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| Article Name : | | | THE ROLE OF QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING: A TOOL BASED STUDY | | Author Name : | | | M. Somathasan , R. Saranya | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4811 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers. - Josef Albers (1888-1976) It is quite obvious that the students who learn English as a Second Language (ESL) naturally want to develop the English knowledge for their academic and communicative purposes. To achieve this goal, they have to start with the requiring essentials. One of them is to develop their questioning skills. It is clear that questioning is an art which enables the ESL learners to tap into different parts of the cognitive domain. The right questions can get learners talking, discussing, reflecting, and writing their thoughts; and further , pique their interest, make them wonder why, get them to think, and motivate them to make connections with the learning contents. The only way to encourage questions in the learning process is to create a complete question-asking environment in the classroom or lecture hall. A good question-asking environment is a fragile and delicate thing. Thus, it must be nurtured through the varieties or types of questions in English. Doing so can definitely make a significant contribution to the quality of English language Learning. | | Keywords : | | |
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