The Effect of Using Mind Maps in the Acquisition of English for Students in Second Stage of College of Administration and Economics

The current study aims to explore the effect of using mind maps on acquisition of English grammar for students in second stage of College of Administration and Economics.
The study population consists of second year students in Business Administration Department/ College of Administration and Economics/ University of Mosul.
Researcher intentionally selected (82) second-year students and prepared an achievement test in the form of a multiple choice question to test grammar achievement.
Instruments used in this research have been divided into the following three phases:
Pre-test: to find out the initial ability of students before presenting the materials according to mind maps strategy.
Treatment: given before the students post-test.
Post-test: to find out students development after presenting the material through the application of mind maps strategy.
By using a set of statistical means to analyze data, the results showed a statistically significant difference in mean scores of both pre- and post-test of grammar acquisition (in English language) after using mind maps strategy.