The Impact of the Inductive Approach on the Learning of Spanish Pronouns in Writing Courses: A Pilot Study.

Autor/in	Osa-Melero, Lucía
Titel	The Impact of the Inductive Approach on the Learning of Spanish Pronouns in Writing Courses: A Pilot Study.
Quelle	In: Electronic journal of foreign language teaching, 14 (2017) 1, S. 53-69 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Tabellen 5
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0219-9874
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Pilotstudie; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Pronomen; Spanischunterricht; Schreiben; Empirische Forschung; Induktive Grammatik; Pronomen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Spanischunterricht; Schreiben
Abstract	The inductive approach is a teaching technique that allows students to discover grammatical rules from examples, leading to enhanced grammatical rule retention. This study is a preliminary investigation of the effectiveness of the inductive approach on the usage of Spanish pronouns in an advanced Spanish grammar and composition class. Four different types of pronouns - direct object, indirect object, relative, and reflexive pronouns - were taught to 27 students using the inductive approach. Early in the semester, students completed a pre-treatment creative writing assignment, and in the last week of the semester, immediately after the inductive treatment, students completed a post-treatment writing assignment. The frequency of errors regarding the selection of the pronoun and its placement in the pre-treatment assignment was calculated and compared to the frequency of pronoun errors found in the post-treatment assignment. Results show that (a) the frequency of errors concerning direct object, indirect object, and relative pronouns decreased considerably after the inductive instruction; and (b) the frequency of errors concerning reflexive pronouns did not decrease. Although the rate of errors regarding reflexive pronouns did not decrease noticeably, a minor improvement in the use and placement of this particular pronoun was evident. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2