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Exploring the connection between teacher questioning and student learning behavior from a discourse perspective - A case study

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  • Do Thi Xuan Dung

    (Hue University, Hue, Vietnam)

  • Tran Thi Thuy Trang

    (Chi Lang School, Hue, Vietnam)

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Teacher questioning is common interaction in classrooms, which seems to be an effective tool to stimulate and enhance teaching and learning. This paper aims to investigate English teachers’ questioning strategies in connection with student learning behavior from a discourse perspective at the University of Foreign Languages, Hue University, Vietnam, within a case study of a Reading class at the English Department. One teacher and 30 students voluntarily participated in the study. Data were collected via audio recordings and classroom observation of 06 teaching hours for Reading classes. Critical Discourse Analysis Theory and Constructivist Learning theories were applied as the analysis and explanation frameworks. Results revealed that teachers employed various discourse strategies for questioning to enhance students learning behavior such as eliciting responses, checking comprehension, and soliciting agreement question functions; which helped arouse students’ interest in the upcoming reading texts, prepare them for vocabulary learning and background knowledge forming, and guide them through the process of reading comprehension skill practice. The paper also addressed implications and suggestions to help teachers exploit teachers’ questioning more effectively in language teaching.

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  • Do Thi Xuan Dung & Tran Thi Thuy Trang, 2022. "Exploring the connection between teacher questioning and student learning behavior from a discourse perspective - A case study," HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY, vol. 12(2), pages 32-45.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjw:socien:v:12:y:2022:i:2:p:32-45
    DOI: 10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.12.2.2583.2022
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    1. Mona Al-Zahrani & Abdullah Al-Bargi, 2017. "The Impact of Teacher Questioning on Creating Interaction in EFL: A Discourse Analysis," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(6), pages 135-135, June.
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