Questioning Strategies and Reinforcement for Enhancing EFL Students' Verbal Responses (A Case Study at MTs Ma’arif 2 Blora)

GHASANI,M.Pd, BETARI IRMA (2021) Questioning Strategies and Reinforcement for Enhancing EFL Students' Verbal Responses (A Case Study at MTs Ma’arif 2 Blora). UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Being able to communicate well in the classroom context is a must for teacher in order to stimulate students’ skill, especially in speaking. However, for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, the spoken interaction in a form gives another challenge which must be deal with. Many researchers have already found out that teachers questioning highly influence students’ speaking skill. By using questions, the teachers are able to explore the material deeper and check the students understanding in acquiring the material discussed in the classroom. Furthermore, in learning speaking, motivation also plays an important role in drawing students’ response. Reinforcement as an example of motivation plays a significant role in helping students to perform speaking. Most studies drawing on questioning strategies in classroom discourse focus on the strategies only. However, study combining the questioning strategies and motivation is rarely done though it is important to know the students’ interest in performing speaking. In this regard, the researcher combines the questioning strategies and reinforcement to get a clearer overview of students’ verbal responses through their teachers’ question. The result shows the high occurrence of decomposition questioning strategies and word verbal reinforcement in the teaching and learning process. Key words: questioning strategies, verbal reinforcement, EFL, speaking skill

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