Abstract

Questioning, as a necessary element of teacher-student interaction in class, serves as a fundamental teaching tool and lies at the very heart of developing critical thinking abilities of students. In classroom, questioning is always of great importance in the process of teaching and learning. This thesis researches the differences of questioning styles between an experienced teacher and a pre-service teacher by video observation to find out the current problems of questioning skills existing in pre-service teachers so as to put forward some suggestions on effective questioning strategies in EFL classes of junior middle school by drawing the merits of the experienced teachers. The research shows that the pre-service teacher still needs to take efforts in asking higher-level questions and referential questions, providing wait-time and giving appropriate feedback. 

Keyword: effective questioning strategies； EFL classes in junior middle school； pre-service teacher；experienced teacher

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction-1

 1.1 Background and significance-1

 1.2 Research questions-2

 1.3 Organization of the Thesis-3

2. Literature Review-4

 2.1 Related study abroad-4

 2.2. Related study at home-5

3. Theoretical Research-7

 3.1 Related Theories-7

 3.2 Basic concepts of question and questioning-8

 3.3 Effective classroom questioning-12

4. Methodology-14

 4.1 Research subjects-14

 4.2 Research Question-14

 4.3 Instrument-14

 4.4 Research Process-14

5. Results and Analysis-16

 5.1 Differences of Questioning Style between the pre-service teacher and the experienced teacher-16

 5.2 Problems of Questioning Skills Existing in Pre-service Teachers-18

6. Discussion-20

7. Conclusion-22

Bibliography-24