THE USE OF MIND MAPPING IN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO STUDENTS AT NON-LINGUISTIC HIGHER SCHOOL
The article is devoted to some problems of the educational-cognitive activity of students, namely, the intensification of processes of memory and thinking. The possibility to influence the process of teaching students a foreign language through the use of a special technique of mind mapping is shown. The benefits of this technology for the durable memorizing foreign language vocabulary using a visual perception of a material are described. The definition of the notion "mind-map” and its characteristic features are given. The special attention is paid to the methods of mind mapping used in teaching foreign language. The author stresses the use of mind maps at higher educational institution to be motivated by the fact that foreign language is taught to a limited extent. Therefore the teacher has to apply new material in the most concise and understandable form for students. The author comes to the conclusion that the use of mind mapping in teaching foreign languages to students of non-linguistic higher school produces positive results due to the fact that structured, arranged and associated with known images information is easier to receive and remember. The use of mind mapping contributes to the reproduction and memorization of the new educational material, developing creative and intellectual abilities of students. It helps to organize individual and group activities, as well as to carry out a differential approach in teaching.