Gloria Ines Reyes

Encouraging Students to Write a Paragraph by Using Semantic Mapping Strategy

Sulistyo, T. and Sri Ningsih, M. G. (2013). ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH BY USING SEMANTIC MAPPING STRATEGY. Journal on English as a Foreign Language, Vol 3, No. 1. pp. 41-48. Kanjuruhan University of Malang. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v3i1.61. Retrieved from: http://e-journal.iain-palangkaraya.ac.id/index.php/jefl/article/view/61

Comments by Andrés Mauricio Quintero

     Good morning dear Gloria, First of all I want to tell you that you have a good pronunciation and a good English level; in the first hand the topic that you chose is very important and interesting in the teaching, being as finding ways to write paragraphs is very useful for the learning process and those are things that they hardly forgot, the graphic helps students to see how the concepts (words) relate each other and it’s possible to approach to the construction of a map from two great perspectives: 1, as previous step to the developing of a topic: to organize the ideas and  stablish relationship ties and 2, as reading or reflection process  in front of a given text: route to discover describe the topics, as the author of the text has been relating or how our reflections contextualize the text.

     In the other hand, you explain very well how the topic that you decided to work with is quantitative and qualitative, every point that you highlighted is very clear and help us to get to know what kind of method they used to carry out that study.

Good day.

Comments by Narciso Albeiro Escobar

Cordial greeting Tutor and mates.

Hello Gloria,

     I have reviewed your video and I consider that you have a good pronunciation and your English level is very good; The subject you chose is important and interesting for teaching, since writing paragraphs is complex and with these guidelines the learning process for students is improved. Organize the ideas, establish a relationship between the words with the text and the main ideas.

     The investigative part of your work is quantitative and qualitative that you highlight in the video. It is a very detailed and clear work

Many thanks,

Albeiro Escobar

Comments by Angie Katherine Sánchez

Dear E-mate Gloria,

Good afternoon

     Through this message, I want to comment you I saw your video and I congratulate you because you have an great pronunciation and English level, besides that you took into account additional references that helped you complement the activity. It seems me very pertinent to focus basic concepts in both methods (qualitative and quantitative), as indispensable base to easily understand the function of each one of them within research methodology of the study.

     I would like to point out the way in that you determine the importance of qualitative research, where focus social aspects starting from the experience and interpretation, through the observation and surveys as instruments of data collection, and the quantitative research where the data analysis is carry out by means statistics graphics, scales of measurement, nominal and ordinal intervals. 

     Moreover, the semantic mapping strategy in the writing process shows an exact representation of the situation or event studied, and the findings show how and why the students managed to connect words and vocabulary. Finally, the content of your video responds to the activity specifications and reflects your understanding of the topic, the information is clear and concise and different information resources justify your individual contribution.

Have a nice day,

Angie Sánchez