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International Journal of New Developments in Education, 2022, 4(12); doi: 10.25236/IJNDE.2022.041202.

The Cultivation of Students' Thinking Capacity through English Classroom Questioning

Author(s)

Huang Fen, Zhu Xiaodong

Corresponding Author:
Zhu Xiaodong
Affiliation(s)

School of Foreign Languages, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Abstract

Thinking capacity, which is one of the core elements of English, plays a crucial role in students' development. However, many teaching activities are superficial and do not really play a role in developing students' thinking quality. Based on Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives and the English Curriculum Standards of General Senior High School (2017 Edition 2020 Revised) (hereinafter referred to as the English Curriculum Standards), this paper takes a reading class A Day in the Clouds as an example, aiming to explore the cultivation of students' thinking quality through English classroom questioning. Some suggestions on English classroom questioning are put forward:  Attach importance to students' level and ask questions related to reality; focus on the differences of students and ask different types of questions; pay attention to the hierarchy of questions and ask questions from easy to difficult; balance the proportion of various questions.

Keywords

classroom questioning; thinking capacity; Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives

Cite This Paper

Huang Fen, Zhu Xiaodong. The Cultivation of Students' Thinking Capacity through English Classroom Questioning. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 12: 5-11. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2022.041202.

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