Deductive Instruction - Benefits: It gets straight to the point and is economic in terms of timesaving, It allows more time for the practice and application of rules, which may accordingly enhance the apprehension process., It gives priority and respect to students' intelligence and maturity., It suits many students who prefer learning about language or metalanguage., It allows the teacher to teach grammar rules comprehensively as they come up without any deformation or reformulation, Deductive Instruction - Drawback: It leads to the segmentation of language (grammar is taught separately from lexis), Ability to use structures accurately in drills is no guarantee for accuracy in a natural conversation, Starting the lesson with grammar presentation may be off-putting for some students., It encourages the belief that learning a language is conditioned by learning a set of rules., It increases the passivity of students and undermines classroom interaction., Inductive Instruction - Benefits: It helps students become independent and not expect the teacher to do all the teaching., Working out rules out of examples requires mental effort, and this accordingly results in greater memorability, When students discover a rule, they formulate it in a way that fits their mental structures., It promotes students' positive feeling when they succeed in eliciting the rule, It adds variety inside classrooms and creates a relaxing environment, Inductive Instruction - Drawbacks: It is time-consuming and often reduces the time given to the practice of rules and the other language skills., Students may hypothesize the wrong rule and changing it requires prompt intervention of the teacher to elicit the rule even overtly to avoid any confusion, It may result in the abdication of responsibility or lack of control on the part of the teacher., Teachers feel they are not really teaching and students cannot trust what they obtained.,

Deductive vs. Inductive Instruction

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