The Impact of Using the Mind Map Strategy on Undergraduate Students' Achievement in Development of English Vocabulary

According to the study the Indian primary learners are incapable of conveying their ideas accurately in any target language as because they have limited vocabulary so the Kemmis and McTaggart Action Research Model was carried out to alleviate the vocabulary learning challenges aims to investigate the effects of the Poly Category Mind Map for vocabulary development of third-year students. For carrying out the study thirty students participated from the third-year suburban school in Mersing, Johor and the instruments used for data collection were Vocabulary pre-test and post-tests. The results of the post-test at the end of the second cycle of the study showed a significant difference between the mean scores before and after using Poly Category Mind Map to develop vocabulary (p>0.05). The study concluded that using the features of Poly Category Mind Map such as the pictures, keywords, and grouping of words encouraging the students for learning vocabulary develops the hopes to encourage students, teachers, and curriculum designers to integrate Poly Category Mind Mapping strategy in English learning classrooms. The researchers can also utilize the Poly Category Mind Mapping in learning of the English Language such as reading and writing for further studies.