1.4 Research Methodology

According to the research issue in this paper, combined with the actual situation of the survey school, I decided to adopt the following methods to carry out the research of this thesis.

1.4.1 Documentary Research

This study collects relevant domestic and foreign literature on reading teaching and mind map. Through careful reading and sorting, I can fully understand the concept, theory and application methods of mind map, and explore the feasibility of combining it with reading teaching in theory.

1.4.2 Interviewing Method

During the study, I design an interview outline to interview some teachers and students of Kai Ming middle school, so as to understand the teaching situation of English reading in junior middle school, the attitude of teachers to the mind map, and some of their ideas on this subject.

1.4.3 Contrastive Study

Two parallel classes with the equivalent English level were selected as the experimental class and the control class respectively. In the teaching of English reading, the experimental class took mind map for reading teaching, while the control class still used the previous reading teaching methods. After the end of the semester, two classes of students carry out the reading test, then compare and analyze the data. This study can test the effectiveness of the mind map in improving students' reading ability. It also tests whether the combination of mind map and English Reading Teaching in junior middle school is beneficial to improve students' reading learning ability.