Role of Questioning in English GCSE KS4

Teacher’s use of
questioning in English
GCSE KS4

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE ROLE OF TEACHERS’ QUESTIONING IN
DEVELOPING PUPILS’ UNDERSTANDING AND SECURING PROGRESS IN GCSE
ENGLISH KS4................................................................................................................................2
Purpose of questioning.................................................................................................................2
Types of questioning....................................................................................................................5
Planning questions before lesson.................................................................................................7
Theories of learning.....................................................................................................................8
CRITICAL REFLECTION ON PRACTICE...................................................................................9
What strategies did you observe / use, relating to your T&L focus..........................................10
How is the literature mentioned above helping you to understand what could possibly be
happening in the classroom........................................................................................................11
How this analysis is depend on thinking and impose direct effect on future practices.............12
Summary of key points for coherence.......................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
The term questioning refers to a key form of individual thoughts as well as interpersonal
communication that involves employing number of questions for exploring an issue or something
intriguing. In other words, questioning is forming together with wielding which serves
development of insights as well as answers. A person engaged in the occupation not only require
knowledge about subject matter, rather needs information or knowledge about the ways student
learn addition to ways to convert them into active learners. KS 4 is Key Stage 4 which is defined
to legal word for two years of school education that incorporates GCSEs as well as other
examination in order to maintain schools within England as Year 10 together with Year 11 in
which pupils aged among 14 and 15. Within English KS4, questioning is important as it guides
teachers to know what pupils are aware about, recognise gaps within their knowledge and enable
them to fill gaps among current understanding and learning objectives. Questioning is one of
most essential element in a lesson. A teacher uses various kinds of questions with the purpose of
determining whether students have understood what is demonstrated to them or not. In
accordance to Anthony, Kanding and Selvan (2020), the term teaching and learning are
becoming increasingly essential in educational field. Teaching is termed as a process wherein an
individual instruct others in different situations. It is concerned with attending experiences,
requirements, feelings and making particular interventions for assist people to learn particular
aspects. Similarly, the term learning refers to acquisition of new values, understanding,
preferences, attitudes and hence forth. Purpose of the assessment is to exploring roles of
questioning of teachers to develop understanding of pupils as well as securing progress within
GCSE English Key Stage 4. It is an opportunity for building understanding about theories related
to learning addition to existing pedagogic views. It is also said to the period that begin at same
duration as school year wherein major number of pupils within classroom attain age of 15 as well
as ends at same time wherein major children in the class ceases for compulsory school age.
Moreover, there are certain school in which KS4 work is initiated in Year 9. A teacher questions
on various activities and aspects associated to some examination so that proper understanding of
knowledge together with other factors are gained by them to help pupils in developing their
behaviour, attitudes, values, knowledge and many more. English plays important function on
personal quest so to realise assessment of learning, determining techniques and enhances chances
to work in best popular institutions. It involves group of student that follows relevant programme
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to study from National Curriculum. It is essential for learners in Key Stage to follow educational
programme in various areas including English. English is one of academic disciple that is taught
at variolous levels of education that involves study as well as exploration of texts that are created
within English literature. GCSE English Key Stage 4 is an scrutiny in which multiple kinds of
questions are asked by teachers with the hope of analysing knowledge of learners addition to
securing progresses for speaking English language.
The assessment includes literature review on the topic that is “Role of teachers’
questioning to develop pupils’ understanding and securing progress in GCSE English KS4”. For
this, views of various scholars as well as authors are gathered and accordingly information are
presented. Further, findings of the literature review are applied for the purpose of analysing
classroom experience.
LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE ROLE OF TEACHERS’ QUESTIONING
IN DEVELOPING PUPILS’ UNDERSTANDING AND SECURING
PROGRESS IN GCSE ENGLISH KS4
Purpose of questioning
As per Sockalingam (2020), questioning is one of key skill for good teaching. In GCSE
English KS 4, teacher uses questioning with the purpose of ensuring that pupils are attentive,
engaged and assess their understanding (Sockalingam, 2020). Questioning is essential means
with the help of which teachers search or analyse what pupils are aware of, determine gaps in
knowledge, knowing and scaffolding development of own understanding for analysing ways to
close gaps among what they presently know together with learning objectives. One of role of
questioning of teachers for developing students as well as securing their progress in examination
is to employ 5W addition to 1H questions that includes Who, What, Why, Where and How. The
role is useful for various extent as questions tend to be close ended along with elicit factual
responses. However, factual responses are essential because good teachers requires to promote
higher thinking levels among pupils. To address this, application of Todorov's narrative theory is
effective as with this teachers are able to adopt various ways for creating questions for narration
in story or others that develops thinking and understanding of students that involves in English
KS4 test. Moreover, role of questioning of teacher is to guide pupils of key stage 4 in their
learning stages. It is significant for teachers to question pupils for analysing their explanation,
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