TEACHER QUESTIONING STRATEGIES TO ELICIT STUDENTS VERBAL RESPONSES IN CLASSROOM INTERACTION

Abstract

Questioning strategies have long been known as one of the most significant toolsin teaching and learning-process. Questioning strategies can assist teachers extend thair own strategie to enhance the students wrok and thinking. So the teacher can find out students’ understanding about the material. The main purpose of this research were to know the english teachers questioning strategies in the classroom interaction and the students’ responses towards the teacher question. The participants of this research was the one of Englis teacher and 26 students’ at X MIPA 1 class in the 2019/2020 academic year at SMAN 2 Wajo. This research used decriptive qualitative method. The data collected by recording the interviewing with the English teacher and giving the questionnaire to the students’. The transcript of Interview were made. Based on the research findings, the English teacher at SMAN 2 Wajousually used yes/no question, short answer question, and display question in classroom interaction, the findings also showsthe students responses towards the teacher question.The students at SMAN 2 Wajo prefer to answer : Yes/No question, Short Answer question, and Display question more than the other type of teacher question. Also this research shows, most of the students agree if the teacher question not easy to answer, and also the students prefer to silent if the teacher asked the question because of the students feeling panic, confused, nervous, and horrified.