The Application Research On Mind Mapping To English Writing Teaching In A Junior High School

Writing,as one of the four essential primary competencies for mastering overseas languages,plays an essential position in English teaching,but the cutting-edge writing teaching in junior middle school is still teacher-oriented,neglecting the training of students’ creative thinking.In view of this problem,the vehicle of Mind Mapping,which can simplify the complex things and can help students construct knowledge systems to enhance English proficiency,has become the mainstream of modern teaching.This thesis attempts to explore the role of Mind Mapping in teaching English writing for junior middle school students and to resolve the realistic issues in the common teacher-oriented writing teaching.It intends to solve the following two questions:Question 1: What is the impact of Mind Mapping on junior middle school students’ attitude in learning English writing?Question 2: To what extent can Mind Mapping improve junior middle school students’ English writing performance?This study was undertaken in No.2 Middle School in Chaoyang City,Liaoning Province.It started from 5 September 2019 and ended in 10 January 2020,which lasted for 12 weeks.The number of the research participants is 86 students,who were chosen from two parallel training in the first grade of junior excessive school.Class Five is designed as the experimental class and Class Six as the control class.The research methods consists of questionnaire,pre-test and post-test,and interview.With the help of SPSS 19.0,all the collected data are analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively in order that the research findings could be convincing.The results demonstrate that students in the experimental class who use Mind Mapping method can be encouraged to arouse their enthusiasm in learning English writing and to enhance their English writing ability,therefore it is feasible to conduct Mind Mapping in English writing education.Finally,the enlightenment and suggestions of the current study are discussed in order to provide some inspiration for future research.