Exploring Teachers ' Questions and Feedback

Abstract

In the first part of this paper I will consider different approaches to classifying questions, from either a pedagogical or linguistic point of view, and discuss their usefulness for action research. In the second part I will analyse data collected from classes of different levels of age and proficiency. I will compare the lessons basing on tally sheet data and provide an analysis of one of the lessons by transcript. In this part I will also examine the feedback provided by the teacher and compare it to her feedback policy discussed with her after the lesson.