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1. one of the basic skills that every teacher must have in the teaching
activity Stones, 1972:87 2.
a very important component in the teaching activity because it has some objectives especially in promoting the students’ level of
understanding and enhance their powers of critical thinking Bedwell, 1975 cited in Turney 1983
3. an important thing in developing the rapport between the students
and the teacher O’Neill, 2003 4.
a guidance for the teacher to establish an interactive language teaching, and teacher’s questioning will initiate classroom
interaction Brown, 2001
1.3 Research Questions
By discussing the components of basic questioning skill made by novices, I tried to answer the following research questions:
1. Which types of basic questioning components do the novice teachers
use in the classroom? 2.
What types of question do the novice teachers use in the classroom? 3.
What levels of questioning category do the novice teachers use in the classroom?
1.4 Purpose of the Study
The purposes of this study are as the following:
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1. to explain which types of basic questioning components used by
the novice teachers in the classroom; 2.
to explain what types of question used by the novice teachers in the classroom;
3. to explain what levels of questioning category used by the novice
teachers in the classroom.
1.5 Significance of the Study
I investigated the facts of the level of questioning category and type of questions used by novices of IKIP PGRI Semarang in the
classroom situation. This research investigated the novices’ skill in using the questioning based on the basic questioning components used by the
novice teachers in the classroom. The result of the research will be implemented in the institution
where I work. It will be the teacher trainers’ consideration in conducting the microteaching class for the novices in their training program. It is
expected that the novices will get the advantages from the result of this research to improve their ability in conducting questioning in their practice
teaching. It is also expected that this ability will improve teaching learning activity. Hopefully, the teaching objectives will be achieved.
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1.6 Definition of the Terms
Referring to the title of my thesis, I would like to explain the terms used. Some terms used in this study are defined as follows:
1. Novice teachers
Novice is a person who is new and has little experience or no experience at all in a job or situation. Novice teachers here are the
students who are still in the teaching training and have their practice teaching in the real classroom situation. They have the
practice in the real world in order to get more experience. They may join in the practice if they have passed the microteaching
class. The practice teaching is for preparing the novices of becoming professional teachers.
2. Skill
Skill is the fact that somebody is able to do something Holt, 1966: 50. In this study, the word something here refers to the skill of
conducting basic questioning in the classroom. What I did in the research was to recognize which components of basic questioning
skill applied by the novices in the classroom. 3.
Basic questioning Basic questioning here refers to the skills of the novice teacher’s to
encourage students to participate in the classroom. In this case, it has a clear purpose and is designed to promote a considered
response from students. Turney, 1983: 62
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4. Practice teaching
This is the activity of conducting practices in teaching in a classroom but this activity is under supervision of experienced
teachers.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
