Types of Elicitation on Students’ Engagement in Learning English

Elicitation technique is designed to drawing
information from students, generally by asking questions. This
research attempts to identify types of elicitation used by the
English teacher in learning English at SMA Plus Taruna Akterlis
Medan. The teachers’ elicitation was aimed to know students’
engagement in using elicitation technique. This research is
conducted by applying descriptive qualitative method. The
participants of this study were two teachers and sixteen students.
The theory that used is from Doff (1988) mentioned five types of
elicitation technique, namely asking questions, asking questions
combined with picture, asking questions combined with using
games or activities, asking questions combined with using texts
and dialogues, asking questions combined with using nonverbal
language. This study revealed that the frequency of asking
questions (40%), asking questions combined with picture (20%),
combined with using games or activities (20%), combined with
using texts and dialogues (60%). The most frequent type of
elicitation used which reached is elicitation technique combined
with using texts and dialogues;60%. This indicates that elicitation
promoting students’ engagement in learning English