The research was aimed to improve students’ reading comprehension
using semantic mapping. It used Classroom Action Research (CAR), which was
conducted at VIII B students of MTS Asy
-Syafi’iyah Karangasem Margasari
Tegal Academic Year 2014/2015 consisted of 27 students. It was done for one
month.
The researcher worked together with the English teacher as a
Collaborator. The CAR was carried out based on Kemmis and Mc. Taggart
design. The researcher took two cycles with two actions in each cycle: in which,
each cycle consisted of Planning, Acting, Observing, and Reflecting. The result of
action were evaluated and reflected in the next step.
There were two kinds of Data collection; Qualitative data and
Quantitative data ones. The qualitative data was taken from test, observation,
questionnaire, interview, field note, and documentation. Whereas, the quantitative
data was taken to measure the students’ result in pre and post
-test also in
observation by calculating the percentage of indicators to measure whether there
was an improvement or not.
After analyzing the data, it can be concluded that Semantic mapping
coul
d improve students’ reading comprehension. It is proved by the result of
students’ reading comprehension improvements’ at the end of cycle 2. The
improvement was 30.16 % and it reached the indicator of success that was 30 %.