¹Thieu Ngoc Hung,²Nguyen Thi Bich Lan

^1,2The People’s Police Academy, Co Nhue, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i5-64

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ABSTRACT

This paper was an attempt to find out the effectiveness of mind-mapping technique on 4 th graders’ vocabulary retention at Doi Can Primary School. A total of 40 students participated in this study.Two instruments which were questionnaires and the pre-test and post- test scores were used before and after applying the mind-mapping in teaching vocabulary. The findings of the data analysis showed that mind-mapping can help the students to improve their abilities in memorizing English vocabulary and the students had positive attitudes toward the mind-mapping technique.

KEYWORDS:

teaching English, teaching vocabulary, mind-map, vocabulary retention

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