The Use of Web-Based Mind Mapping Tools in the Studies of ESL and ESP in Higher Education: A Review of Research

Abstract

Mind mapping is a teaching and learning technique which helps to visualize interrelated ideas that branch out from a central concept. With education becoming increasingly technologically focused, educators and learners rely more often on the affordances of Web-based mind maps. This review of research aims at presenting the current landscape of using Web-based mind mapping technologies and techniques for teaching and learning ESL and ESP in higher education and provides useful insights for both practitioners and researchers within the field.

Keywords

• Web-based technologies
• mind mapping technologies
• language teaching
• higher education