IMPLEMENTATION OF MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

This research is about the implementation of mind mapping technique to improve students reading comprehension in descriptive text at grade VIII SMP N 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang. This research was classified as pre-experimental research. The subjects of this research were 32 students of class VIII-1 of SMP N 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang. The data was quantitative data taken from pre-test and post-test. The result of this research  showed that the implementation of mind mapping technique on teaching reading was effective. It can be seen in the pre-test and post-test score. The pre-test mean is 50,93 and the post-test mean is 83,44. If it reviewed from tcount and ttable withα is 0,05. It means tcount is higher than ttable  (-21,8237 > 2,039). Based on the data, it can be concluded that mind mapping technique is appropriate to be applied in teaching reading comprehension, particularly at grade VIII SMP N 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang.