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In learning a language, one critical aspect that affects the result is the learner's style. Becau... more In learning a language, one critical aspect that affects the result is the learner's style. Because the style affects the learning result strongly, systemic analysis and understanding it are one of the features of being a teacher. For this study, in training vocabulary, besides learning just one word, we have used the Digital Mind Map, which applies all other relative vocabularies, to the learning. In addition to that, we rephrased the Kolb's survey to contrast sentiments, such as the interest, concern, and self-confidence, between using and not using the Digital Mind Map. Firstly, we divided the students into four groups (divergers, assimilators, convergers, and accommodators) with Kolb's learning style inventory. And we applied Digital Mind Map (http://www.mindm.com) which can be used as one of the tool to learn English vocabulary giving them the visual support. We have organized the essential vocabularies for elementary students into different units and reconstructed the English classes with applying Digital Mind Map constantly. After the each class, we measured the improvement of vocabulary and the satisfaction about the class. We concluded that the Digital Mind Map class is effective according to the paired t-test taken before and after the classes for all four groups. Also, even the students in both with mind mapping and without it, who did not have any difference in the ability of English, showed significant improvement in the group with mind mapping according to One-way ANOVA test and scheffe's post hoc tests. The most impressions told that the Digital Mind Map helped to rapidly find and memorize vocabularies, otherwise it was hard to connect with already known knowledge and using a tablet PC indulges out of the class. In this wise, the Digital Mind Map shows different effects on different learning styles, so that it is necessary to construct different teaching styles according to learner's style.

In learning a language, one critical aspect that affects the result is the learner's style. Becau... more In learning a language, one critical aspect that affects the result is the learner's style. Because the style affects the learning result strongly, systemic analysis and understanding it are one of the features of being a teacher. For this study, in training vocabulary, besides learning just one word, we have used the Digital Mind Map, which applies all other relative vocabularies, to the learning. In addition to that, we rephrased the Kolb's survey to contrast sentiments, such as the interest, concern, and self-confidence, between using and not using the Digital Mind Map. Firstly, we divided the students into four groups (divergers, assimilators, convergers, and accommodators) with Kolb's learning style inventory. And we applied Digital Mind Map (http://www.mindm.com) which can be used as one of the tool to learn English vocabulary giving them the visual support. We have organized the essential vocabularies for elementary students into different units and reconstructed the English classes with applying Digital Mind Map constantly. After the each class, we measured the improvement of vocabulary and the satisfaction about the class. We concluded that the Digital Mind Map class is effective according to the paired t-test taken before and after the classes for all four groups. Also, even the students in both with mind mapping and without it, who did not have any difference in the ability of English, showed significant improvement in the group with mind mapping according to One-way ANOVA test and scheffe's post hoc tests. The most impressions told that the Digital Mind Map helped to rapidly find and memorize vocabularies, otherwise it was hard to connect with already known knowledge and using a tablet PC indulges out of the class. In this wise, the Digital Mind Map shows different effects on different learning styles, so that it is necessary to construct different teaching styles according to learner's style.