Key words: semantic mapping strategy, reading, narrative text, experimental research. Little and Box (2011) studied the effect of using semantic mapping on learning reading comprehension. The Effect of Using Computer-Assisted Semantic Mapping on Nursing Students' Reading Comprehension of Medical Texts and Vocabulary Increase at King Saud University A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics in the Department of English at the College of Arts, King Saud University Semantic mapping helps to bridge the gap left by these vicarious experiences by providing a visual representation of how words are connected, and how they should be grouped together. The aim of the study were to find out to the extent to the use of the semantic mapping improve students’ reading comprehension. Hons., J.S.T.C. The current study investigates the impact of Questioning and Semantic map in Pre-reading stage on EFL gifted high school students’ reading comprehension. Using mean scores, results showed that learners performed better in Test 2 than in Test 1, indicating the effectiveness of employing semantic mapping strategy in reading comprehension. Key words: Semantic Mapping, Reading Comprehension INTRODUCTION Reading comprehension is the act of understanding what we are reading. The Role of Semantic Mapping as a While-reading Activity in Improving Reading Comprehension Ability of the Iranian University Students in General English (GE) Courses Mohammad Reza Mozayan English Language Department, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Email: mozayan38@yahoo.com Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar This study explored the effects of semantic mapping on ELL students. When students are able to physically see connections between words, as well as their context, they ultimately develop a better grasp than simply reading or hearing those words' definitions (Hallahan, D., 2010). Several different interventions have been studied to address the issue of reading comprehension and English Language Learners. Finally, the mapping strategy can be used after silent reading to help stu-dents synthesize experiential and text information. ... phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, ... strategy—semantic mapping—for both comprehension and vocabulary. It also examined whether there was an interaction between gender and the effect of teaching semantic mapping strategy on reading comprehension. Puspa, Improving Reading Comprehension Through… 49 IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH SEMANTIC MAPPING STRATEGY FOR INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Adelia Puspa Syahrial University of Bengkulu Bengkulu, Indonesia 38371 Email : adelia.puspa@gmail.com Email : eric.syahrial@gmail.com Semantic mapping has been successful because in activating student's prior knowledge and connecting to novel topics (Carrell, Pharis, & Liberto, 1989). The definition of the reading seems simply. Keywords: Semantic Mapping, Reading Comprehension, General English, EFL Learners . The study employed a quasi-experimental research method … Sinatra and his colleagues compared student performance on five reading selections using the semantic mapping approach to performance on five reading selections using a traditional directed reading lesson. Subjects were pre- and posttested in reading comprehension. The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of the semantic mapping technique on student vocabulary comprehension, and to examine the students’ attitudes towards the semantic mapping technique. In addition, the study of Thai students learning English reading through the use of concept maps of Kaewkongmuang (2001) and Pongkaew (2002) showed that the concept map training or the semantic mapping technique could improve their students’ reading comprehension because they could understand the text more easily through the concept map. Semantic Mapping: Connect Word Meanings. Method In this study, the researcher decided to use quasi - experiment design because the study was in the 441 . Results indicated significant main effects favoring the semantic mapping treatment on average weekly test scores, post treatment test scores, and a standardized measure of general vocabulary knowledge. However, numerous English learners still find difficult to comprehend English texts. Interestingly, semantic mapping is considered a useful strategy of learning reading for students who lack prior knowledge and for students who have a prior knowledge of the text. as a method to enhance reading comprehension. Contains 61 references. Overall comprehension scores were significantly higher for all students using the semantic mapping approach. Instructional Procedures . It may be inferred that the semantic mapping contributes to the enhancement of students’ readingcomprehension. Students were not confused, but rather the familiarity helped them to see how productive a strategy could be (MSE) Semantic mapping enables students to not only visualize relationships, but to categorize them as well. Using semantic networking after reading to help students organize their own writing traits of each character, students can predict what will happen next in the tale before the next group of pages are assigned. Keywords: semantic mapping, reading comprehension, improving, meaningful learning, low-performing pupils. This strategy enhances comprehension … The Reading Teacher, 38, 22-29. While the pretest indicated no significant differences in the groups, posttest results revealed students in the teacher-student interactive semantic mapping group scored significantly higher than the other two groups, which had similar results. Semantic Mapping This is a generic term for graphic representations of information (Grabe, 2009, p. 258). Therefore, it is importance to renders students an effective strategy to learn reading. students' reading comprehension level and their vocabulary is the technique of semant ic mapping (SM). Students continue to hear the word and they refine the phonological and semantic representations of the word as it occurs and reoccurs in various contexts. The semantic feature analysis strategy uses a grid to help kids explore how sets of things are related to one another. This study applied a quasi-experimental design. semantic mapping in reading comprehension will give some insight at seventh grades students of SMP ASY-SYADILI Pakis in enrich students’ performance in reading comprehension. The remainder of this paper discusses procedures for implementing semantic mapping. Ed., B.A. Taghavi and Sadeghi 205 ESL and EFL students are a population who need special attention in reading development, especially those who wish to pursue academic work in their second language. By completing and analyzing the grid, students are able to see connections, make predictions and master important concepts. Slow mapping occurs over an extended period. 46 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SEMANTIC MAPPING STRATEGY FOR TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION By Usman Kasim1 Sri Wahyuni2* 1University of Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh 2Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri (MTsN) Kuta Baro, Aceh Besar ABSTRACT This research studies the implementation of Semantic Mapping Effects of Three Semantic Mapping Strategies on EFL Students' Reading Comprehension Procedures for implementing semantic mapping vary from teacher to teacher and from one subject area to another. It also examined whether there was an interaction between gender and the effect of teaching semantic mapping strategy on reading comprehension. How to use semantic mapping For Reading or Listening Comprehension (Grabe, 2009) Semantic maps are visual organizers which help learners understand information that is usually Teaching Reading (Strategies for Reading Comprehension ( Identify the…: Teaching Reading (Strategies for Reading Comprehension , ... semantic mapping or grouping ideas into meaningful clusters helps the reader to provide some order to the chaos; Guess when you aren't certain The research reported here examined the relative effectiveness of semantic mapping, as an interactive pre-reading strategy, on reading comprehension of Iranian undergraduate students (non-EFL majors). However, MARCH 1989/SEMANTIC MAPPING . The result of the students’ interest showed that Mind Mapping is higher than Semantic Mapping.