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GETTING QUESTIONS FROM YOUR STUDENTS

Many, if not most, students are weak when it comes to asking questions although one must admit that intrinsically it is not usually more difficult to formulate a question than a simple statement. The real reason is probably that the exercise of asking questions is neglected by most teachers. How many does the average student ask in relation to the number he answers? In many lessons he may well ask no questions at all and this, curiously enough, is probably the case more with the advanced student than the beginner. At least with the beginner the format of the lesson is more tightly structured and a teacher with any training at all is bound to consider questions from time to time.

Here we will look at four ways of getting questions from a student, each valid in its way and in certain contexts.

They are QAQ, AQ, "I don't know", and "Ask me".

© Mark Yates 2000