Activity
Both deductive and inductive approaches have their advantages and disadvantages. Study the lists of advantages of both approaches, read the statements about the disadvantages and divide them into 2 lists: deductive and inductive accordingly. Complete the chart above.
1. It is a boring approach and therefore less likely to attract students’ attention and so be less effective.
2. The time and energy spent in working out rules may mislead students into believing that rules are the objectives of language learning, rather than a means.
3. The time taken to work out may be at the expense of time spent putting the rule to some sort of productive practice.
4. Starting the lesson with grammar presentation may be off-putting for some students, especially younger ones. They may not have efficient metalanguage.
5. Teacher explanation is often at the expense of student involvement and interaction.
6.Students may hypothesise the wrong rule, or their version of the rule may be either too broad or too narrow in its application.
7. It can place heavy demands on teachers in planning a lesson. They need to select and organize the data carefully so as to guide learners to an accurate formulation of the rule.
8. Many language areas such as aspect and modality resist easy formulation.
9. Explanation is seldom as memorable as other forms of presentation such as demonstration/
(From ‘How to Teach Grammar’, Scott Thornbury)
Activity 2.
Analyse different presentation techniques and fill in the chart with advantages and possible problems of grammar presentation techniques.
1. If you were introducing the present perfect tense for the first time, which of the twelve presentation techniques would you use? (You may choose to combine several of them.)
2. In which order would you use your chosen presentation techniques? Share your answers with your class and the reasons for your choices(s).
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