Although a lot of efforts have been put for successful implementation of different techniques in teaching English as a second language, there are still many problems teachers and students face in the language classroom. We need to make changes in the educational process, otherwise there will be more barriers students and teachers will be unable to overcome in the future. There is a demand to use powerful, creative and adaptable techniques in teaching and learning languages.
Mind mapping can be used to solve the problems mentioned above. We suggest that using mind maps in teaching and learning English will be useful for both teachers and students as the amount of information is increasing every second and our brain, which doesn’t work in a linear way can’t perceive even a small part of it.
The aim of the paper is to prove that a mind map is a powerful tool which represents any information in a form of visual frameworks, using words, images and numbers. A person only needs key words, curved branches,
colours and imagination to create a mind map.
The first researchers who invented and described a mind mapping technique as an effective aid of visualization, reflecting the structure of our brain were Tony and Barry Buzan (Buzan, 1993). Tony Buzan described the technique, working harmoniously with the way human’s brain, processing the information.
The present paper will overview the studies, concerning the implementation of mind mapping techniques and will provide a set of practical guidelines to educators and researchers working in this field