Integrating Collaborative Learning into Semantic Mapping Strategy to Boost Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Achievement

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10.2991/978-2-38476-220-0_3How to use a DOI?

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Reading Comprehension Strategy; Semantic Mapping Strategy; Social Constructivism Learning Approach; Vocabulary Learning Strategy

Abstract

The study compared students’ reading comprehension and English vocabulary before and after instruction using two different instructional strategies: the original semantic mapping strategy and the semantic mapping strategy in conjunction with collaborative learning. The study involved two groups, one serving as the experimental group and the other as the control group, and employed a quasi-experimental methodology that involved non-equivalent control groups. During the first semester of the 2022 academic year, 50 Bidikmisi students from Sriwijaya’s State Polytechnic participated in the study. A non-random process was used to divide them into experimental and control groups. Semantic mapping and group learning were used by the experimental group to examine vocabulary and reading comprehension. The control group was instructed in vocabulary and reading comprehension using the original semantic mapping strategy. Before the study began, both groups took a pre-test in vocabulary and reading comprehension to make sure they were similar in terms of their abilities and that they met the requirements of a normal distribution. The same test was administered to both groups at the end of the experiment to compare the effects of the two strategies on the vocabulary and reading comprehension skills of the Bidikmisi students: the original semantic mapping strategy and the semantic mapping strategy combined with collaborative learning. The findings indicated that the experimental group demonstrated enhancements in both vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension when compared to the control group. Therefore, cooperative learning and semantic mapping be considered as effective techniques for teaching vocabulary and enhancing reading comprehension among EFL students.

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AU  - Welly Ardiansyah
AU  - Iskandar Rosyidin
AU  - Nurul Aryanti
AU  - Ahmad Leo Faragusta
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/29
TI  - Integrating Collaborative Learning into Semantic Mapping Strategy to Boost Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Achievement
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th FIRST 2023 International Conference on Global Innovations (FIRST-T3 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 12
EP  - 24
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-220-0_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-220-0_3
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