An Analysis on the Cognitive Level
of Teacher Questions in EFL Classroom
of Junior High School in Semarang Residence
Desi Ariani
Abstract
To help students achieve their optimum learning, teachers should apply questioning strategies in their classroom. One of questioning strategy which can be applied is related to various cognitive levels of questions. However, seeing teachers teaching during my teaching practicum in a junior high school in Banyubiru, I noticed that some teachers did not really optimize the questioning practice. This study aims to explore cognitive levels of questions used by three EFL teachers in junior high school in Banyubiru. They taught seventh and eighth grade students. In this study, observation was used to collect the data. The data were teachers’ questions, which were classified into six levels of cognition based on Bloom’s taxonomy. The result of this study shows that the teachers used various cognitive levels of questions, but they mostly used comprehension level questions which are in the lower order of cognition. This study can be useful for teachers to be aware of various cognitive levels of questions and apply in the classroom in order to help students to optimize their learning.
