An Analysis of English Teachers’ Classroom Language in Giving Questions at SMA N 2 Sungai Limau

As part of learning English, most teachers ask questions to check students'
understanding and stimulating students' curiosity about the topic. There are
several types of questions a teacher can ask. Each question has a different effect
on students' thinking levels. This study aims to analyze the types of questions used
by the teacher in the learning process of reading skills and speaking skills at
SMAN 2 Sungai Limau. This research is descriptive research. This research was
conducted by observing and recording the subject's activities without influencing
them. The subjects in this study were 2 teachers of grades 10 and 11. The
technique for collecting the data used video recordings and observation guidelines
in the classroom during the learning process. The results of this study indicate that
the teacher used several types of questions, namely display and referential
questions in the learning process. From the two questions, the teacher used to
display questions more dominantly than referential questions when teaching
reading and speaking skills in class