Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. you of beaches? think do What

4. important How are beaches?

5. it would beaches half world's disappeared? How bad be the if

6. What is your favourite beach?

7. Why do like so much? people beaches

8. What beaches? things about are bad the

9. How much is responsible beaches disappearing? for change climate

10. beaches you? the affect of How loss would

11. you Did reading like article? this

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

13. What think you read? what you do about

14. What do beaches serve? purpose

15. of have country? the on beaches What impact a loss would

16. beaches Are than better countryside?

17. How the extinction the beaches would affect of society a country? of

18. What of kinds there? are different beaches

19. can emissions? we reduce How

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

Back to the beaches lesson.

Vanishing Beaches - 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 'sand'?
  3. What do you think of beaches?
  4. How important are beaches?
  5. How bad would it be if half the world's beaches disappeared?
  6. What is your favourite beach?
  7. Why do people like beaches so much?
  8. What are the bad things about beaches?
  9. How much is climate change responsible for beaches disappearing?
  10. How would the loss of beaches affect you?

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 'beach'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What purpose do beaches serve?
  5. What impact would the loss of beaches have on a country?
  6. Are beaches better than countryside?
  7. How would the extinction of beaches affect the society of a country?
  8. What different kinds of beaches are there?
  9. How can we reduce emissions?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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