TEACHERS’ QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM INTERACTION AT SMA NEGERI 15 MEDAN

The goal of this study were to describe teachers’ questions in English classroom
Interaction and the function of questions that the teachers asked. A descriptive
qualitative design was used in this study. The data and source of data were two
English teachers who teach at grade 11 at SMA Negeri 15 Medan. The data were
collected by using videotaping and interview. The data were analyzed by using
descriptive qualitative. The result showed that (1) Teacher LR asked remembering
(81.5), understanding (17%) and applying (1.5%) to students, teacher RR asked
remembering (45.45%) and understanding (54.54%) to students (2) Teacher LR
asked questions to stimulate and maintain students’ interest, encourage students to
think and focus on the content of the lesson, enable teachers to clarify what students
has said, elicit particular structures or vocabulary items, check students’
understanding and encourage students’ participation in a lesson, however teacher
RR asked questions to stimulate and maintain students’ interest and encourage
students to think and focus on the content of the lesson