TYPES OF QUESTIONS USED BY ENGLISH TEACHERS AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 5 PADANG

Class interaction is part of the communication between teachers and students that occurs in the class. To interaction with student in the classroom, should have conversation are the teacher and student. Interaction occurs when teachers and students have the same opportunity to talk in class. However, most classroom interactions are dominated by teacher talk. Therefore, as a teacher, choosing the type of conversation is important. As a type of teacher talk, the use of teacher questions is considered an appropriate way to encourage student responses while creating balanced interactions in the classroom. This is what influenced the researchers to conduct research at SMP Muhammadiyah 5 Padang, namely grade 8. The teacher in the class had difficulty interacting with students in the classroom. Therefore, he always tries to ask students questions to encourage student responses to create interaction in the classroom. This study is aimed to find out: first, the types of question used by English teacher at SMP Muhammadiyah 5 Padang. Second, The relation of questions to classroom interaction. To achieve that goal, the researcher used a qualitative method by conducting classroom observations, recording, and interview English teachers at SMP Muhammadiyah 5 Padang. The research shows that there are 32 questions in 2 hours of learning. Of the 32 questions,