On Effective Questioning Strategies in EFL Classes of Junior Middle School 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. 47692

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

论中学英语课堂中的有效提问策略

摘要提问作为课堂师生互动的重要部分，充当着基本的教学工具，在最根本上发展着学生的批判性思维能力。在课堂上，提问在教学过程中发挥重要的作用。该论文通过视频观察，研究了资深教师和新手教师上课提问风格的区别，尝试去发现当前新手教师课堂提问所存在的问题，然后从资深教师的经验中取长补短，提出一些中学英语课堂有效提问的策略。研究表明，在提问高水平问题，参阅性问题，以及给予足够的侯答时间和适当的反馈方面，新手教师仍需努力。

毕业论文关键词：有效提问策略； 初中英语课堂；新手教师； 资深教师

目录

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

On Effective Questioning Strategies in EFL Classes of Junior Middle School

1. Introduction

1.1 Background and significance 

    Currently, EFL teaching pays increasingly attention on developing students’ communicative competence, which makes it extremely important to research teacher’s questioning in class since questioning plays a central role in promoting communicative ability of using English language in the real life.