A STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF INDUCTIVE METHOD IN TEACHING GRAMMAR TO THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS  AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES

Bùi Thị Ngoan

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.8014

A STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF INDUCTIVE METHOD IN TEACHING GRAMMAR TO THE FIRST YEAR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES

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Received: 24/05/23 Revised: 31/07/23 Published: 31/07/23

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Bui Thi Ngoan , TNU - University of Sciences

Abstract

Grammar is one of the three important aspects of knowledge in English which plays an important role in learners' four skills, particularly writing and speaking skills. There are many different ways of teaching grammar, but this study only investigates the effectiveness of inductive method in teaching grammar. The object of the research is 60 first-year non- English language major students at Thai Nguyen University of Sciences. The students were randomly divided into 2 groups (experimental group and control group), each group consisted of 30 students. Before conducting the study, students of both groups were given a pre-test to ensure that the input ability of students in the two groups was not different. After that, students of experimental group were taught grammar with inductive method. In contrast, deductive method was used for the control group. At the end of a semester, students of both groups took a post- test. The results of the tests were compared to evaluate the effectiveness of inductive method. The study results showed that both groups had progress, but the results of the experimental group were higher than that of the control group.

Keywords

Grammar; Inductive; Deductive; Writing skills; Speaking skills

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34238/tnu-jst.8014

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