ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Literacy awareness in Indonesia has grown increasingly nowadays as many people finish their senior high school level as reflected in reading and writing skills. This study employed mind mapping in the teaching of reading and writing to EFL learners in the English Department. The learners reveal and share their opportunities and obstacles. Eight learners learned reading and writing using mind mapping successfully. Individual structured interviews were held at the end of the fifth meeting. The learners agreed that it becomes a helpful tool to understand main ideas and supporting details of passages, to comprehend the text easily, and to avoid plagiarism. However, they still had problems in deciding keywords, timing to read, the lack of vocabulary, and drawing images or symbols. This research highlights the opportunities and obstacles encountered by the EFL learners in implementing mind mapping as a strategy for developing literacy skills.
