the general concept of reading comprehension, third was about the general concept of semantic mapping strategy, fourth was about general concept of list-
group-label strategy, fifth was about the general concept of think-alouds strategy, sixth was about the general concept of somebody-wanted-but-so strategy, seventh
was about the general concept of quick reading method, eighth was about the general concept of skimming and scanning, ninth was about the general concept of
narrative text. The third chapter is research methodology of the study that consisted of
the research design, population and sample, research instrument, data collection, data analysis, and references. The fourth chapter is research finding of the study,
analyzing of the students’ work and discussion. The last chapter is conclusions of the study and suggestions.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter deals with the review of literature related to the study. They consist of the previous study related to the research, theoretical review related to the
research, and the framework of the study. The study was designed to know what extent does the semantic mapping strategy can be applied in teaching reading
comprehension of narrative text and to find out whether or not the semantic mapping strategy has difference significant achievement for the students before
and after the study at the eighth grade of SMP N 6 Semarang.
2.1 Previous Study
The writer found some previous studies related to semantic mapping and reading comprehension. The semantic mapping and reading comprehension is the concern
points of this research. These previous studies have been reviewed in relation to the study.
2.1.1 Using Semantic Mapping Technique to Improve Reading Ability
Robert 2009 conducted a research that the objectives was to find the improvement of both reading comprehension and involvement in reading
comprehension activities of IX Grade students of MTs Maarif Sukorejo through semantic mapping technique. The findings of Robert’s research study indicate that
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the semantic mapping technique is successful in improving both the students’ ability in comprehending English texts report texts and the students’
involvement in reading activities. The improvement can be seen from the increase of students’ mean scores
and the students’ individual score percentage from preliminary study to Cycle 2. The students’ mean score had improved greatly from 35.00 to 68.33. Besides, The
students’ individual score percentage had achieved to a great extent from 0 to 44.44 equal or greater than 70. Those scores obtained by the students in the two
cycles were shown by reading comprehension tests or quizzes. Dealing with the students’ involvement, most of students 93.75 were involved actively in the
reading activities in the third meeting of Cycle 2. The result of the analysis showed that there is a difference between the
students score before using semantic mapping technique and after given a semantic mapping technique in reading comprehension. Moreover, the
enthusiastic of students in reading activities also have improvement. The writer concludes that the semantic mapping technique can be used for influence the
students in the result of reading activity.
2.1.2 Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension through Semantic Mapping Strategy
In 2010, Muhtar conducted the research to explore the reading comprehension through semantic mapping strategy. The objective of the research was to examine
whether the use of semantic mapping strategy can improve the students’ reading
