Effects of mind mapping on learning ESP vocabulary: a case study

Amr Selim Wannas, Inas Hussein Hassan, Marwa M. Abdel Mohsen

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The current study aimed at exploring the effect of using mind mapping strategy on learning ESP vocabulary. The research design is quasi-experimental. The sample of the study consisted of an experimental group (33 students) and a control group (41 students). The experimental group received mind mapping instruction whereas the control group received traditional instruction. The impact of the mind mapping strategy was measured using a pre-test and a post-test. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference in the mean scores between the pre-test and the post-test results in the experimental group. There was no significant difference in the mean scores of the post-test between the experimental group and the control group which implies that both mind mapping and traditional vocabulary teaching techniques had similar effects on language learning. 


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Mind Maps; ESP Vocabulary; Vocabulary Learning Strategies

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21622/ilcc.2022.02.1.039

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