Effectiveness of Inductive Method to Teach Present Continuous Tense

Abstract

The present study entitled 'Effectiveness of Inductive Method to Teach Present Continuous Tense' was carried out to find out the effectiveness of inductive method while teaching present continuous tense. It was an experimental research which was carried out practically during the period of three months. One school of Kanchanpur district was randomly selected and 80 students of the same school were sampled by applying simple random sampling method. I administered pre-test and listed the names of the students in the order of their obtained marks. Then, the students were divided into two groups: experimental group and control group. Experimental group was taught through inductive method and control group was taught through deductive method. I administered post-test after teaching 21 classes of 45 minutes each for both groups. I calculated holistic analysis, item-wise analysis, intra item comparison and median analysis. I found that the inductive method was much more effective than deductive method in case of teaching grammar.

This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one deals with general background of the study, review of the related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Chapter two deals with research methodology: sources of data, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three deals with the analysis and interpretation of the data. Chapter four includes findings and recommendations of the study.