asking questions

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1、Questioning1TheimportanceofquestionsInmostclassroomsitisgenerallyafactthattheteachertalksandthestudentslisten.Anditisalsoafactthatduringtheclasshourstheteacherasksquestionsandgivesfeedbacktostudents’responses.Itisestimatedthatanaverageof100to150questionsperclasshourare

2、askedinthetypicalelementaryandsecondaryclassroom.And80%ofallschooltimeisdevotedtoquestionsandanswers.So,questionsplayacrucialroleinteaching.Questionsareusedtoprovidetheopportunitiesforstudents’outputandthis“pushedoutput”helpsstudentstoreconstructtheirinter-language.The

3、useofquestionsisanimportantpartofteaching.Teacherquestioningisacriticalskillforteachers.Ithasanimportantimpactinlearningbecauseitisthemostcommonformofinteractionbetweentheteacherandthe24studentsintheclassroom.Itisanelementthatcanbefoundinanytypeofalesson.Questioningisa

4、lsoanecessarypartinteachingandanessentialskillforconductingavarietyofactivitiesandtasksintheclassroom.Althoughquestionscanbeeffectiveininvestigations,enquiryandthedevelopmentofunderstanding,itdoesn’tmeanthemorequestions,thebetter.Questionsshouldbewiseandpurposeful,cont

5、ributingtotheoverallobjectivesofalesson,stimulatingthedevelopmentofknowledgeandthinking,andhelpingtomaintaineffectiveinteraction.2PurposesandfunctionsinaskingquestionsQuestioningisacommonlyusedtechniqueinteaching.Butwhyisitsoimportantinclassroominstruction?Whatarethepu

6、rposesofquestioning？Intheclassroomateachermayaskquestionsforvariouspurposes.Generally24speaking,questionsareaskedmainlyforthefollowingreasons:lTostimulaterecallofinformation;lTocheckstudents’knowledgeandfocusattentiononaparticularissueorconcept;lToprovideanopportunityf

7、orstudentstoassimilateandreflectuponinformation;lToelicitinformationandactivatestudents’priorknowledge;lTohelplearnersexternalizeandverbalizeknowledgelearning;lTodeveloplearners’thinkinglevelandincreasetheirabilitytoconceptualize;lTocheckunderstanding;lTostimulateinter

8、estandawakencuriosityconcerningatopic;lTostructureataskinsuchawaythatlearningwillbemaximized;lTochallengestudentsande