The Application of Mind Mapping in English Teaching in Primary Schools

Be a designer of thinking, not just a porter of knowledge.

? Another Thursday, I got my notebook ready and went to the live broadcast room early to wait for class. In this class, Teacher Sisi leads us to further study mind mapping in teaching practice. Mind mapping is an expression of radioactive thinking and a very useful graphic technology. The application of mind mapping in English classroom teaching can stimulate students' interest in learning and arouse their enthusiasm for learning, thus improving learning efficiency. And make use of association and related knowledge to make it structured, so that the acquisition, storage and extraction of knowledge are more efficient.

? Using mind mapping in English teaching in primary schools has the following advantages:

? First, the application in vocabulary learning. Vocabulary plays an important role in the process of primary school students' learning English, not only words, but also the understanding of articles. In English teaching, teachers can use mind maps to present vocabulary related to topics to students, which is not only conducive to students' understanding, but also conducive to their autonomous learning and improve students' learning efficiency.

? Second, the application in text reading. The application effect of mind map in reading teaching is very obvious. Borrowing sounds, symbols and words can make students more intuitive in reading comprehension, easier to integrate into the context and better grasp the reading articles as a whole. At the same time, students can quickly clarify the views to be expressed in the article and infer the deep meaning of the article.

? Third, the application in writing teaching. English writing is very difficult for primary school students who are new to writing. As we all know, before writing, you have to have ideas to write a good article, but most primary school students have no ideas in English writing, or even don't know how to write at all. In view of this situation, teachers skillfully use mind mapping in writing teaching to guide students to use mind mapping to organize ideas and conceive articles, so that students can realize that a topic can be written in many aspects. Students' writing ideas are clear, and writing will naturally become easier.

? In a word, mind map, as a thinking tool, helps students to make tacit knowledge explicit, visualize language information, decompose a large amount of information into "chunks" that are easy to understand and remember, help students think about learning materials systematically and methodically, and graphically record their thinking process, so as to achieve the effects of firm memory, hard forgetting and easy extraction. With the deepening and familiarity of Chinese teachers with mind mapping, its application in English teaching will continue to expand. I believe that if we can persist in practice and research and constantly improve the application of mind mapping in teaching, mind mapping will definitely make great contributions to English teaching in primary schools.

? Here are two mind maps, the mobile version and the hand-drawn version, which I drew with the word spring as the theme. Associating a subject word with many words, the homework given to students is mainly based on other seasonal words. Review the learned words and draw a mind map. It can be designed from weather, clothing, plants, animals, activities, months, festivals and so on.