Enhancing Junior High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in Report Text by Using Concept Mapping Strategy

Afila Teddy Defri; An Fauzia Rozani Syafei

doi:10.24036/jelt.v9i1.107890

Enhancing Junior High School Students’ Reading Comprehension in Report Text by Using Concept Mapping Strategy

Afila Teddy Defri⁽¹⁾, An Fauzia Rozani Syafei⁽²⁾,
(1) State University of Padang

Indonesia
(2)

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Copyright (c) 2020 Journal of English Language Teaching

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v9i1.107890

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ways of using concept mapping strategies for enhancing Junior High School students’ reading comprehension in reading report text. Many students face difficulties in reading, like problems in their reading comprehension, cannot interpret what they read, and make the connection between what they read and what they have already known because they are unable to accurately understand written materials. Concept mapping can solve these problems by mapping their ideas, comprehending any scientific text especially for report text, analyze reading text easily, and make of conclusion from the text in a structural way. So, the concept mapping strategy is suitable for enhancing students’ reading comprehension and solve the problem.

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