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This activities begins with the general understanding of text. The aims of this phase are to help understanding of the writer’s purpose, to help the students in
understanding the text structure, and clarify text content. c.
Post-Reading Activity The aims of post-reading activity are consolidate upon what has been read
and relate the text to the learners’ own knowledge, interests or views. Post-reading activity may also include the reaction to the text and to the whilst-reading activity.
B. Semantic Mapping Strategy
1. Concept of Semantic Mapping
Semantic mapping is derived from the words semantic and maps. Hurford and Heasley 1983:1 explain that the semantics is the study of meaning in
language. Mapping is derived from the word map. A semantic mapping, as construction, has essentially two aspects: visual and conceptual. A visual
semantic map is made up of forms, such as circles, triangles, etc. Conceptual semantic map contains verbal information inside and between the forms, which
represents relationship between the wordsideas Fisher in Raiziene 2003: 193. There are some definitions of semantic mapping proposed by some experts:
According to Sinatra 1986:4 defines semantic mapping as a graphic arrangement how the major and minor ideas are related in a written work.
Further, semantic maps are graphic displays of word meaning that offers the students a visual representation of how words and concept are related through
a network of organized knowledge Heimlich and Pittelman in Antonnaci, 2011: 18.
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A semantic map is an arrangement of shapes such as as boxes, rectangles, triangles, circle, and so on, connected by lines which contains verbal information
within and between the shapes which create a pattern or relationship of ideas Fisher in Swee, et al., 2003: 56.
Antonnaci in Zaid 1995: 6 defines semantic mapping as a visual representaion of knowledge, a picture of conceptual relationship. He also states
that semantic mapping might help in the conceptualization of paragraph and short essays stucture.
Meanwhile, according to Balajthy 2003: 101 semantic maps are arrays that depict a concept or term and the words related to the text. These arrays are
alternately called maps, semantic maps, or webs. A semantic map contains nodes, drawn as circle, squares, or triangles, each of which contains a key word. Lines or
arrows connect the nodes. In the researher’s undestanding, semantic mapping strategy is a graphic
array of knowledge which contains nodes, drawn as circle, squares, or triangles as a key word which is connected by lines or arrows to show how words and concept
are related through a network of paragraph in comprehending a text.
2. The Use of Semantic Mapping
