Teachers’ Attitudes towards Inductive Teaching: The Case of the Department of English at Mouloud Mammeri University in Tizi-Ouzou
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Date
2018-09
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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou
Abstract
The present study is mainly concerned with teachers’ attitudes towards inductive teaching in the Department of English at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou. It is intended to show the types of attitudes towards the inductive teaching. It also attempts to determine teachers’implementation of the inductive method to help students to carry out their study of the English Language.Inaddition, the advantages of inductive method are clearly shownto prepare students for every day communication. It uses Vigotsky’s theory of Socio Constructivism (1978).In order to collect the relevant data forthisresearch two instruments which are the questionnaire and the interview are used.The study, in fact, combinesquantitative and qualitative methods.The twenty three(23)questionnaires collected fromteachers wereanalyzed through statistical analysis and the six interviews were transcribed and analyzed following the content analysis.The results obtained demonstrate that though the majority of the teachers don’t use the inductive method at the present time,they hold positive attitudestowards its use.Furthermore,it was found that most teachers stressed the importance of this method in the educational process and easy in their teaching.The conclusion drawn from these findings is the lack of materials,learners’anxiety and time consuming
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30cm ; 66p.
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Inductive Method,Attitudes,Socio Constructivism, Cognition, Feedback.
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Langage et Communication