THE INFLUENCE OF SEMANTIC MAPPING APPLICATION ON THE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTSOF MTS PUI CIWEDUS CIGANDAMEKAR - KUNINGAN

Endang Jamilah : The Influence of Semantic Mapping Application on the Students’ Vocabulary Mastery at the Second YearStudents of MTs PUI Ciwedus Cigandamekar - Kuningan. The condition of the students in Mts PUI Ciwedus still difficult to master English vocabulary well and develop word, some method or some technique are not able to make students better in mastering vocabulary. Vocabulary is a basis of a language, vocabulary can support the students to learn the skill, it can helps to express their idea because vocabulary has aims at enabling the students to understand the concepts of familiar words and to use words successfully for communicative because the acquisition of vocabulary would help people in gaining, understanding, and also enhancing the process of knowledge transferred for a better life. In order to improve mastering vocabulary effectively, researcheruses semantic mapping as the strategy in mastering vocabulary. Semantic mapping has been shown to be a beneficial learning/teaching technique for native speakers of English at all grade levels in regulars and remedial classrooms as well as for those who are disabled. Using semantic mapping, students manifest considerable improvement in reading comprehension, in written expressions, and in vocabulary development. The aims of this research are as follows: to find out the students’vocabulary mastery before using semantic mapping application, to find out the students’ vocabulary mastery after using semantic mapping application, to find out there is positive influence of semantic mapping application on the students’ vocabulary mastery. The method used in this study is quantitative approach. Data were taken from the eightgrade of students at Mts PUI Ciwedus. The subjects of this research were 35 students (VIII grade) 2011/2012. The techniques used in this study are by using observation, questionnare, and test. Having analyzed the data, the writer found that there is positive effect of semantic mapping application on the students’ vocabulary mastery by using t-test formula one design group between Pre-test and Post-test namely67.2 and75.5.So,the resultup8.Byt-test proud if T-count higher than T-table namely T-count 6.3 and T-table 2.03. From the calculation above, it can be known clearly that t count score is 6.3 and t table score is 2.03. It means that tcount is higher than ttable (6.3> 2.03). If tcount is higher than ttable score, so Ha is admitted and Ho is rejected. In addition, from the calculation above, it can be assumed that there is positive and significant influence of semantic mapping application on the students’ vocabulary mastery. In other words, it can be considered that semantic mapping application can help students in the process of learning to improve students’ vocabulary mastery