The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learners
This study aims to investigate the effects of deductive and inductive instructions on the acquisition of English demonstrative determiners by 78 Arabic-speaking 4th graders in an attempt to determine which of the two instructions is more effective. We adopted the experimental design of a pre- and po...
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| author | Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh Ayah Khaled Alnajjar Ibrahim Hasan Alrababa’h Rozan Al-Hloul |
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| description | This study aims to investigate the effects of deductive and inductive instructions on the acquisition of English demonstrative determiners by 78 Arabic-speaking 4th graders in an attempt to determine which of the two instructions is more effective. We adopted the experimental design of a pre- and post-test to measure the participants’ knowledge of English demonstrative determiners before and after the treatment. The 78 participants were divided into two groups: deductive and inductive groups. We administered a 10-item multiple-choice test as the pre- and post-test to determine whether the two types of instructions expand the participants’ knowledge. Descriptive statistics were initially calculated, followed by Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to examine the differential effects of the two instructional methods. The results show that the inductive group outperformed their counterpart group on the post-test, suggesting that the inductive approach has yielded better outcomes in teaching English demonstrative determiners to Jordanian young EFL learners. Students in the inductive group were engaged in various activities in which demonstrative determiners were used in a comprehensible and meaningful context. This enables students to infer the rules by themselves and to establish a connection between each demonstrative determiner and its function. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-236b197c3b6d47ce950752e71cdefb6c2025-08-20T03:13:25ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2025-12-0112110.1080/2331186X.2025.2495357The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learnersAbdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh0Ayah Khaled Alnajjar1Ibrahim Hasan Alrababa’h2Rozan Al-Hloul3Department of English Language and Literature, The University of Jordan, Amman, JordanDepartment of English Language and Literature, The University of Jordan, Amman, JordanDepartment of Arabic Language and Literature, The University of Jordan, Amman, JordanDepartment of English, Al-Joufah Elementary School, Balqa, JordanThis study aims to investigate the effects of deductive and inductive instructions on the acquisition of English demonstrative determiners by 78 Arabic-speaking 4th graders in an attempt to determine which of the two instructions is more effective. We adopted the experimental design of a pre- and post-test to measure the participants’ knowledge of English demonstrative determiners before and after the treatment. The 78 participants were divided into two groups: deductive and inductive groups. We administered a 10-item multiple-choice test as the pre- and post-test to determine whether the two types of instructions expand the participants’ knowledge. Descriptive statistics were initially calculated, followed by Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to examine the differential effects of the two instructional methods. The results show that the inductive group outperformed their counterpart group on the post-test, suggesting that the inductive approach has yielded better outcomes in teaching English demonstrative determiners to Jordanian young EFL learners. Students in the inductive group were engaged in various activities in which demonstrative determiners were used in a comprehensible and meaningful context. This enables students to infer the rules by themselves and to establish a connection between each demonstrative determiner and its function.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2495357Second language acquisitiondeductive instructionsinductive instructionsyoung EFL learnersEnglish demonstrative determinersLanguage Teaching & Learning |
| spellingShingle | Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh Ayah Khaled Alnajjar Ibrahim Hasan Alrababa’h Rozan Al-Hloul The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learners Cogent Education Second language acquisition deductive instructions inductive instructions young EFL learners English demonstrative determiners Language Teaching & Learning |
| title | The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learners |
| title_full | The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learners |
| title_fullStr | The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learners |
| title_short | The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learners |
| title_sort | effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of english demonstratives by jordanian 4th grade efl learners |
| topic | Second language acquisition deductive instructions inductive instructions young EFL learners English demonstrative determiners Language Teaching & Learning |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2495357 |
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