Abstract:
This study investigates the questioning strategies in classroom interaction in
senior high school in Purworejo. This study has a purpose to explore what questioning
strategies are applied by the teacher in the classroom interaction along with teacher’s
perceptions of the questioning strategies applied in the classroom interaction. To meet
the purposes of the study, the researcher obtained from classroom observation, videorecording,
interview with the teacher.
This study revealed that the teacher employed several questioning strategies
namely prohibing question (8.8 %), wait-time question (4.4 %), open and closed
question (22.2 %), funnel question (42.2 %), leading question (15.5 %), and rethorical
question (6.6 %) in eliciting the students’ responses. However, the most dominant
questioning strategy employed by the teacher was funnel questioning strategy since this
strategy was effective in eliciting the students’ responses in the classroom interaction.
This result was supported by the result of the interview with the teacher which
revealed that the most helpful questioning strategy for the students was funnel
questioning strategy. The teacher generally gave positive perceptions toward
questioning strategies. For the teacher, questioning startegy is one of the teacher’s tools
in eliciting students’ responses. Meanwhile, for the students, questioning strategies are
really helpful in comprehending the teacher’s questions and also helpful in gaining
confidence to express their ideas verbally. Based on the findings, it is recommended that
future research concerning the implementation of questioning strategy in Indonesia
should be enriched with more attention to the correlation between the implementation of
questioning strategies and classroom interaction.
