THE ANALYSES ON QUESTIONING SKILL IN MICRO TEACHING SUBJECT IN AN EFL CLASSROOM

Abstract

Micro Teaching is a subject of teacher training for practicing basic teaching skills. Questioning skill plays an important role in Micro Teaching subject, therefore; every student needs to comprehend and be able to practice questioning skill in teaching practice. This research analysed the questioning skill of teacher candidates in teaching practice. A qualitative approach was applied in this research. The participants were 5 teacher candidates who were chosen randomly from 25 students who programmed the Micro Teaching subject. The instruments were recorder and checklist. The researcher applied the techniques of observation and recording in collecting the data. The techniques of data analyses were transcription of recordings, identification, codification, analyses and reporting. The results reported that there were 7 indicators of questioning skill found in the research namely questions based on students’ level was at very good category, questions stimulate the students was at very good category, teacher gives change for students to ask was at average category, questions are from low to higher level was at good category, distribution of question is for all students was at average category, teacher gives students enough time to think was at good category and teacher uses different types of questions was at good category. Thus; in the types of questions; open question was 29,31%, closed question was 22,42%, convergent question was 20,69% and divergent question was 27,58%. Open questions were dominantly used by teacher candidates in teaching practice.