A Study Of Teacher's Questions In An Elementary School

Abstract

In teaching-learning process communicative tools are needed by teachers to enhance interactions between teachers and young learners. One of the communicative tools is asking question. Kearsley's (1976) types of questions were selected as the basis of the literature review of this analysis. They are six types of questions that are purposed by Kearsley (Ibid). However in the five class observation conducted in SD Lab Satya Wacana Salatiga, there are only four types of questions used by the teachers; evaluative, echoic, social control and expressive questions. Each one of the four types has its functions that can be applied through interactions. It is found from the findings that the use of four types of questions is most effective used in the classroom interactions based from the questions own functions.