Acknowledgements I would like to express my appreciation to a number of people for their invaluable assistance in preparation and development of this thesis.

My most sincere thanks go to Professor my supervisor, who has offered me great help and valuable suggestions in the process. In the preparation part, he has helped me choose the proper topic and provided me with inspiring advice. Without his patient instruction and specific guidance, the completion of this paper would not be possible.

Second, I should owe my gratitude to other tutors teachers in the School of Foreign Languages for their direct and indirect help to me. I am also grateful for my guide teacher in Cangqian Middle School, who has kindly helped me with my class observations and record in Cangqian Middle School.44254

I should finally express my thanks to my friends and roommates who helped me and support me in the process. 

 On the Effectiveness of English Questioning in  Junior High School Classroom

Abstract

In middle school English class, questioning plays a vital role as it is an important source of language input as well as a contributing factor of their language output. Realizing what is class questioning and how to question effectively becomes a crucial issue for English teachers. To have a deep insight into these questions, this paper reviews former researches on class questioning and effective questioning. The author also do experiments to collects data for analyzing the classification and distribution of class questioning, Based on the research , the author hopes to give some possible suggestions about effective questioning in English class.

Keywords: class questioning; effective questioning; middle school English class

 关于初中英语课堂提问的有效性

摘要提问在初中英语课堂中起着重要作用， 因其不仅是学生语言输出的重要来源，也是学生语言输出的促成因素`吹冰|文\论*文-网www.chuibin.com。因此， 对于初中英语教师来说，了解什么是课堂提问以及怎样进行有效提问至关重要。为了深入了解以上问题，本文回顾了前任对课堂提问和有效提问的研究。同时，笔者还进行了相关课堂实验，来收集数据分析课堂提问的种类和分布。由此笔者希望对英语课堂有效提问提供一些可行建议。

毕业论文关键词：课堂提问；有效提问；中学英语课堂

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Class Questioning 1

1.2 The purpose and Significance of the Study 1

2. Literature Review 2

2.1 Researches both at Home and Abroad 2

2.2 Conceptions on Effective Questioning 3

   2.2.1 Conceptions on Effective Questioning 3

   2.2.2 The Purpose of Effective Questioning 3

   2.2.3 Functions of Effective Questioning 4

   2.2.4 The Principle of Effective Questioning 5

2.3 Related Studies on Class Questioning 6

   2.3.1 Classification of Effective Questioning 6

   2.3.2 Distribution of Effective Questioning 6

3. Methodology and Research Design 8

3.1 Objective of the research 8

3.2 Subject of the Research 8

3.3 Instrument and Procedure 8