高中英语的教学目的是培养学生具备初步的运用英语进行交际的口头和书面能力,提问则是教师课堂话语的重要组成部分,也是培养学生英语交际能力的重要手段。恰如其分的提问不但可以活跃课堂气氛,而且可以提高课堂的教学效果,激发学生的学习热情,引导学生思考,调节学生思维节奏,与其进行情感的双向交流。那么,在英语课堂提问中应采取哪种策略或方式,才能有效调动学生参与课堂活动的积极性呢?1.把握提问的时效性 The purpose of high school English teaching is to develop students ’oral and written ability to communicate in English. Questioning is an important part of teacher’s classroom discourse and also an important means of cultivating students’ communicative competence in English. Appropriate questioning can not only stimulate the classroom atmosphere, but also improve the teaching effectiveness of the classroom, stimulate students’ enthusiasm for learning, guide students to think, regulate the pace of thinking of students, and exchange emotional feelings with them. So, in the English classroom questions which strategy or approach should be taken to effectively mobilize the enthusiasm of students to participate in classroom activities do? 1. To grasp the timeliness of questions