Advantages of Inductive Approach
• More likely to fit into existing mental structures.
• Ensures a greater degree of cognitive depth.
• Ensures longer memorability.
• Learners are actively involved, attentive, motivated.
• Favours pattern-recognition abilities, problem-solving abilities.
• Extra language practice if done collaboratively.
• Conductive to learner autonomy.
Disadvantages of Inductive Approach
• .Rules are not the objective of LL.
• Time-consuming
• Danger of hypothesing the wrong rule.
• Heavy demand on teachers-select and organize data