The Effects of Semantic Mapping on Vocabulary Memorizing
The Effects of Semantic Mapping on Vocabulary Memorizing
The Effects of Semantic Mapping on Vocabulary Memorizing
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is another kind <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> semantic set which has to do with “stimulus-resp<strong>on</strong>se pairs”, such as<br />
accident-car and baby-mother. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>se seem to be a great uniformity in people’s resp<strong>on</strong>ses to<br />
certain stimulus words which ought to be exploited to help students form more effective<br />
associati<strong>on</strong> (Cater et al, 1989, p.71). Sokmen (1997) shared the same idea with them. In his<br />
study, when being asked to give words they thought <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> when they heard the word<br />
“unfaithfulness”, low intermediate ESL students generated 16 words or phrases. After clustering<br />
words, which went together, they mapped the relati<strong>on</strong>ship between these words as<br />
followed:<br />
Feature 4 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Semantic</str<strong>on</strong>g> mapping for the word “unfaithfulness” (Sokmen, 1997, p.250)<br />
Furthermore, Nati<strong>on</strong> (2001) saw the interacti<strong>on</strong> between the teacher and his learners when using<br />
semantic mapping. He stated that semantic mapping involves the teacher and learners working<br />
together to build up <strong>on</strong> the blackboard a visual framework <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>s between ideas (p.129).<br />
This technique helps students remember the stock <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> vocabulary they have learnt related to the<br />
subjects.<br />
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