ADVANTAGES OF MIND MAPS IMPLEMENTATION DURING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES

Abstract

The article deals with the need to find the latest practical ways to present information to students in a convenient and concise form.
One of the ways is to use mind maps in the educational process. They provide a systematic, holistic and conscious perception of large amounts of information, allow you to acquire information processing skills, which is extremely important in foreign language training of students, as it is necessary to remember a large set of lexical, grammatical materials, information about national and cultural characteristics of native speakers, etiquette, specifics of verbal and nonverbal communication, etc.
It is highlighted that the direct participation of students in the construction of mind maps in the process of foreign language training allows teachers to individualize and intensify the process of assimilation of information by students.
The advantages of using mind maps in the educational process of mastering a foreign language by students of engineering and technical specialties have been represented. These benefits include effective memorization of learning materials; analysis and systematization of information; systematic, conscious perception of significant amounts of information; a holistic vision of the topic, which is studied, with its main and secondary components and with the establishment of logical connections among all elements; development students’ creative thinking and creativity; formation of foreign language grammatical, lexical, listening, speaking, reading and writing competences, etc.
A number of problems related to the practical implementation of mind maps in the educational process have been characterized, in particular, the inability of students to identify the main among the significant amounts of information; insufficient disclosure of the problem; lack of previous experience in creating mind maps, etc.