Saturday, 18 February 2017

QUESTIONING SKILLS



  Reasons or purposes for asking questions in the class include:
·         To check that students understand
·         To give students practice
·         To find out what students really think or know
·         To think critically.

2A chart showing types of question on one side and possible uses on the other side

Type of Question
Possible uses

Open-ended
Long answers for students to give out opinion, experiences and feelings

Closed
Short factual answers to acknowledge/confirm deny, conducting a discussion or making a decision.

Funnel
·         finding out more detail about a specific point
·         gaining the interest or increasing the confidence of the person you are speaking to

Probing
·         finding out more detail and additional information for clarification
·         drawing  information out of people/students who are trying to avoid telling you something.

Leading
·         leading the students/people to your way of thinking
·         giving the students/people a choice between two options, both of which you would be happy with.

Rhetorical
·         Engaging the listener into agreeing.


Tag questions
·         Seeking confirmations or acknowledgements.                     (similar to rhetorical questions)

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