International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture
Available online at https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/ijllc/
Vol. 4, No. 6, November 2018, pages: 7~16
ISSN: 2455-8028
https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/ijllc/article/view/329
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Questions and Answers in EFL Classroom: Indonesian Context
Yuliana Febriana Ngadi
a
Tans Feliks
b
Fransiskus Bustan
c
Article history: Abstract
Received: 5 July 2018
Accepted: 30 September 2018
Published: 09 October 2018
This study aims at knowing: 1) types of questions and answers used in
English as Foreign Language (EFL) classroom dialogue of Junior High
School in the city of Kupang, Indonesia; and 2) grammatical errors of
questions and answers used by teacher and students in EFL classroom
dialogue of the school studied. The research used a qualitative research
method. Its subjects were one EFL teacher and His grade VIII students that
have been chosen purposively. The instruments used for data collection were
interviews and observations. Data were analyzed descriptively. The result
shows that there were five types of questions and answers used by teacher
and students in EFL classroom dialogues. They were descriptive questions,
relational question, causal questions, the grammatical form including polar
questions and non-polar questions. The errors found in the teacher and
students’ questions and answers were ommission, misformation, and
misordering.
Keywords:
Classroom dialogues;
Classroom interaction;
EFL classroom;
Indonesian context;
Questions and answers;
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Author correspondence:
Yuliana Febriana Ngadi,
English Education Master Program, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang
East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Email address: febryngadi149@gmail.com
1. Introduction
As one of the major international languages, English is now intensively learned by many people in countries like
Indonesia where English is a foreign language. They learn it in order to master it, namely, to be able to use it in
speaking, listening, reading, and writing as well as translating. In other words, the aim of one’s learning English is to
talk and communicate locally, nationally, and globally using the language with people around him/her (Nan, 2005).
a
Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
b
Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
c
Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia