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Questioning, offering opportunities for classroom talk, and listening to learner responses are an essential part of interactive teaching. They help teachers to determine | Questioning, offering opportunities for classroom talk, and listening to learner responses are an essential part of interactive teaching. They help teachers to determine: | ||
* what learners understand | * what learners understand | ||
* what they misunderstand, and | * what they misunderstand, and | ||
* what they are actually learning | * what they are actually learning | ||
=== Reflecting on current questioning practice === | === Reflecting on current questioning practice === | ||
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Choose some topics that participants are teaching this week (from the curriculum), and display the topics (on blackboard or flipchart). Some examples are: | Choose some topics that participants are teaching this week (from the curriculum), and display the topics (on blackboard or flipchart). Some examples are: | ||
* the importance of water{{indinc|C1.2}} | * the importance of water{{indinc|C1.2}} | ||
* living together{{indinc|C1.13}} | * living together{{indinc|C1.13}} | ||
* transport{{indinc|C1.5}} | * transport{{indinc|C1.5}} | ||
* types of fertilizers (organic and inorganic) and their advantages or disadvantages{{indinc|C1.1}}, e.g. | * types of fertilizers (organic and inorganic) and their advantages or disadvantages{{indinc|C1.1}}, e.g. | ||
* uses of different parts of a plant{{indinc|C1.8}}, and | * uses of different parts of a plant{{indinc|C1.8}}, and | ||
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{{activity|stgw| in pairs: Coming up with some questions.|5}} Choose a topic from the board. Write a list of up to five questions on mini-blackboards or paper that you normally ask/would ask the pupils in class | {{activity|stgw| in pairs: Coming up with some questions.|5}} Choose a topic from the board. Write a list of up to five questions on mini-blackboards or paper that you normally ask/would ask the pupils in class. | ||
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