An Exploration of EFL Teacher’s Questioning Strategies “ Simplification and Repetition”

Abstract

Questioning strategies are considered as an effective method that teachers use in order to promote classroom interaction. Questioning and answering processes occur to persuade students to speak and get them engaged. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to investigate the questioning‟ strategies that teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) use in their classes to improve class participation. Based on that, it was hypothesized that if EFL teachers of Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia University use questioning strategies, classroom interaction will be promoted. To review this topic, a case study was conducted at Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia University, particularly in the department of English where 11 first and second-year teachers were selected as a sample. The data was gathered using a qualitative approach. Classroom observations were arranged with first and second-year EFL teachers, and a semi-structured interview was conducted with (06) randomly selected teachers in order to have insights about the used questioning strategies by teachers and also about learners‟ reactions to these strategies. After analyzing the obtained data, the findings proved to be effective. Based on these findings; a number of pedagogical recommendations are given to teachers in addition to some limitations of the study.