A Survey On The Current Situation Of Questioning In Junior Middle School English Reading Class From The Perspective Of Thinking Quality

Key competencies have become a hot topic in English teaching in recent years,and thinking quality,as a type of literacy advocated by English majors,has undoubtedly become a hot topic for English majors to study and discuss.The all-round development of students depends on the cultivation and exercise of thinking quality.In English reading teaching,classroom questions,as an important driving force for advancing the classroom,play a crucial role in the development of students’ thinking character,which is especially important for middle school students who are in a period of intellectual growth and development.Therefore,this study will focus on the realities of teachers’ questioning in English reading instruction aimed at developing students’ thinking literacy,examine the problems behind their behavior and the reasons for it,and thus suggest certain foundations and practical methods for achieving the goal of students’ thinking literacy development.In this study,B Middle School in Qijiang District of Chongqing was selected as the survey school,and teachers and students of Grade one were selected as the research objects.Questionnaires were used to understand students’ attitudes towards English reading classes and classroom questions,as well as their attitudes and views on different types of questions in English reading classes.At the same time,the English reading class of three English teachers was studied.Through classroom observation,three teachers’ questions in English reading class were recorded,so as to understand the current situation of teachers’ questions from the perspective of thinking quality.Through interviews,teachers’ attitudes and views on cultivating students’ thinking quality by asking questions were deeply understood,and factors affecting the current situation were understood from the perspective of teachers.Through investigation and research,I found that the current situation of English reading classroom questioning is as follows:(1)Teachers do not know enough about the significance of thinking quality cultivation;(2)Teachers’ question setting and questioning level need to be improved;(3)Teachers’ waiting time and question form lack effectiveness;(4)Students lack the importance of thinking quality cultivation;(5)There is difficulty in cultivating students’ critical and creative thinking.Based on the above research results,the author puts forward the following optimization strategies:(1)Teachers’ awareness of cultivating students’ thinking quality needs to be improved;(2)Teachers’ question setting and question level need to be optimized scientifically;(3)Teachers need to promote diversity of questioning forms and extend waiting time for answers;(4)Teachers need to improve students’ interest in developing thinking ability;(5)Teachers need to appropriately increase the cultivation of students’ thinking ability.