Concept map is a technique for representing knowledge in graphs. Knowledge graphs are networks of concepts. Networks consist of nodes (points/vertices) and links (arcs/edges). Nodes represent concepts and links represent the relations between concepts.
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss how to use mind map to make reading materials easy for students to understand，to memories and to use better. The research approaches to be adopted are mainly documental approach, experimental approach, etc. These approaches are used to study the influence of using mind maps in middle school students' English reading processes. The result of above research tells us:Using mind map can make students improve in understanding the reading material as a whole, in memory to the reading material and in using the information of the reading material to express their own ideas.
Keywords: Concept map, Teaching of Reading, Senior English
