课堂提问是课堂教学中的一个重要环节,提问既可以复习巩固已学知识,又可引出新内容;既可以加深学生对知识的理解,又可训练学生的应答应变、表述、交际等能力,这一点在英语课堂教学中体现得更为明显。本文就英语课堂教学中常用的提问策略及提问的作用进行简要论述,以期对我们的中学英语课堂教学有所帮助。 Classroom questioning is an important part of classroom teaching. Questioning can both review and consolidate the learned knowledge and lead to new contents. It can not only deepen students’ understanding of knowledge, but also train their ability to respond, express, and communicate. A little more reflected in the English classroom teaching. This article briefly discusses the commonly used questioning strategies and the role of questioning in English classroom teaching in order to help our English teaching in secondary schools.