New vocabulary, new grammar, plenty of readings to understand and connect with your previous knowledge... Sometimes it is difficult to see the relationship between the different ideas of a text, organize your own ideas to write an essay or find the way in which you can relate and remember the new vocabulary you are learning.
Whether you want to find the way of connecting vocabulary so you can recall it more easily or you have to give a persuasive speech and need to organize your arguments, Mind maps can help you.
A mind map is a graphic way to organize ideas and concepts. It helps you with structuring information, and in this way analyzing, comprehending, synthesizing, recalling and generating new ideas becomes easier.
Have a look at this mind map about the qualities of a good teacher.
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This visual thinking tool is really useful for everyone, but it works particularly well for visual learners.
Mindomo (www.mindomo.com) is a website where you can create your own mind maps online and share them with others. The free account, allows you to insert video and image in your maps, directly from the web. Also text, of course.
Give it a try! I'm sure that you'll find it an interesting and useful learning strategy.
If you want to know more about mind maps, check the following link:
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm
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