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The Realm of Questions
The Realm of Questions

Author(s): Ana-Maria Demetrian
Subject(s): Adult Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: questions; answers; thinking skills; active listening; communication; efficiency; relevance; information; analysis;

Summary/Abstract: The present article sheds light on the necessity of appropriately enquiring about asubject and adequately responding to a question. Questions must show preciseknowledge and understanding of the language structures in interrogative sentencesor in sentences with an interrogative meaning. Thus, in constructing questions,people must be able to interpret their context correctly and implicitly the function ofthe question type chosen. Regardless of discourses, speakers and writers have toactivate their thinking skills in order to identify if the question must be informationorientedor analytical so that they can ask relevant questions, offer valuableinformation, or provide complete analysis depending on their role in the discourseand the situation they are in. Questions can be considered in terms of the expectedanswers or the given contexts.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 316-338
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English