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E. Relevant Study
The research about vocabulary using semantic map had been done by Sihabuddin
that was “Using Semantic Mapping in Teaching Vocabulary An Experimental Study of Ninth Grade at MTs. Ar-Rasyid 2 Cijeruk Bogor
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This research explains about the application of semantic mapping in teaching vocabulary. He conducted the observation started on April 3
rd
, 2006 to Mei 1
st
, 2006. He used the semantic mapping to teach the vocabulary in order to get
information of using semantic mapping in teaching vocabulary of the 9
th
grade in MTs. Ar-Rasyid, because this learning strategy is one of strategy that is
hoped to be used in improving students’ vocabulary mastery. In fact, the result of analysis of interpretation of the data shows that teaching vocabulary by
using semantic mapping has higher influence in improving vocabulary mastery, it can be seen from the result of the test between experiment and
control class. By using semantic mapping, the researcher hopes that the students will be
interested in learning vocabulary, then, it is easier for the students to memorize or mastery the vocabulary and essentially, semantic mapping is
hoped to enrich the students’ vocabulary. This is suitable such as what the researcher does to her research.
F. Conceptual Development of Action of Planning
Vocabulary is one of the language components which is an important to teach besides another language component. Vocabulary takes an essential part
in student’s achievement in learning English, in other words if the student does not have an adequate vocabulary they may hard to follow the lesson.
Therefore, vocabulary learning should be taught in an interactive teaching learning process which make the student interest and they can understand
what a word mean easily without underpressure and the most important the
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student can find the new word by themselves indirectly while they are doing on their task or group wok.
Meanwhile, the application of semantic mapping is one of strategy of vocabulary learning which facilitated the student and addressed to gain some
criteria of indicator when the student understand the lesson and to minimize the students’ problem which appeared during the observation. Semantic
mapping is a visual strategy for vocabulary expansion and extension of knowledge by displaying in categories words related to one another. As the
statement above that meaningful drill is hoped to make students interested in learning vocabulary, memorize the word easily and they can enrich their
vocabulary during make a semantic map. From the statements above the writer concludes that semantic mapping in
teaching vocabulary can improve teaching-learning activity in the classroom. Therefore, the more students use semantic map the more vocabulary will be
got by them.
G. Action Hypothesis