Dr. Mohammad Mohammadi and  Simin Nezamdoost-e Sani work with Urmia University (Urmia).

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of question-making as a post-reading activity on the development of student-teacher interaction. The subjects were 150 intermediate level language learners of Jahahad-e-Daneshgahi Language Institute chosen randomly with their age ranging between 16 and 20. The study included 4 experimental and 2 control groups with a pre-treatment and post-treatment observation of the classes. The findings of the study indicated that question-making was very effective in increasing the amount of student-teacher interaction. With the significance set at p<.05, it was observed that after the application of a two-tailed t-test, sig. =0.035, which indicated that with 95% confidence the hypothesis was accepted. The findings can be used to enable students to open up and express themselves in the classroom as a small society and later in their every day life out of the class. (more…)