Saturday 12:30 - 1:20 PM
TTI 303/4
Cultivating student independence using mind-maps
R. Kenneth Dillon , Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Japan
Wayne K. Johnson, Ryukoku University, Japan
Mind-mapping is an outlining and note-taking technique in which topic
categories and related details are written in a branching structure. This
workshop demonstrates how this technique can be adapted for conversation
classes.
Mind-maps are used as a framework within which students generate and
develop visual diagrams of their own thoughts and ideas, and reveal how
these topics relate to one another. Using mind-maps in conversation classes
creates student- generated material that supports authentic conversation:
story-telling, explaining, clarifying, and asking questions. Mind-maps
allow learners to refer to their arrangement of ideas while they are experimenting
with the language, giving them the opportunity to focus on how to say something
and not on what to say.
Workshop participants will generate their own mind-maps, then explain
and develop them. Activities will follow which allow participants to experience
the full use of this technique by going through a sequence of communicative
tasks related to their mind-maps.
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