TEACHERS’ QUESTIONING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASSROOM
Ikha Hari Pujiani
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ABSTRACT
The investigation concerning the use of teacher’s question has been significant to conduct since it is one of important techniques in EFL classroom context (Behnam &Pouriran, 2009). This study aims to identify types of teachers’ questions and cognitive domains which are developed by asking certain questions in the context of English language teaching (ELT) in a Junior High School in Salatiga. The observation was conducted three times. The data analyzed were based on the Wajnryb’s categorization (1992) in terms of type of questions that a teacher asked in the English classroom. Then, the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy as cited in Anderson and Krathwohl (2001) is used to analyze which cognitive domains are developed by asking certain questions in the English classroom. The results show that the teacher asked Yes/ No, Short Answer/Retrieval style, Open-ended, Display and Referential questions. Yes/ No, Short Answer/Retrieval and display questions develop remembering area. On one hand, Open-ended and referential questions develop analyzing area.