QUESTIONING STRATEGIES USED BY TEACHERS AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS IN BANGKA ISLAND

Abstract

In the field of language instruction, questioning strategies are sometimes used extensively. It is primarily utilized for the purpose of stimulating and activating the critical thinking of students in the context of classroom instruction and learning. It is not uncommon to include it into four different language skills. Questioning has an effect on the student's participation in expressing their thoughts and opinions regarding the issue that has been presented by the teachers when they are speaking. Both at the beginning of the session and at the end of the class, the teachers posed the question to the students. There was also a wide range of responses from the students to the questions that were presented to them. Some students would comprehend the questions, while others might be perplexed about how to reply. Others might grin in response to the questions that were presented, even if they were attempting to comprehend them but did not fully get the meaning of the questions or how to respond to them. When it comes to teaching speaking to students attending vocational high schools on the island of Bangka, this research result makes an attempt to enlarge on the questioning tactics that teachers employ. The data collection technique for teachers teaching in vocational high schools in three districts of Bangka Belitung Province was a qualitative approach that took the form of a questionnaire, interview, and an observation.