VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES TRỊNH THANH HUYỀN A SURVEY ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TO DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE APPROACHES TO TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR GRADE 11 AT BAC KAN GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL Nghiên cứu điều tra thái độ của học sinh đối với phương pháp diễn dịch và quy nạp trong giảng dạy ngữ pháp tiếng Anh tại lớp 11 trường trung học phổ thông chuyên Bắc Kạn M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Major: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI - 2016 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES TRỊNH THANH HUYỀN A SURVEY ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TO DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE APPROACHES TO TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR GRADE 11 AT BAC KAN GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL Nghiên cứu điều tra thái độ của học sinh đối với phương pháp diễn dịch và quy nạp trong giảng dạy ngữ pháp tiếng Anh tại lớp 11 trường trung học phổ thông chuyên Bắc Kạn M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Major: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 Supervisor: Dr. Đỗ Tuấn Minh HANOI - 2016 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I, the undersigned, hereby certify my authority of the study project report entitled A SURVEY ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TO DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE APPROACHES TO TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR GRADE 11 AT BAC KAN GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in English Language Teaching.
Except where the reference is indicated, no other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the text of the thesis. Hanoi, 2016 Trinh Thanh Huyen Approved by SUPERVISOR (Signature and full name) Date: i TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis could not have been completed without the help and support from a number of people. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all most sincerely. First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr.
Do Tuan Minh, my supervisor, who has patiently and constantly supported me through the stages of the study, and whose stimulating ideas, expertise, and suggestions have inspired me greatly through my growth as an academic researcher. A special word of thanks goes to teachers and students in class 11A at Bac Kan Gifted High School and many others, without whose support and encouragement it would never have been possible for me to have this thesis accomplished. Last but not least, I am greatly indebted to my family and friends for the sacrifice they have devoted to the fulfillment of this academic work. Their love will always be my sunshine in my road to success.
ii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com ABSTRACT The present survey study seeks to investigate students’ attitudes to English grammar teaching approaches. Specifically, it has explored the attitudes towards deductive and inductive approaches to English grammar teaching held by thirty eleven – form students in English – specialized class coded as A at Bac Kan Gifted High School. The instruments for data collection to serve the aim of the research are survey questionnaire, semi – structured interview and classroom observation. After a careful long time of collecting and analyzing valuable data, it is revealed in the study that students showed favorable attitudes to inductive approach rather than deductive approach.
The reasons for their favor were uncovered that the rule – driven path or the deductive approach is monotonous, uninteresting and demotivating for them, while the inductive path is considered more helpful as it makes students become more active rather than passive as recipient only. When they were asked to show their opinions on the most appropriate way of teaching to enhance students’ grammar learning quality, they preferred their teacher to appropriately combine both approaches for the sake of effective grammar teaching and learning. The researcher has offered some pedagogical suggestions emerged from the research findings to the context under investigation with the hope to bring about some changes and progresses in English grammar teaching for the sake of effective grammar learning on the part of students. iii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS EFL English as a Foreign Language e.
for example etc. and so on i. that is I1 Interview 1 I2 Interview 2 I3 Interview 3 S1 Student 1 S2 Student 2 S3 Student 3 11A Eleven – form English – specialized class iv TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1 Questionnaire Structure and Question Purposes Table 2 Semi – structured Interview Structure and Question Purposes Figure 1 Current Grammar Teaching Aids Figure 2 Importance of Grammar Figure 3 Importance of Attitude in Grammar Study Figure 4 Attitudes to Deductive Approach Figure 5 Antonyms and Synonyms Teaching Figure 6 Attitudes to Inductive Approach Figure 7 The Simple Present Tense Teaching Figure 8 Comparative Adjectives Teaching Figure 9 Attitudes to the Combination of both Approaches v TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY. iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
iv LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES. v TABLE OF CONTENTS. vi PART A: INTRODUCTION. Rationale for the Research.
Aim and Objectives of the Research. Scope of the Research. Methods of the Study. Significance of the Research.
Structural Organization of the Thesis. 6 CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW. Overview of English Grammar. The Concept of Grammar.
The Role of Grammar in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Approaches to Grammar Instruction. Experiential Teaching Approach. Analytic Teaching Approach.
Implicit and Explicit Approach. Intralingual and Crosslingual Dimension. Deductive and Inductive Approach. 14 vi TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Inductive and Deductive Approaches to English Grammar Teaching. Advantages and Disadvantages of Inductive Approach. Advantages and Disadvantages of Deductive Approach. Students’ Attitudes towards English Grammar Instruction.
Defining Students’ Attitudes. Components of Attitude. Some Studies on Students’ Attitudes to Grammar Instruction. 21 CHAPTER II: METHODOLOGY.
Restatement of Research Questions. The Appropriateness of the Research Approach. Semi – structured interview. Data Collection Procedure.
Methods of Data Analysis. 33 CHAPTER III: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Quantitative Data Findings. Overview of the Current Grammar Teaching Aids at Bac Kan Gifted High School.
Attitudes to Grammar Teaching Approaches. Importance of Grammar. Importance of Attitude in Grammar Study. 36 vii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.
Attitudes to Deductive Approach. Attitudes to Inductive Approach. Attitudes to the Combination of both Inductive and Deductive Approaches. Qualitative Data Findings.
Attitudes to Deductive Approach. Attitudes to Inductive Approach. Attitudes to the Combination of both Inductive and Deductive Approaches. Discussion of the Findings.
Summary of Key Findings. Limitations of the Study. Suggestions for Further Studies. VII viii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com PART A: INTRODUCTION This part including the rationale for the research, the aim and objectives, the scope and methods of the study, the research questions, the significance and structural organization of the thesis will hopefully provide readers with an overview of the whole paper.
Rationale for the Research The role of foreign language grammar has always been a controversial subject of research for decades. Krashen (1982) considers grammar useful for “language appreciation”, i. appropriate language use, but it should not be the main subject of instruction. In other words, learners acquiring a foreign language through a process of communication and grammar is just a tool to polish their production when they have already acquired grammar knowledge.
In this case, we can assume that grammar is necessary, but not an essential background in language learning, and thus, it should not be the object of instruction in language teaching. With another point of view, Batstone (1994) affirms the importance of grammar to understand language because it provides a framework for learners to structure their foreign language learning. In addition, Dr. Pradeep (2013) admits the importance of grammar by confirming that when learning a foreign dialect, learners should learn its grammar since it is extremely important that it cannot be ignored.
From the researcher’s point of view, the role of grammar is a never-ending question and it is not so important as the matter of how grammar should be taught in foreign language teaching. In recent times, grammar instruction has been regarded as essential and indispensable in the context of language teaching. Sharing a similar idea with the writer, Purpura (2004) points out that grammar plays a central role in language teaching as it influences the success of foreign language learning. In this view, grammar plays an extremely important and unavoidable role in developing the language outcomes of learners.
Recently, a number of merited research have 1 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com been conducted to discover the approaches concerning grammar teaching. There are two approaches that come into question, i. deductive and inductive instructions. Seeing that there is no approach outweighing another; in other words, both deductive and inductive approaches possess the same merit, so teachers should take advantages of and be flexible in applying the aforementioned approaches in order to produce effective grammar teaching.
In this paper, the writer puts the main focus on English as a foreign language taught in Vietnam. Being considered as a developing country with many potentials, Vietnam is a rich land in the context of globalization. That tendency has brought about a change in Vietnamese people’s attitudes about foreign language learning, especially English. With its position as a global language, English is regarded as a vital language that can bring people great opportunities to make their lives better, i.
good jobs, good living standards, good studying conditions, etc. Therefore, English teaching has become a burning concern for many Vietnamese educators. In the writer’s viewpoint, although English grammar is extremely essential in the view of most Vietnamese teachers in general and high school teachers in particular, most of them do not possess suitable methods to teach grammar. Thus, many students know English without being able to use it properly, even in expressing their own intentions.
Additionally, there is a fact that students’ attitudes to teachers’ grammar teaching approach can influence their learning outcomes. However, there has been little investigation of the attitudes of high school students concerning English grammar instruction, and there is no research conducted to discover the issue in Bac Kan province. Because of the aforementioned reasons, the researcher has decided to conduct a research titled “A survey on students’ attitudes to deductive and inductive approaches to teaching English grammar for grade 11 at Bac Kan Gifted High School”. This research will make contributions to develop a sharp understanding of students’ attitudes to deductive and inductive approaches to 2 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com English grammar teaching by their teachers, and to point out a more appropriate path in order to enhance English grammar learning quality in this context.
Aim and Tasks of the Research The overall aim of the study is to shed light on the attitudes to deductive and inductive approaches to English grammar teaching held by students in class 11A at Bac Kan Gifted High School. With that aim achieved, the researcher will suggest appropriate approach that meets students’ needs with the hope to enhance English grammar learning quality. To achieve the above aim, the following objectives are set for exploration: - Investigating key features of deductive and inductive approaches for deeper understanding - Designing students survey questionnaires and questions for semi – structured interviews - Observing teachers teaching the two different approaches - Asking students to do the survey questionnaires - Inviting some students to take part in semi – structured interviews - Collecting and analyzing the data collected III. Research Questions The research is conducted to answer two following questions: 1.