Workshop 5 Effective questioning

Workshop 5

Workshop Title: Effective Questioning and Answering

 

Workshop Description: At the end of the session participants will be able to understand how different types of questions are used in teacher talk and practice basic question forms and answers with students

 

 

Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction

1. Gain attention

 Begin the session with the activity: “Guess the question”

Trainer writes some answers on the board, participants should guess what the question is:

e.g.

 -……?

 - In Asaka

-……?

- Classic

-…..?

- Not, actually. He is a driver.

 

Possible questions:

  1. Where do you live?
  2. What kind of music do you like?
  3. Is your husband  also a teacher ?

 

2. Inform learners of objectives

 Tell the participants that they are going to learn about different types of questions including display and referential questions and  and practice making a good question and answer talk.

3. Stimulate recall of prior learning

 Make an elicitation on types of questions they know. Use the following  Graphic organizer.

4. Present the content

- Tell participants about two more types of questions: display and referential.

Distribute Handout 1 with the article about “Display Questions vs Referential Questions”  by Hyunsun Chung , GMU and ask them to read the article with peers turn by turn.

When they have finished  reading, check their understanding by Response Cards. Give each pair a card with True /False. Read aloud some statements about Referential and Display questions.( Handout 2)

e.g.

1. Display questions are asked by the teacher in order to develop critical thinking. (False)

2. Referential questions have a real communicative purpose. (True)

 

 

5. Guide learning

Ask the participants to read the following steps of teaching questions in groups as a Jig saw reading and put it in order. After that, answer the question: What kind of questions the teacher is going to teach?

 

 Provide a context. Explain that they are going to use Wh-questions to ask and find out missing information about a girl who went on a trip.

“You are going to create and use Wh-questions who, what, when, where, which, why, and how to

find out about Lena and her recent trip. Let’s think about what you want to ask Lena.

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 Prepare questions for the activity.

“Class, Let’s brainstorm! Think about what kind of questions you can create to ask Lena about her trip and write them in your notebook.

 These are also useful types of questions that you and your students might use when

giving directions, having a conversation, and doing activities.

Where did Lena go?

Who did she go with?

How did she go?

When did

___________________________________________________________

 Give out a handout or note cards with information needed to answer the questions. After the participants write down some questions, they are given information on a notecard about  Lena’s trip. Each note card has a few pieces of information that may provide answers to the questions. For example, each note card can have information like

this:

Notecard 1: Paris, warm, sunny

Notecard 2: train, coffee, paintings

 

 

6. Elicit performance (practice)

  Work in groups of three. Give each group one theme from the Textbook Teens 8 and ask them to create a Question & Answer between a teacher and a student. Provide an example.

7. Provide feedback

 Groups will act out their Question & Answers as a role play A Teacher and A Student. Evaluate the teamwork by applauding for acting.

8. Assess performance

Give each participant a case where a teacher should use a question. Ask them to provide appropriate type of question.

e.g.

Case 1:

While monitoring, the teacher notices that one of the students cannot join the teamwork. Write the question for  the teacher to ask that student.

 

9. Enhance retention and transfer

 Tell participant

  • to prepare a good teacher and student question and answer.
  • Create a set of ICQs for their lessons

 

 

Resource Type
Training Materials
Theme
Effective questioning and answering
Language Level
Intermediate
Teaching Technique
Class Discussion
Student Age
Adult