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#64, ELT Article: ‘English Language Teaching – How to Use MindMaps’ by David F. James

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:July 19, 2010
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Here is a method you will definitely want to include in your English language teaching toolkit:

MindMaps

What Are MindMaps?

A MindMap is a diagram showing related words and ideas linked around a central word of idea. By representing words in a radial fashion, the mind can quickly assimilate a number of words at once and see their relation to other words. Seeing a complete picture in this way is, under some circumstances, much more effective than representing the same information in a linear fashion.

Where Did MindMaps Come From?

Tony Buzan, an author and educational consultant, created them, coined the term and formally introduced the idea of MindMaps back in 1974.

How Can MindMaps Be Used In English Language Teaching? (more…)

#64, ELT Article: Stirrers and settlers for the primary classroom

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The following excerpt has been retrieved from http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/stirrers-settlers-primary-classroom Teaching in the primary classroom is very different from teaching teens or adults because of the amount of energy children have! Knowing…

#64, Video: Middle English: Languages of the World

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Alexander Arguelles presents a series of videos to provide introductory overviews of the languages of the world. Working diachronically through various language families in turn, he demonstrates how to identify…