VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOIUNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

ĐẶNG THANH ĐIỀM

USING MIND MAPS AND DIAGRAMSTO TEACH VOCABULARY FOR FIRST YEARMAINSTREAM STUDENTS, FACULTY OFENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements forThe degree of Bachelor of Arts (TEFL)

SUPERVISOR: V

Ũ MAI TRANG

(M.A.)

Hanoi, 2011

ACCEPTANCE

I hereby state that I: Đặng Thanh Điềm, 07E1, being a candidate

for the degree of Bachelor of Arts (TEFL) accept the requirements of theCollege relating to the retention and use of Bachelor’s Graduation Paper deposited in the library. In terms of these conditions, I agree that the origin of my paper deposited in the library should be accessible for the purposes of studyand research, in accordance with the normal conditions established bythe librarian for the care, loan or reproduction of the paper.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This paper would not have been completed without the support of many people, to all of whom I am profoundly indebted.First of all, I would like to express my great gratitude to mysupervisor, Ms. Vu Mai Trang (M.A.) for her valuable comments,constant support and encouragement.My sincere thanks also go to my teachers in the University of Foreign Languages and International Studies to whom I owe an enormousintellectual debt. I would like to express my gratitude to Assoc. Prof.Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa from the Department of Psychology andPedagogy for her inspiration from which I could develop the idea for thispaper. I have also received the encouragement and support from teachersin the Faculty of English Language Teacher Education, Ms. LuongQuynh Trang (M.A.) and Ms. Tran Thi Lan Anh (M.A.). My sincerethanks are due to students of Division I, the Faculty of English TeacherEducation for their response to my survey questionnaires and interviews.I am also thankful to my classmates from group 07E1 for theirsupportiveness, especially my beloved friend, Nguyen Thi Thinh for herconstructive comments on my paper and her encouragement all the timewhen I encountered difficulties in completing the study.Last but not least, I am truly grateful to my family for theirwholehearted care and support during the time I conducted the study.Especially, I want to give my sincere thanks to my younger brother, DangVan Muoi – a second year student at University of Technology andEngineering – for his tutor on mathematics and excel applications to me.