Abstract
The Concept Checking Questions
are vital part of EFL lessons, as they make both teaching and learning
processes more effective. This paper sheds light on the effectiveness of
integrating CCQ in EFL teaching and suggests other ways of checking the meaning
of the target language. “The purpose of concept questions is to check a
student’s understanding of the information presented in the teaching
progression” (Ruiter&Dang, 2005, p.87). Presenting the target language is
not enough, if it is not followed by CCQs .They are useful in order to make
sure that the students have grasped the target language fully. Most EFL
teachers tend to ask students ‘do you understand’ or ‘is that clear’ rather
than good concept checking questions. These types of questions are not valuable
in EFL classroom, as the students’ comprehension may be different from what
they should understand. Therefore, the goal of the paper is to raise awareness
among ELT teachers concerning the significance of constructing CCQs. Besides,
it discusses various ways of conveying the meaning of vocabulary items and their
efficiency. There are number of ways how the meaning of the target language
could be conveyed, for instance: using realia, a cline, mime/facial
expressions, from a situation/setting the context, visual aids, etc. After this
presentation stage, CCQs are essential in order to achieve the lesson
objectives. Furthermore, the paper illustrates how good concept questions
should be formed and discusses their practical application in EFL classroom.
The survey was carried out among university and high school students in
Georgia. The results of the research reveal that 44,26% of the learners are
asked everyday ‘do you understand’ instead of checking their understanding
through various ways. Therefore, this result leads to the fact that 70,49% of
the survey participants’ answer to this question is ‘yes’ even though they
could not comprehend a new topic.
Key words: concept questions,
comprehension, techniques, efficiency, practical application
Full paper can be found in IRCEELT 2017 journal
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