This research was aimed to investigate the questioning types used by
English teacher in the classroom. The research used qualitative method.
Observation and interview were used to collect the data. The participants of this
research were 2 English teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Sokaraja, SMP Negeri 2
Sokaraja, and SMP Negeri 3 Sokaraja. The result found that knowledge question
was the most dominant question given by teachers with 24 questions (53.3%). Then
it was followed by application question with 9 questions (20%). After that, it was
followed by comprehension questions with 5 questions (11,1%), and evaluation
question with 4 questions (8,88%). Finally, analysis question was the least types of
question given by English teacher with 3 questions (6,66%). Knowledge question
was the dominant question since it has function to help students increase students'
curiosity in learning new material and let students to think critically. Moreover,
analysis question was the last type used since it has function to help students to get
used to critical thinking so that later they can analyze a problem well.