EFFECTIVENESS OF DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE METHODS IN TEACHING GRAMMAR IN LANGUAGE LEARNING CLASSROOM AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL

Abstract

Importance of teaching grammar has been one of the most debated topics both among language learners and language teachers. Having agreed that grammar is important, researchers and educators have been arguing over which method should be used while teaching grammar. This empirical research investigates comparative effectiveness of inductive and deductive methods in teaching grammar at elementary level. 2 groups of 15 pupils who are studying at 5th grade has been chosen to answer the research questions. The researcher used pre-test and post-test as a research instrument. The result of the study showed that there is no significant statistical difference among grammar performance of both deductive and inductive groups.