TEACHER’S QUESTIONING STRATEGY IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM INTERACTION

This research aims to analyze Teacher’s Questioning Strategy and Student
Response in English Classroom Interaction of Grade VIII at SMP Imelda Medan.
The subject of this study were two teachers and two classes of Grade VIII at SMP
Imelda Medan. This research used descriptive qualitative design as a research
method. The data were collected by doing observation to the classroom, interview
to the two English teachers, and record English teaching learning process. The
study focused on analyzing the three research questions in this study, they are the
teachers way in apply questioning strategies in English classroom interaction,
teachers reason in the use of questioning strategies in English classroom
interaction, and how the students response to teacher questions. Using Xuerong
theory where questioning strategy is divided into 2, namely Question-Planning
Strategy and Question-Controlling Strategy, findings of the observation, interview
and video recording showed that the two English Teachers in SMP Imelda Medan
mostly used Question-controlling Strategy. The researcher also analyzed student’s
responses in two classes of grade VIII. Based on the observation in the classroom
and video recording, most students were silent when teachers were asking them.
Only some students were active in giving responses, those mostly used cognitive
in answering the question from teachers. Based on the interview with the teachers,
the both teachers have similar purposes, they want to know students
understanding, involving in teaching learning process and make the learning
atmosphere comfortable and interesting. In addition, teacher 1 is more dominant
in giving questions to all students in the class while teacher 2 gives questions to
students individually.