Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: The Role Of Teachers' Questions In The Pre-Reading Activity At Primary Level

The Role of Teachers’ Questions in the Pre-reading Activity at Primary Level
Nita Christiningtyas
Abstract
This study aims to identify four types of teachers’ questions that are used in the prereading activity in Bethany Elementary School, Salatiga, Indonesia. Non-participant
observation was applied to collect the data in the three classes as the main instrument aided
by field notes. This article presents the examples from each type of questions used in the prereading activity in the classes, the essentials why it is applied, and how it is used in different
reading topic in the pre-reading activity. The result shows that the four types of questions are
used in the pre-reading activity with the difference frequencies of used in each class.
Meanwhile, there are new types of questions find in this study. They belong to the
combination of questions used by teachers in the pre-reading activity. The findings suggest
that the use of questions in the pre-reading activity help the students to have enough
background knowledge of a particular topic that they will read. The strategic questions can be
applied in the pre-reading activity to create active atmosphere in the classroom, help the
students to have higher-level of thinking through particular topic, and make teachers aware of
using a series of questions while teaching in pre-reading activity as Indonesia is EFL context.
Key words: pre-reading activity, reading, teachers’ questions