ABSTRACT:Classroom questions have been traditionally viewed as an important component of foreign language teaching. The aim of this thesis is to study junior middle school questioning behavior, and it attempts to make an exploration of the teachers’ questioning behavior in class and their cognition of questioning. This thesis mainly explores the current situation and the major problems existing in classroom questions in middle school English teaching, and then gives some feasible strategies. 

　　Through this research, the author found the major problems existing in classroom questions in middle school English teaching. The author hopes that this research can help English teachers to apply classroom questions properly and accomplish the teaching tasks more scientifically.

Key Words: English in middle school; questioning in class; the art of teaching question

摘 要:教师课堂提问一直被视作外语课堂教学的重要组成部分。本文针对中国初中英语的课堂提问行为进行研究，其研究内容包括教师的课堂提问行为、教师对于自己提问行为的认识。本文主要研究中学英语课堂提问的现状及存在问题，然后提出切实可行的课堂提问策略。

　　　经过研究分析，作者发现初中英语课堂提问主要存在的问题.希望此研究能有助于中学的英语教师更科学、更艺术的运用课堂提问策略，高质量的完成英语教学任务。

关键词：中学英语; 课堂提问; 提问艺术