Abstract:
This study was set to investigate questioning strategies employed by lecturers and
students‟ preferences on the strategies. The study involved two lecturers and 72 students
taking General English classes. The lecturers and students came from two different
institutions in South Kalimantan, University of Lambung Mangkurat and STKIP PGRI
Banjarmasin. The data in this descriptive qualitative study were collected through
observation and questionnaire techniques. The researchers conducted the observations
four times online to get the data on lecturers‟ questioning strategies. The observed
classes were recorded to help the analysis. The questionnaire was distributed to students
to get the data on students‟ preferences regarding questioning strategies. Teachers‟
strategies were analyzed based on four questioning strategies categories suggested by
Wangru (2016). The findings of this study showed that probing and redirecting
strategies were most frequently employed by the lecturers. Repeating was the strategy
employed the least. On students‟ side, most students chose prompting as their favorite
questioning strategy. Students also agreed that types of questions contributed in
determining their responses to the questions.
