Questioning

Using oral language

Forms of questioning

·        Initiation/Response/Feedback (IRF):

• Initiation: teacher asks question
• Response: Students raise hands, one student is selected to answer
• Feedback: the teacher comments on the answer
• Only 1 or 2 students are involved.

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·         Exploratory talk:

• Students form groups
• Discuss topic
• Arrive at a response
• Each group presents their response to the class
• Much more effective way of promoting talking, listening and thinking

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Reference:
Winch, Gordon, and Marcelle Holliday. 2010. "Oral Language." In Literacy, by Gordon Winch, Rosemary R Johnston, Paul March, Lesley Ljungdahl and Marcelle Holliday, 50-62. Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.