Teacher Questioning and Classroom Interaction Patterns in Advanced EFL Classes

Teacher Questioning and Classroom Interaction Patterns in Advanced EFL Classes

The purpose of this study is to analyze teachers' questioning patterns in EFL classes, and propose a new set of classification based on the interaction flow that a question initiates and the teachers' intention of questions in language classroom. Data were collected from five advanced EFL classes. Six categories of teacher questions were observed and two types of interactions following the initial questions were found. The interactions were usually opened by the teacher, which confirmed the general conception, and the types of interactions were mostly chosen by the teacher's preference and the activity the class was doing.