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TEACHERS’ QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH LESSONS IN SMA NEGERI 1
SALATIGA
Kusmiyani Desi Anisa

Abstract
Questions and answers are the most common ways of interactions in classrooms’
activities. By asking questions, teachers can build good communications with the
students, review the materials, assess the students’ abilities and assist them to
comprehend the lessons. Since questions frequently produce by the teachers and have
a significant role in learning, I am interested to do a research in that field. The study is
conducted to examine the types of questions used in English lessons especially in
Senior High School Negeri 1 Salatiga. The participants are four teachers, each of
them was observed twice. The data are collected using observations. The study
revealed that the teachers used the eight types of teachers’ questions, they are Yes-No,
Short-Answer, Display, Convergent, Divergent, Open-Ended, Referential, and
Imaginative Questions. The study also revealed that Yes-No question is the most used
i the teaching-learning process. The result of the study is expected to aid the studentteachers applying the suitable questions while teaching.

Keywords: teachers’ questions, types of questions, English lessons