MIND MAP TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING CADETS ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the implementation of the mental mapping method into the process of English for the specific purposes study by the cadets of the higher educational establishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

The analysis of the method’s usage as in the educational process so that in the following professional education is introduced. It is underlined, that the implementation of such kind of a technology will benefit not only the formation of a specific discipline’s knowledge but also the creation of complex cognitive skills on the interdisciplinary level with the possibility of their usage in the process of the professional duties’ performing. It is stated that the method gained the world wide acknowledgement and is in the process of constant perfection.

At the process of the method’s implementation the necessity to include the peculiarities of the cadets’ daily routine is stressed. The terms of study, educational process’s intensiveness, reglamented daily routine and service duties are encounted.

The main Tony Buzan’s author recommendations are worked out. On this ground the levels of the method’s implementation are introduced. The main successive stages of the work: initial, semi-productive and creative were proposed. Their qualitative amount depends on the subject’s knowledge, the skills of the work according to this technology and the level of the teacher’s inclusiveness.

Theoretical and practical background of the papers ground the effectiveness of the mind mapping technology’s implementation into the educational process of the higher educational establishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Key words: mental map, English for specific purposes, interdisciplinary, productive, creative, mental literacy.