The application of mind mapping to improve the reading comprehension ability for non-English major students at Thương mại University

Abstract

Mindmaping has been considered a new teaching and learning method in recent years creating new learning environment which can motivate students to actively participate in learning process in general and learning foreign languages in particular. The main aim of this study is to identify the effects of mindmapping on and its application in enhancing TOEIC reading comprehension ability of students to meet the output standard for non-English major students at Thuongmai Univeristy. The main research methods used in this study is experimental. Though the number of students getting fairly good scores are still limited, and those who are unqualified have not been significantly reduced, initial findings show that this method has partly contributed to improving the reading comprehension ability required by the TOEIC test format for non-English major students at the Thuongmai University.