Discussion Questions - Listening

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1. the you you What headline? read did when think

2. the hear you 'strike'? What are in your images when mind word

3. striking do think of school What the you children?

4. on strike would What you go for?

5. school or be Should children in protesting?

6. about is change? doing government What your climate

7. be for protesting? your child proud you Would of

8. What the protests children's will do?

9. on going only that is Why school strike? children are it

10. is powerful media? social How

11. like you this reading Did article?

12. when What you the you do of word think 'children'? hear

13. about think What what you read? you do

14. change? protest on to strike Would you climate go

15. get? movement this big think will do you How

16. without about right to ask students a learning Are future?

17. you What advice school the for children? do have

18. would What you Australia's tell leader?

19. the students it better at for weekend? Would strike be to

20. a would you ask questions like striking What schoolchild? to

Back to the school strike for climate lesson.

School Strike for Climate - The 20 Questions

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
  1. What did you think when you read the headline?
  2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'strike'?
  3. What do you think of the striking school children?
  4. What would you go on strike for?
  5. Should children be in school or protesting?
  6. What is your government doing about climate change?
  7. Would you be proud of your child for protesting?
  8. What will the children's protests do?
  9. Why is it that only school children are going on strike?
  10. How powerful is social media?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'children'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. Would you go on strike to protest climate change?
  5. How big do you think this movement will get?
  6. Are students right to ask about learning without a future?
  7. What advice do you have for the school children?
  8. What would you tell Australia's leader?
  9. Would it be better for students to strike at the weekend?
  10. What questions would you like to ask a striking schoolchild?

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