An Exploring of Lecturers’ Perceptions in Applying Divergent and Convergent Questions in EFL Classroom

The main aim of learning language for the students is how they build up interaction well with the classmate and the lecturers in the classroom. The researcher is wondering whether questions are still required to invite the students speak up in the classroom or not. The researcher applied a descriptive qualitative method to answer research questions in this research. The participants of this research were two lecturers of English Education program. The data was taken by conducting classroom observation and interview. The findings of the research showed that the kinds of questions used by the lecturers were divergent and convergent questions to help the students to think and to get the students’ attention of the material. The using those questions are able to build up interaction with the students. Two combinations of question were mentioned as leading question.