Abstract

Teacher’s question, as one of the various English teaching activities, is the most simple and direct, but vital method. Questioning penetrates into the whole class, with different forms like greeting in the process of lead-in, questions about the passage, speaking practices and splice of distinct parts in the class, etc.. Both different segments and different types of classes have different kinds and skills of questioning. However, simple as questioning is, there still exist some mistaken ideas that easily to be ignored by teachers. For example, questions that are superficial, out-of-order, unitary and with improper feedback, are all demanding prompt solution.In this paper, I’m going to make a simple summary on this topic, followed the studies at home and abroad. Besides, I’ll watch videos of the 8th whole nation junior middle school English high-quality lessons rating, collect data of 10 videos, and focus on Yao Beibei’s lesson, the winner of the competition, to have further analysis, and find out the questioning techniques that teachers used in the lessons and make the summary.

Keywords: Teachers’ question; Types of questioning; Skills of questioning; Middle-school English class

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 Significance of Teachers’ Question-1

1.2 Problems of Teachers’ Question-2

2. Literature Review-4

2.1 Study on Teachers’ Question at Home and Abroad-4

2.2 Strategies-4

2.3 Types-5

2.3.1 Closed questions-6

2.3.2 Open questions-6

2.3.3 Display questions-6

2.3.4 Referential questions-6

2.3.5 Procedural questions-7

2.3.6 Convergent questions-7

2.3.7 Divergent questions-7

2.3.8 Rhetorical questions-7

2.3.9 Conversational questions-7

2.4 Skills-7

2.4.1 Pre-questioning-8

2.4.2 While-questioning-9

2.4.3 Post-questioning-9

3. Case Study-11

3.1 Analysis of Types of Questions-11

3.2 Case Study of the First-place Winner-12

3.2.1 Types of Questions-12

3.2.2 The techniques and skills used in Miss Yao’s class-14

4. Conclusion-15

References-16