PRACTICE OF INDUCTIVE APPROACH OF TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMAR: THE CASE OF GRADE TEN AT HALABA SECONDARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL

ABSTRACT The study explored practice of inductive approach of teaching and learning grammar in grade 10 Halaba secondary and preparatory school. The objective of this research is to examine practice of inductive approach of teaching and learning grammar. The main reason for selecting grade ten Halaba secondary and preparatory school was that the researcher has experiences of teaching English there and there was no research work done on practice of inductive approach of teaching and learning English grammar in this school. If the problems were solved and deductive English grammar is practiced appropriately the learners will be the beneficiaries. The researcher used simple random sampling method to collected data and he used interview, observation, questionnaire and textbook analysis. In addition to, the questionnaires were distributed to 80 randomly selected students and three grade 10 English language teachers were interviewed and observed for thirty periods. The type of the research design was case study and the researcher used quantitative and qualitative method to analyze data. Many factors affect the teachers to practice inductive teaching and learning grammar and there are helpful ways which enhance inductive teaching approach. At the end conclusion are drawn and lastly, the researcher gives recommendations based on findings.