Teaching Articles in English Deductively and Inductively

Abstract

This thesis entitled “Teaching Articles in English Deductively and Inductively”is a practical comparative study. The objectives of this study were to find out which method(deductive or inductive)is more effective for teaching articles in English and to point out some pedagogical implications of the findings of this study. The sample population of this study was all the students, i.e.fifty of grade nine studying at Shree Janta Higher Secondary School, Pokhara-1, Rukum.Two different sets of both objective and subjective test items, having the same difficulty level were prepared for both pre-test and post-test. The students were ranked from the first to the fiftieth position on the basis of the result of the pre-test. They were divided into two groups on the basis of odd-even ranking of the individual scores. Group‘A’ was taught Inductively and Group ‘B’was taught Deductively for four weeks. Then a post-test was taken and the results of two tests were tabulated and compared on the basis of that increased percentage. Inall types of comparison (item wise, general, sex wise and content wise)Group‘A”did better than Group ‘B’. Therefore, Inductive Method has been found better and more effective than Deductive one for teaching Articles in English. This thesis is divided into four chapters. Each chapter, in turn, is divided in to sub-chapters.The first chapter includes a brief introductory survey of the related area of the study. It also includes review of the related literature,objectives of the study and significance of the study.The second chapter deals with the methodology adopted during the study. This chapter consists of sources of data, the sample population and sampling procedure tools for data collection,process of data collection and limitations of the study. The third chapter deals with analysis and interpretation of data.The data have been grouped and analyzed under the comparison in general, item wise comparison, content wise comparison and sex wise comparison.The fourth chapter presents findings viii which are derived from the analysis and interpretation of data. Finally, some recommendations are made on the basis of the findings of the study. Besides the main chapters, the supportive materials such as : test items,references, lesson plans, name of students and their marks in pre-testand post-test etc. used during the research are presented in the appendices of the thesis.