Teaching and learning of technical terms constitute a major problem for ESP instructors and students. To help the students learn, retain, apply and relate technical terms, a multiple-associations instructional approach that focuses on connecting the printed form of the technical term with its pronunciation (the hidden sounds, double and silent…

This article demonstrates how mind-mapping software can be used to help premedical students combine, learn, retain, apply and relate medical terminology sharing the same root/base, the same prefix or suffix, cognates, derivatives, singular and plural forms and relate details which radiate out from the centre. It shows how the mind-mapping software…

The article shows how mind-mapping software can be used to help premedical students learn, apply and relate terminology sharing Greek and Latin roots. Mind-mapping software use a center, branches, and sub-branches to show connections between Greek and Latin roots generated on the mind map. Instruction with the mind-mapping software goes through…