The same case also happens in [221] in which the teacher uses question to introduce the material. When the teacher asks this question, the material that they
are going to learn is about expressing sympathy. So, the teacher conducts this question to give picture of the material since expressing sympathy is expressed to
sadness thing. The answer of this question is classified as convergent question because the students’ answer is yes orno answer.
The researcher also found out that convergent questions occur when the teacher wants to recall students’ background knowledge on certain thing. Most of
this question’s function is stated by the teachers in the beginning and the end of the class. In the beginning of the class, the teachers ask this question to review
previous materials such as in the following case. [206] : What have you learned with Ms.Uli?
[236]: Do you still remember the materials last week? Those two questions are the example when the teachers use convergent question
to recall student’s knowledge on certain material. The teachers ask about the materials that they have learned before.
3. Divergent Questions
The last type of question which was found in Micro Teaching class is divergent question. Table 4.2 presents 7 of the whole questions belong to this
group. It represents that the frequency of this type is the lowest compared to the other two types of questions. As Richard and Lockhart 1996 have explained,
divergent question is the opposite of convergent question. Divergent question PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
requires students’ point of view on certain theme. It means that this type of question does not seek for yes or no response, short answer or recalling certain
information. Some examples of divergent questions are found in case [130] and [149].
[130] : what do you think about your writing? [149] : why do we need to learn about this?
Case [130] is categorized as divergent question since the teacher does not seek short answer or yes no questions. The student has different types of answers.
Some of them state that they have done well but some others still confused with their own writing. When the teacher asks the reason why they are confused, the
students explain that their writing is illogic. Case [149] is also classified as divergent because it seeks for students’ opinion toward the material learned. This
question is stated in the beginning of the class in which the teacher previously explains the general information of the topic such as the example. It shows that
the existence of question [149] is to stimulate students’ higher critical thinking in comparing what they have listened from the teacher with their own opinion on the
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