Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. company know What about do you the Shell?

4. is? oil do important How you think

5. its oil you What peak? do of being think past production

6. oil What do need for? we

7. didn't would the change use if world How we oil?

8. What damage has done world? to the oil

9. workforce they do What their can once jobs? Shell's lose

10. of about you do What oil? the uses know

11. like this reading article? Did you

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

13. What what you about think do read? you

14. renewables? you about know do What

15. are doing footprint? carbon to What you reduce your

16. What carbon to country footprint? doing reduce your is its

17. we How carbon can emissions? achieve net-zero

18. What do think cars? of you electric

19. best? clean energies What are

20. the you would CEO? ask questions like What Shell to

Back to the oil production lesson.

Oil Production - 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 'peak'?
  3. What do you know about the company Shell?
  4. How important do you think oil is?
  5. What do you think of oil production being past its peak.
  6. What do we need oil for?
  7. How would the world change if we didn't use oil?
  8. What damage has oil done to the world?
  9. What can Shell's workforce do once they lose their jobs?
  10. What do you know about the uses of oil?

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 'oil'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you know about renewables?
  5. What are you doing to reduce your carbon footprint?
  6. What is your country doing to reduce its carbon footprint?
  7. How can we achieve net-zero carbon emissions?
  8. What do you think of electric cars?
  9. What clean energies are best?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the Shell CEO?

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