A study of the Effectiveness of Question Design in Junior Middle School English Reading Course Abstract This thesis aims at finding out some defects in questioning in reading course in current junior middle school and exploring the ways of how to better question students in English reading class since there are many inappropriate applications of questioning in real English teaching practices。 Reading course, as one type of the English-learning courses, is meant to develop students' pergent thinking and critical thinking ability besides the comprehension ability。 This distinguished feature of reading course makes questioning more important in classroom reading teaching。 

Four English teachers and their students in Grade Eight from Fengtan Middle School are selected as the participants of the class observation, questionnaire survey as well as personal interviews in this study。 And the results show that in order to follow the principle of students-centered, teachers need to consider the following aspects while designing questions: the number of the questions and their types, specific strategies used in questioning, distribution of question-answer as well as feedback。 Therefore, this study to some extent enriches studies on questioning strategies in middle schools, which is of positive significance and referential value to promote effectiveness of EFL teaching and cultivate students' autonomous, explorative and cooperative spirits under the background of New Curriculum Reform in EFL teaching in middle schools。76267

Keywords: teacher’s question; English reading course; junior middle school students; questioning strategies

关于初中英语阅读课堂教师提问的应用研究

摘要鉴于当前英语教学实践中存在不少不合理的教师提问，本文旨在总结当前初中阅读课堂中教师提问方面的不足，并且探究如何在初中英语阅读课堂中更好地提问。作为英语教学课程之一的阅读课，其设置的目的除了提高学生的阅读能力之外，是为了更好地促进学生发散性思维及批判性思维的发展。这也是阅读课程独特性的特征之一， 这也使得关于阅读课中教师提问的研究更具必要性。

笔者选择了杭州丰潭中学八年级的四位英语教师及他们的学生作为研究对象，通过课堂录像，问卷及个别采访收集相关数据进行分析。最后基于以学生为中心的原则，本文在关于提问数量，类型，提问策略,问答形式及教师反馈四方面为英语教师的课堂提问提出一些参考建议。因此，本文的研究能在一定程度上丰富关于初中课堂提问的相关研究。此外，本文的研究在当前新课改的背景下，对提高英语教学效率，培养学生“自主，合作，探究”的精神具有积极意义和参考价值。

毕业论文关键词：教师提问；初中英语阅读课；初中学生；提问策略

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1。1 Background of the research 1

1。2 Purpose of the research 2

1。3 Structure of the thesis 2

2。 Literature review 4

2。1 Classroom questions 4

2。1。1 Definition of classroom questions 4

2。1。2 Classification of classroom questions 4

2。2 Effectiveness of classroom questions 4

2。2。1 Definition of effective classroom questions 5

2。2。2 Characteristics of effective classroom questions 5

2。2。3 Purpose and function of effective questioning