IRJE (Indonesian Research Journal in Education)
Vol. 3, No. 1, June 2019

The Power of Questioning: Teacher’s Questioning Strategies in the EFL Classrooms

ANISSA ASTRID (English Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Sciences, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, South Sumatra, Indonesia)
RIZQY DWI AMRINA (English Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Sciences, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah)
DETA DESVITASARI (English Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Sciences, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah)
UCI FITRIANI (English Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Sciences, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah)
AISYAH SHAHAB (English Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Sciences, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Apr 2019

Abstract

The aims of the study were to investigate English teachers’ questioning strategies at one Madrasah in Palembang, South Sumatera. The qualitative research method with a case study approach was employed to look at the ways of the English teachers’ questioning strategies in the processes of teaching and learning and the reasons that made them use certain questioning strategies. The participants in this study were English teachers. We used observation and interviews as our data collection techniques. The observation was used to look at the teacher’s questioning types used in the daily practices of teaching in the EFL classroom while the interview was used to understand the reasons that made them use those types of questioning strategies. Our findings showed three types of teacher’s questioning strategies used by teachers in their teaching and learning processes including convergent, divergent, and procedural questions. Teachers mostly used convergent questions (yes/no and short answers). We also found five reasons why teachers preferred to those types of questioning strategies including recalling students’ understanding, attracting students’ attention, increasing students’ thinking in higher order level, and engaging students in learning activities. Implications and recommendations are also discussed.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

irje

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

The Indonesian Research Journal in Education (IRJE) accepts unpublished, high quality, and original research manuscripts in English, resulting primarily from quantitative, qualitative, or mixed research methodology related to or associated with education. These issues include, but not limited to, ...