Analysis on Applications of Mind Map in English Writing Teaching

Authors

  • Xiaodi Tu Jiangxi University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53469/jerp.2024.06(09).17

Keywords:

Mind map, English writing teaching

Abstract

At the present stage, the teaching activities aim at promoting students’ learning quality and creative accomplishments. This demands teachers to create more teaching activities to facilitate students’ creative potential. As an efficient tool for thinking, mind map can achieve the visualization of thinking through presenting the hierarchy of concepts and the sequence of thinking. Naturally, it will be helpful to promote both students’ creativity and memory. It also can arouse students’ writing interest and cultivate students’ logical thinking ability. Therefore, this paper is going to have a brief introduce in the problems existing in students’ English writing. Furthermore, it will improve students’ English writing ability by applying mind map during the writing teaching process. Last but not least, it can arouses students’ critical thinking.

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Published

2024-09-26

How to Cite

Tu, X. (2024). Analysis on Applications of Mind Map in English Writing Teaching. Journal of Educational Research and Policies, 6(9), 81–84. https://doi.org/10.53469/jerp.2024.06(09).17