Determining the Actions to Solve the Problems
class made the students to lose interest in the reading activity. Semantic mapping will help the students to comprehend English texts properly.
The second action was using pictures. This action aimed to stimulate the students to activate their background knowledge related to the topic of the text.
Pictures were also used as a media of teaching by putting them in the handout. There was no LCD projector in the classroom, so the use of handouts was very
helpful. The third action was teaching the key vocabulary before the reading
activity. This action aimed at creating a context for the students. It would facilitate comprehension by identifying key words and taught them before the reading
activity. The action was also expected to solve the lack of vocabulary of the students. It will also shorten the time for the students to comprehend the text,
since they do not need to look in the dictionary for each word in the process of reading.
The fourth action was using skimming and scanning strategies. Skimming would enable the students to predict the function of the passage, the main topic
and the messages of the text. The use of this strategy could also help the students to focus attention on the text.
The fifth action was asking the students to guess meaning. This action could help the students when they found difficult words in the text. By using the
guessing strategies, the students would not depend on the use of dictionary.