Teacher’s Questions in English Classrooms at Senior High Schools

Abstract

The aim of this research was to investigate teacher’s questions based on the levels and functions of questions in English classrooms at Senior High Schools. The study was a descriptive qualitative. The subjects of this research were six EnglishSenior High School teachers In Rejang Lebong Regency. For collecting the datatape recording, observation checklist and interview were employed. Result related toresearch questions showed that the teacher’s questions were categorized remembering, comprehending and applying and analyzing level. None of the teachers used questions in, evaluating and creating level of the Bloom’s Taxonomy.In the research only five function of questions were found namely: practicing skills,checking prior knowledge, recapping, and checking understanding. From thefinding it can be concluded that The questions asked by the teachers in classroomsare in lower order cognitive level and not all function of questions (from elevenfunction of questions) were applied by the teachers.

A Descriptive Analysis Of Teachers’ Questions On English Online Learning At Senior High School Sint Carolus Bengkulu

“…In her study, it was found that teachers at SMAN 5 Bengkulu applied only three out of the six levels, namely "remembering", "understanding", and "analyzing". This is in line with the previous research Andriyadi (2018). In his study, he found that there were only four levels found based on his observations at Senior High School in Rejang Lebong.…”

“…However, the functions of questions are found in the different amounts of questions. This research finding shows the difference from Andriyadi (2018). On his study, it was found that teachers at Senior High School at Rejang Lebong applied only five functions out of the eleven functions of questions, namely factual elication, practicing skills, checking prior knowledge, recapping and checking understanding.…”

“…As a consequence of the adaptation of technology or online learning, the teacher will not only focus on maintaining the students" attention, motivation, engagement, and understanding, but also consider the students" connectivity. The researcher found several studies regarding the teacher"s question in teaching and learning English which will be described as follow: Andriyadi (2018) conducted research entitled teacher"s questions in English classrooms at Senior High Schools in Rejang Lebong Regency. The result showed that teacher"s questions were only in the level of remembering, comprehending, applying, and analyzing of Bloom"s Taxonomy and there were only five functions of questions such as: practicing skills, checking prior knowledge, recapping, and checking understanding.…”