMS are: (1) it allows students to think
deeply about concepts and to store information more effectively in their memory;
(2) CMS is an excellent exercise for the promotion of creative thinking and
identification of new problem solving method; (3) CMS improves students’ ability
to learn autonomously and become independent language learners; (4) CMS
organizes different concepts and visualizes the relationship between the main
concepts; (5) CMS allows students to concentrate only on the key concepts and
ideas.
This research was intended to investigate the effect of using CMS on
students’ reading comprehension achievement of report text. The research area
was SMK Negeri 5 Jember. The research participants i.e. the experimenta; and
control class were determined by using cluster random sampling after testing the
mean scores of the English test using ANOVA. Based on the calculation of
ANOVA, XI PMT 1 was chosen as the experimental class, while XI PMT 2 was
chosen as the control class.
The design of this research was a quasi-experimental research with pot-test
only design. In this design, the experimental and control class received different
treatments. The experimental class was taught by CMS, while the control class
was taught by scientific approach. The post-test was given to the both classes after
they received the treatments. Based on the result of Independent sample T-test, it
was found that the value of significant (2 tailed) was 0,00. Thus, it can be
concluded that the hypothesis (H0) was rejected while the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. In other word, it can be said that there was a significant effect
of using Concept Mapping learning strategy on students’ reading comprehension
achievement. Considering the finding of this research, it is suggested for the
English teacher to use Concept Mapping Learning Strategy to help students
comprehend English text better | en_US |
