English is a main subject in Chinese English classes, which requires plenty of practice, needs cooperation between the teacher and students in class to jointly fulfill the verbal communication and the teaching-learning procedure. Classroom questioning, the skill of the elicitation method of teaching that is student-oriented and advocated today, gives an incentive to communicative activities in English. Raising questions effectively is a major method of the teacher who guides his students to think actively, fostering students’ ability of analysis and creation. It is also an essential way for the teacher to output information and obtain feedback, and an important channel to exchange ideas between the teacher and students. Therefore, the teacher must pay great attention to the skill of asking questions in English class. Each question must be presented to accomplish the teaching objective and task. Only in this way may the English teachers ask question effectively and improve the skill of questioning so as to make contribution to our Chinese English education.
English teaching is a process that the teacher interacts with students. Asking and answering are the primary ways to communicate with each other, so questioning plays a central role in English class. It urges students to think actively and develops their creative thinking. Of course, there is not a rigid method of questioning. In this paper the author discussed the skills of questioning and the benefit of skills of questioning in English class with some examples on the base of analyzing some basic knowledge of questions. It will contribute to the English teachers. However, putting the skill into practice should not be the final aim of the English teacher. They should devise questions carefully, considering the specific situations and using them correctly in class. Finally, developing feasible and rational questioning skills and teaching skills can meet the need of the country. As long as they do like that, our society will develop rapidly and education will become more and more advanced.