In this study, the researcher facilitated the students before reading by providing some key vocabulary and asked the students to find the meaning before
they read the text. The finding can be seen from the quotation below.
R: S:
Menurutmu, task yang disuruh cari arti kata sebelum baca itu membantu tidak untuk memahami teks?
What do you think about the task that asked you to find the meanings of some words before
reading the text? Did you find it helpful?
Membantu banget, mbak. Kan itu juga di table di atas teks, jadi tanpa sengaja aku liat terus kata itu sama artinya jadi gak usah
lihat kamus berkali-kali atau tanya-tanya.
It was very helpful, miss. The words were in a table above the text. Unintentionally, I
could see them with the meaning, so I did not have to open the dictionary or asked for the meaning.
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The students themselves found that it was easier to comprehend the text when they had already known the key vocabulary. Finding and discussing the
meanings of the key words before reading will shorten the time needed for the reading activity. The process of reading was not interrupted for looking the
meaning in the dictionary, and it led to better comprehension.
d. Using scanning and skimming
Reading strategies facilitates better comprehension. By using reading strategies students can find the intended information in relatively short time.
The finding of the study shows that the use of scanning in reading helped the students to find specific and general information from the text. It can be seen
in the interview transcript below.
R: S:
Kalau mau mencari informasi tertentu dari teks, masih dibaca secara keseluruhan?
Do you still read the whole text to find the specific information?
Enggak Miss. Pakai strategi supaya cepat carinya. Kalau mau mencari, ingredients, tidak perlu dibaca seluruh teks, cukup melihat
bagian-bagian tertentu saja. Jadi gak lama bacanya.
No, I do not. I use the strategy, and that will be quick. If I want to find the ingredients
I just need to read a particular part. It will not take too long to read.
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From the students’ responses above, it can be seen that the students was able to read efficiently. It is because the use of semantic mapping involves the use
of efficient strategies namely scanning and skimming. The students also got the benefit of using another reading strategy, namely skimming. It can be seen from
the interview transcript below.
R: S:
Galan, sekarang kalau mau mengetahui intisari dari teks masihkah dibaca semua teksnya?
Galan, if you want to know the gist of the text, do you still read the whole text?
Sudah tidak mbak, kan sudah belajar pakai strategi. Cukup baca bagian tertentu aja, misalnya bagian awal paragraph atau bagian
awal dan akhir dari teks.
I do not do it anymore. I have learned the reading strategy. I just need to read some parts of the text. For
example in the beginning of each paragraph or in the beginning and the end of the text.
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After learning how to use proper reading strategies, the students spent less time to read and comprehend the text. Reading strategies helped the students to
read texts efficiently.
