Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Language Classroom
• Deductive:
– Students learn grammar rule Use Rule
• Inductive:
– Use grammar rule Learn Rule
When grammar is taught deductively, the
teacher…
• Explains the rule to the learners
• Herron, C., & Tomasello, M. (1992). Acquiring Grammatical Structures by Guided Induction. The French
Review, 65 (5), 708- 718.
Research Teaching Procedure:
Deductive Approach
• 1. Teacher points to a model sentence that
exemplified the rule and then provides grammar
explanation
90
80
70
60
50 inductive
40 deductive
30
20
10
0
Test II (one week after grammar lesson)
100
90
80
70
60
inductive
50
deductive
40
30
20
10
0
Overall Research Results
90
80
70
60
50 Guided
Induction
40 Deduction
30
20
10
0
Test I Test II