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ClassroomquestioningisthecoreoftheEFLclassroomteaching.Itisalsoanimportantmodeofclassroomteaching.Atpresent,Englishclassroomquestioningsuggestedintheinteractionbetweenteachersandstudents,encouragingstudentstoparticipateinclassactivitiesactively.InthecurrentEnglishclassroomteaching,classroomquestioningstillhasmanyproblems.Suchastheproblemisthattooeasyortoodifficult,ignoringthestudentsoflowgrade.Itleadstotheclassroomteachingefficiencynotsohighandstudents’achievementroughparity.AccordingtotheproblemsexistingintheEnglishclassroomquestioning,thethesisbringsforwardtheproperstrategieswhichrequireteachersinteachingshouldpayattentiontothedevelopmentofstudents’thinkingabilityandthepreparingbeforeclass,andadvocatesthatonthebasisofknowledge,studentsexploresomevaluableproblemsincooperationtomakeeverystudenthastheopportunitytoparticipateinclass.Itcanpromoteclassroomteachingproblemsolving.Anditisaneffectivewaytomakethestudents’innovativethinking.Introduction

Teachers’questioningisanimportantmeansinEFLclassroomteaching.Itplaysaverysignificantroleinthepopularteachingmode.Itisthebasisofclassroominteractionandteachersshouldgropeforalongtimetomasterit.Itisbothanimportantpartofclassroomteachingandaneffectivewayoflearningsecondlanguage.Teachers’questioningisaveryimportantfactorofEFLclassroomteaching.Insecondlanguageclassrooms,wherelearnersoftendon’thaveagreatnumberoftools,teachers’questionsprovidenecessarysteppingstonestocommunication.Questionscannotonlyinvolvestudentsintocommunication,butalsoencouragestudentstomendtheirlanguage.ItisimportanttoprovideEnglishteacherswithsomeusefulsuggestionstostrengthenthewayofquestioning.EffectiveEnglishteachingneedsproperclassroomquestioning.Therefore,improvingEnglishteachers’waysofclassroomquestioningistheneedofEnglishteachers’professionaldevelopmentandtherequirementofnewcurriculumreform.

Inrecentyears,alotofresearchershavealreadyreachedanagreementthattheclassroomisavaluableplacetolookat,fortheclassroomisaveryimportantplatformforsecondandforeignlanguagestudents.AsanimportantpartoftheEnglishclassroom,questioningplaysanimportantroletorichtheclassenvironmentandtoorganizethecourses.

I.TheNecessityofEFLClassroomQuestioning

Questioningisregardedasoneofthemostimportantandbasicteachingtechniques.Infactclassroomquestionsarerecommendationsofteaching.Questioningisarelativelycomplicatedteachingskillofalltheteachingtechnique.Questioningiscloselyrelatedtoteaching.Alotofscholarsathomeandabroadhavemaderesearchonthedefinitionofclassquestioning.TheyfoundthatquestioningisoneofthemostnecessaryfactorsinEFLclassroom.Studyshowsthateachteacherneedsquestionstomanageherorhisclass.SometeachersusemorethanhalfoftheclasstimetoexchangequestionsandanswersinsomeEFLclassrooms.Theythinkcommunicationismoreimportantthanteachingonly.Andtheycanfindhowthestudentsmasterandunderstandaboutthelessonthroughthequestioning.Inclassroomsettings,teacherquestioningisdefinedasinstructionalmethods,thatconveytostudentsthecontenttobelearnedandguidanceforwhattheyaretodo,andhowtheyaretodoit.Questioningisanimportantaidthatcansetagoodlesson,andtheteacher’squestioningtechniquescandeterminethesuccessofstudentsinansweringthequestions.

1.1TheReasonsforClassroomQuestioning

AtpresentinChina,moststudentslearnEnglishfromtheirschoolEnglishteachersinEFLclassrooms.SoinEFLclassroom,theimportanceofclassroominteractionisteachersandstudentsthemselves.Andaskinggoodquestionscultivatesinteractionbetweenteachersandtheirstudents.Teachersmustbesurethattheyhaveaclearpurposefortheirquestionsratherthanjustdeterminingwhatknowledgeisknown.Ifateacherdoesnotaskquestionsintheclass,heorshewillnotreallymasterthestudents’realability.Youdonotknowthatifthelessonyouhadyesterdayisunderstoodbythem.

“Learningisanoutgrowthofthequestionsthatstudentsareaskedandthebetterateacher’squestions,thebetterateacher’steachingandaclass’slearning”（Dillon,1988:

ix）.Teachersknowthatclassroomquestioningisoneofthemostpowerfulandfamiliartools.Teacherquestioningcanbeprovidedwithaseriesofreasons.Itcandevelopstudents’interestandhelpstudentstobeactivelyparticipateinclasses,foreknowledgestudents’preparation,checkontheirhomework,reviewandsummarizethepreviouslessons,andmanagetheclassroom.Itcancreatesituation,getthroughstudents’channelandofferspaceforthinking.Whentheteachersetasuspension,arousethinkingandenlightenthemindsofstudents,theirmindwillbeactivelyandpositivelyintheprocessofexploration.Andatthesametime,iftheteachercanaddsomestudents’questioning,itcanmotivatestudents’questioningandansweringoreventheteachersownquestioningandanswering,itcanmotivatestudents’activethinking.Theeffectwillbebetterthantheteacher’sgeneralstatement.

1.2TheRoleofClassroomQuestioning

Questioningisdefinedasoneofthemosteffectiveteachingmethods.Classroomquestioningcaninspirestudents’thinking.Itcangivefullplaytotheroleoftheteacher’sleading.Englishteachingstartsfromthequestionsanddevelopswithmorequestions.So,itisnotonlyakindofimportantteachingskills,butalsotheimportantwaytotrainstudent’sinnovationability.

InChina,languageenvironmentislimitedforEnglishlearners,especiallyforstudentsofmiddleschool;

teachers’languageisthemostimportantchannelforEnglishlearners.TheschoolclassroomsbecometheonlyplacetouseEnglishforEnglishlearners.Itcanevaluatestudents’preparationandcheckontheirhomeworkorseatworkcompletion;

itcandevelopstudents’criticalthinkingskillsandinquiringattitudes;

itcantrainstudents’insights;

itcanevaluateachievementofinstructionalgoalsandobjectives;

itcanencouragestudentstostudyindependently;

itcanconsolidateafact.QuestioningisregardedasanimportantprocesswhichaimstoinvolvestudentsintheEFLclassroomandeducethoughtfulanswers.Becauseoftherole,questioningishelpfulforEnglishteacherstofindeffectivewaystoimprovetheuseofquestions,anditisalsoveryimportantforustoconductresearchintothisphenomenon.

Nomatterwhatsubjectsyouhave,questioningisstilloneofthenecessaryfactorsintheclassroom.AndEnglishasaforeignlanguagetolearninChina,questioningismoreimportantthanothers.Inordertoanswertheteacher’squestionsaccurately,studentshavetofocustheirattention,quickentheirmind,fastprocessinformationandactiveexploretheanswerstothequestions.TheteachercanfinallyachievehisgoalofarouseinterestinEnglishlearning.

II．TheCurrentSituationofEFLClassroomQuestioning

Questioningisanimportantpartforteachers-studentsandstudents-studentstocommunicate.Anditiseventhecoreofeffectiveteaching.Whenstudentsjointheteachers’questioning,teachersmustgivefeedbackintime,andthefeedbackmustbebasedonthepositiverules.However,therearealotofproblemsinEnglishclassroomquestioning.ForexampleteachersusedtouseChinesetoaskquestionssothatstudentscaneasilyknowthemeaning.Butitisnotagoodwaytopracticestudents’listeningandEnglishthinking.Andsometeachersbecauseoflackingofpreparingbeforetheclass,thequestionsheorsheasksarejustsomesimpleones.Thiskindofquestionsisnotinfavorofstudentsrecallingtheknowledgetheylearnedyesterday.Bothteachersandstudentsaremuddledthroughtheirworkonthequestioningandanswering.Lackingoffeedbackfromteachersisanothersituation.Nomattertheanswergivenbythestudentisrightorwrong,teachersshouldgivefeedbackontime.Ifheorsheisright,givingheorshesomepraising.Andifwrong,givingsomeencouragement,andcorrecttheanswer.Regardingquestioningasakindofpunishmentisnotagoodmannerforateacherandignoringthelowscorestudentscannotshowthefairnessofateacher.

2.1CommonQuestioninChinese

ChineseisthemothertonguefortheEnglishlearnersinChina.AndthethinkingstyleofthestudentsisChinese,too.However,someEnglishteachersusedtouseChinesetoaskquestions.Itmakesstudents‘thinkingconfinetoChinesethinking.Thatisbothnotconducivetobroadenstudents’thinkinginEnglishcultureandnotpracticeEnglishspeakingandlisteninginEnglishclass.Atpresent,mostoftheEnglishlearnersarenotsatisfiedwiththeEnglisheducationtheyarereceivingfromtheirownschoolEnglishteachers.AsanimportantteachingmethodofEFLclassroominteraction,teacherquestioningisaparttheyarecomplainingabout.StudiesofteacherquestioninginEFLclassroomwillmeetthelearners’requestsinaway.Chineseexam-orientededucationmaketeachersandparentsonlycareaboutthescore,butEnglishspeakingandlisteningisanimportantwaytocommunicatewithothers.Chinaisconnectingtothewholeworld,theEnglishscoresareimportant,butmasteringrealEnglishskillsisnecessary.

EnglishasaforeignlanguageinChineseclassroomisnotonlyacourse,butalsoshowsakindofchildren’s