Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. the think you of do smells? historic of What idea

4. century like? What the smelt you do think 16th

5. the of? century smell 21st does What

6. Do less today? than fragrant think or you the smelt past more

7. smells past from What today? are missing the

8. history? want you do today Which become smells to

9. do you think What of your smells?

10. your of other people do smells? think What

11. you reading this like article? Did

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

13. you do read? think about What you what

14. What of you think breath? bad do

15. (body think of B.O. do odour)? you What

16. What century you to like smell? would

17. smell do countries How differently?

18. digital a Can smell? information recreate

19. the a of What idea do of watching think smell-o-vision? you

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

Back to the historic smells lesson.

Historic Smells - 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 'historic'?
  3. What do you think of the idea of historic smells?
  4. What do you think the 16th century smelt like?
  5. What does the 21st century smell of?
  6. Do you think the past smelt more or less fragrant than today?
  7. What smells from the past are missing today?
  8. Which smells today do you want to become history?
  9. What do you think of your smells?
  10. What do other people think of your smells?

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 'smell'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you think of bad breath?
  5. What do you think of B.O. (body odour)?
  6. What century would you like to smell?
  7. How do countries smell differently?
  8. Can digital information recreate a smell?
  9. What do you think of the idea of watching a smell-o-vision?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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