TEACHERS’ QUESTIONS IN EFL CLASSROOM

*60 Communication is an essential element of classroom life. It is needed in
order to fulfill the information gap between the teachers and the students. In fact,
building classroom communication is something not easy. Many classes had only
one way communication where the teachers talked too much in the classroom. To
solve this problem, most teachers used teachers’ questions. The researcher tried to
have a research on teachers’ questions and the students’ responses to the teachers’
questions in three different classes in EFL classroom of English Education
Department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. A qualitative research
through case studies had been chosen to answer the research. An observation was
used as an instrument to collect the data. The data of the research was analyzed
through the video transcripts where only whole class teacher-students interaction
that was considered as questions. The result of the research indicated that
knowledge questions were frequently asked by the teachers in this research. In
contrast, comprehension questions, application questions, and analysis questions
were rarely asked. Synthesis or creation questions and evaluation questions were
hardly ever asked by the teachers. Additionally, most of all the types of teachers’
questions were responded by the students’ short responses.
Keywords: Teachers’ questions, students’ responses, knowledge questions,
comprehension questions, application questions, analysis questions, synthesis or
creation questions, evaluation questions