A Study on The Types of Teacher Questions and Questioning Strategies: The Case of Two Private Secondary Schools In Addis Ababa.
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2008-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the types of teachers questions and
questioning strategies employed in teaching language in EFL classrooms. To this end, for
11th grade English teachers and eighty students at Keranyo Alpha secondary School and
Saint Marry Catholic Secondary School were selected to participate in the study,
Classroom observation and questionnaire were used as instruments to gather the
necessary data. The findings of the study suggest that (77.1%) were knowledge questions
and (22.90%) were comprehension questions that required recalling and short answers.
Regarding their levels, the former is lower order and the latter is middle order questions.
The study also indicates that questioning strategies that are thought to be effective for
learning English in the classroom were not effectively used while the lessons were
observed. Thus, it is recommended that special attention should be given to the
development and implementation of the types of questions and questioning strategies in
EFL classrooms
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Teacher Questions