Teaching complex grammar in Dutch EFL classrooms. A study on the effectiveness of deductive, inductive, implicit and incidental instruction

This study investigates the effectiveness of four types of grammar instruction and the extent to which students' learning style affects the learning outcomes of these instruction types. Our focus is on a complex grammar structure, viz. English conditionals. A total of fourteen Dutch classes with senior secondary school students aged 15-17 and their ten teachers participated in the study. Teachers and their classes were randomly distributed among implicit, incidental, inductive and deductive treatment groups and a control group. A pretest-posttest design, including a grammaticality judgement te... Mehr ...