ABSTRACT
In criticising the use of questions as a cueing device, I may have given the impression that questions of any sort are at all times to be banned from the ELT classroom. This is not so. Asking questions (and giving answers) is a skill in its own right, and should not be treated merely as an adjunct to teaching something else. When do we ask questions? Generally when we do not know something which someone else does know. In short, when there is a gap in our information.
