The type of this research was classroom action research. The research was chosen Because It provides a method that can be done by the researcher and the teacher to improve the practice of education by studying issues of the problems they face, especially in reading. The researcher in this study focused on improving students' reading skills by using the mind mapping. The researcher invited the Englishand the students of XI IPA 1 in SMA N 1 Kretek to work collaborativelly.
There are Several concepts of a classroom action research. The researcher chose one of them the which is from Kemmis and McTaggart. The process is presented below.
Figure 4. Kemmis and McTaggart's concept of action research (1988: 10)
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The steps of action research According to Kemmis and McTaggart (1988) are planning a change, acting and observing the process and consequences of the change , reflecting on Reviews These processes and consequences, replanning, acting and obseving again, and then reflecting again. Those steps were done to find out the most Appropriate actions to improve the students' reading skills of class XI IPA 1 at SMA N 1 Kretek in the academic year of 2012/2013.
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