The inductive/deductive opposition in teaching grammar: a debate to nuance
The terms deductive and inductive approaches are widely used in the discourse about educational intervention. We conducted a literature review on articles about the efficiency of inductive and deductive approaches in language teaching. We show by this literature review that clear conclusions about their comparative efficiency cannot be supported by the actual dichotomous research. We suggest, at the same time, a larger conceptual framework to integrate deductive and inductive approaches.