Innovation in Language Learning

Teacher questions are the chief verbal tool for shaping and modeling interaction in the classroom as well as the primary source of data for evaluating the substantive knowledge and intellectual skill of his – her student.The study aims at: Investigating the effect of using question based discussion technique in teaching English novel on students achievement. Finding out whether there are any significant differences in using question based discussion technique at recognition and production level, and finding out whether there are any significant differences in using QBD technique between male and female. The population of the study is (141) male and female. The sample consisted of 60 students in English department, Education college, Kirkuk university. The two these groups was assigned as an experiment group which was taught novel by using Question Based Discussion technique, and on other hand as a control group which was taught novel by using traditional method. The achievement test was carried out by the researcher to measure the students progress in the dependent variable of the study. The statistical analysis of the results reveals that there is a statistically significant differences between the mean achievement scores of the EG and those of the CG in the novel achievement posttest. 

Keywords: effect, question based discussion, technique, achievement;