The Effectiveness of Mind Mapping in Teaching Vocabulary Case Study: First Year Secondary School Learners at Salmi Ibrahim Secondary School - Khanchela
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2021
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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It goes without saying that vocabulary is a crucial element in language acquisition and communication in any language. In a matter of concern, Algerian English as a Foreign Language learners face a significant problem in recalling the necessary vocabulary for an effective comprehension and production. That is why, learners need new memory techniques to help them store and retrieve vocabulary. This research attempts to introduce and test a new tool in the field of vocabulary teaching and learning known as "mind mapping". It will focus on the effectiveness of this strategy in improving vocabulary mastery for Algerian first-year secondary school learners of English. This research paper constitutes of two chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to describe the concept of vocabulary and to introduce mind mapping as a technique to teach vocabulary. The second chapter focuses on collecting and analysing data and arriving at conclusions. To collect data, an experimental study was applied on thirty pupils at Salmi Ibrahim secondary school in Khanchela, who contributed in the hypothesis testing.
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