The Use of Mind-Mapping Technique towards Students’ English Vocabulary Retention at a Primary School

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.