Using a Mind Map to Learn English Vocabulary

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3291078.3291121" target="_blank" >10.1145/3291078.3291121</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Using a Mind Map to Learn English Vocabulary

Original language description

English vocabulary constitutes a challenge for English foreign language teaching and learning. Most students spend a lot of time studying English vocabulary, but the result is often frustrating and unsatisfactory when so many students learn vocabulary by rote memorization, which is boring and dampens students’ enthusiasm for learning. Therefore, it is desirable to find an effective tool to help students learn English vocabulary. The Mind Map is a thinking tool that, based on divergent thinking, builds up a structure of knowledge for each target word by associating it with other related words or concepts. Thus, recalling of one vocabulary word will prompt the other related items. It also incorporates words, pictures, color, images and graphics, making learning information a vividly visual format. Using Mind Maps in learning is in conformity with the theory of knowledge of visualization, information processing theory and brain science theory. This paper analyzes the feasibility of using the Mind Map in teaching and learning English vocabulary theoretically. Prior to any trials or other empirical research, this initial study adopts the qualitative methodology, mainly analyzing the features of the Mind Map and the scientific basis for using the Mind Map in teaching and learning English vocabulary. The goal of this paper is to encourage English foreign language teachers and students to incorporate the Mind Map into their educational process as an effective technique for teaching and learning English vocabulary.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

ICEEL 2018 Proceedings

ISBN

978-1-4503-6577-2

ISSN

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e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

150-153

Publisher name

Association for Computing Machinery

Place of publication

New York

Event location

Bali

Event date

Nov 5, 2018

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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