THE APPLICATION OF CRITICAL QUESTIONS IN THE INDONESIAN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM FOR THE ELEVENTH GRADERS AT SMAN 9 GOWA

This research is a type of descriptive qualitative research. This study aimed to describe the application of critical questions given by the teacher to the eleventh graders at SMAN 9 Gowa in the Indonesian language classroom. Qualitative research methods were employed, where data were collected through observation, recording, and field notes. The research instrument uses observation guidelines. The results showed that in the Indonesian language classroom, the teacher posed: (1) nine interpretation questions which can be divided into three aspects, namely categorizing, explaining the meaning, and clarifying meaning, and (2) four analysis questions classified into three categories, namely detecting ideas, detecting arguments, and analyzing arguments, (3) four inference questions which can be divided into three aspects,namely concluding, considering the evidence, and proposing alternatives, (4) two evaluation questions on evaluating claims and evaluating arguments, (5) five explanation questions classified into questions to state results, justify procedures, and present arguments, and (6) eleven self-regulation questions which are divided into two aspects, namely self-assessment, and self-correction.