Questions Used by the Teachers in Teaching Reading Comprehension in English Classroom Interaction

This study aimed (1) To investigate the types of questions used in teaching reading
comprehension in English classroom interaction, (2) To analyze how the teachers
use the questions in teaching reading comprehension in English classroom
interaction, (3) To investigate the reasons why the teachers use the questions the
way they do. A descriptive qualitative study was used in this study. The source of
the data was two English teachers of class XI in SMA Negeri 1 Sumbul. The data
were collected by using video recording and unstructured interview with teachers.
The data were the sentences that consist of teachers’ questions in teaching reading
comprehension and the result of the teachers’ interview. The data were analyzed by
data condensation, data display and conclusion drawing/verification. The findings
of the result were that: (1) There were five types of questions used by teachers
namely literal questions (9.86%), reorganization or reinterpretation questions 19
(26.76%), inference questions 9 (12.68%), evaluation questions 4 (5.63%) and
personal response questions 5 (7.04%). It also found that there were 27 (38.03%)
other types of questions used by the two teachers, namely questions related to
knowledge, vocabulary and students' experience, (2) The teachers use the different
way in giving the questions. KP used wait time, repetition, paraphrasing,
simplification and probing, while RS only use wait time, repetition, paraphrasing
and simplification in giving questions when teaching reading comprehension, (3)
The reasons that affect the teachers do the way they do consist of teachers'
experience, teachers' formative and teachers' personal attributes.