Date:
November 1997
Page No.:
279
Writer(s):
Timothy J. Korst, Ryukyu University
Many EFL teachers in Japan have noticed that Japanese students seldom have
the skills to answer questions appropriately. In response to questions, teachers
often hear only silence. This paper examines the issue of a silent response to
teacher questions in the EFL university classroom and presents three activities
designed to introduce sociolinguistic skills into the communicative syllabus.
Instead of avoiding this issue by ceasing to ask questions, it is suggested that
teachers should attempt to address and remedy this silence directly.
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