Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. do What know you about eels?

4. do think you What of electric eels?

5. think do you How this electric dangerous eel is?

6. you eel think this has Why much so do electrical charge?

7. think What does the eel you with the do electrical charge?

8. other What have creatures electricity?

9. do we What if could had we electricity?

10. genetic give engineering Could humans electricity?

11. you like reading Did this article?

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

13. do about think you what What you read?

14. you like Do eating eel?

15. eels be used to Could recharge smartphones?

16. can from learn scientists the What electric eel?

17. do you think of the What Amazon's biodiversity?

18. look the world What would all if be creatures had electricity?

19. many more are How that there species are undiscovered?

20. questions you What to like would ask the researchers?

Back to the electric eel lesson.

Electric Eels - 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 'electric'?
  3. What do you know about eels?
  4. What do you think of electric eels?
  5. How dangerous do you think this electric eel is?
  6. Why do you think this eel has so much electrical charge?
  7. What do you think the eel does with the electrical charge?
  8. What other creatures have electricity?
  9. What could we do if we had electricity?
  10. Could genetic engineering give humans electricity?

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 'eel'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. Do you like eating eel?
  5. Could eels be used to recharge smartphones?
  6. What can scientists learn from the electric eel?
  7. What do you think of the Amazon's biodiversity?
  8. What would the world be look if all creatures had electricity?
  9. How many more species are there that are undiscovered?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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