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Deductive Approach - Coggle Diagram
Deductive Approach
Deductive (rule-driven) approach starts with the presentation of a rule and is followed by
examples in which the rule is applied.
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Deductive learning example: arriving in a country you have never been to before, you
are told that as a rule people rub noses when greeting one another, and so you do exactly
that.
Advantages
Many rules can be more
simply and quickly explained than elicited from examples. This will allow more time for
practice and application.
It respects the intelligence and maturity of many students, and acknowledges the role
of cognitive processes in language acquisition
It confirms many students' expectations about classroom learning, particularly for those
learners who have an analytical learning style.
It allows the teacher to deal with language points as they come up, rather than having
to anticipate them and prepare for them in advance.
Disadvantages
Starting the lesson with a grammar presentation may be off-putting for some students,
especially younger ones.
Grammar explanation encourages a teacher-fronted, transmission-style classroom
Explanation is seldom as memorable as other forms of presentation, such as
demonstration.
Such an approach encourages the belief that learning a language is simply a case of
knowing the rules.
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