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This study attempted to investigate the effect that the chunking activity through mind map improves students's English language ability. The experiment study was conducted for 32 weeks with two classes of 6th graders in D elementary school in the city of Seoguipo, Jejudo. First, the chunking activity through mind map showed rather remarkable and meaningful difference in the improvement in passive vocabulary and active vocabulary.
Second, the chunking activity through mind map showed rather remarkable and significant difference in the improvement in passive vocabulary of students at three different levels of competence - high, middle, and low.
Especially, the lower level group's students revealed a high degree of significant difference in passive vocabulary than the others. Third, the chunking activity through mind map impacts on the changes of positive attitudes toward vocabulary learning. It is not only improving an English language abilities but also having interest and confidence in the learning of English and communication ability.