The Journal of English Literacy Education
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): The Journal of English Literacy Education: The Teaching and Learning of English

QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONING SKILLS IN ELT

Supriusman (Riau University)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Sep 2026

Abstract

Question and questioning skill have a very important role to play in motivating students to learn. Besides, questioning is a very special term in English language teaching (ELT) because it is one of the basic skills of teaching, one of the components of scientific approach that a teacher applies in the main or core activities in teaching and learning process, and one of the components of the CTL approach that a teacher also applies in ELT. Therefore, it is believed that this topic is useful for English teachers because they can improve their comprehension and then implement their experience and knowledge in the field. In addition, this paper describes about the term of question, types of question, question categories or levels of question, purposes of questions, and wait time. It is expected this paper is useful to theoretical and practical knowledge to promote the participation of their students to be active in ELT in the classroom.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jele

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

The Journal of English Literacy Education (JELE) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published twice a year by the English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia. The journal focuses on research and development in English as a Foreign ...