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2. What questioning strategies do teachers use during the process of teaching reading?
3. What are the influence of question types and questioning strategies used by teachers in the class interaction during the process of teaching reading?
1.3 Purposes of The Study
In line with the research problems above, this study attempts to describe the process of reading comprehension questions used by the teachers at Mts N Model
Samarinda. To be more specific, the purposes of the study are: 1. to observe types of questions used by the teachers during the process of
teaching reading? 2. to identify questioning strategies used by the teachers during the process of
teaching reading? 3. to know the influence of question types and questioning strategies used by
teachers on class interaction during the process of teaching reading?
1.4 Methodology
In accordance with the problems of the study stated above, this study applies a descriptive method. The main focus of this study is to observe or to find out the
teachers’ questions used in reading activities at Mts N Model Samarinda. In this study, the researcher took three teachers purposively to be oberved as samples, then the
distribution of questions posed by the teachers was recorded and transcribed based
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on the level of comprehension and some questioning theories related to this study can be covered through reading activities.
The data collection used in this study are the classroom observation and interview. In taking the data, the researcher used an observational qualitative design to
know in details the process of the teachers’ questions given to the students during the reading activities. The data taken from the teachers’ questions were then analyzed by
using types of level comprehensions and other theories supporting this study. Methodology is further elaborated in Chapter III.
1.5 Significance of The Study
The findings of this investigation illustrate types of questions and questions strategies used by the teachers to the students in reading activities. Overall findings are
expected to give benefit to the teachers, mainly to the teacher at Mts N Model Samarinda, other teachers at different level of school grades, and other researchers
who will take a study on the similar field, particularly how to pose or frame the types of questions to the students in teaching reading comprehension.
1.6 Definition of the Key Terms
