“EFL Teachers’ Question Techniques and Their Students’ Performance: Aqualitative study”

Abstract

This study attempted to investigate the question techniques used by teachers in EFL classroom for the university students. The sample of the study included ten teachers and thirty students at Mustaqbal University. This is a qualitative study based on descriptive analysis of the questions asked by teachers and its effect on students' performance. The data were collected through observation list for questions asked by the teachers and students' interviews. The teachers' questions were analyzed and categorized according to Bloom's taxonomy into low-level and high-level questions. Interviews were conducted before analyzing observation list to check their performance and after designing teachers' guide for questions. The findings revealed that more than 91% of the questions asked by teachers in classes were based on knowledge level or what is known as lower types' questions. Additionally, the students' performances were limited to recall information. The study provides recommendations and implementations for teachers to develop their questions types.