Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. of the What think do you blue? colour

4. your What favourite colours, are and why?

5. choose national What colour you as would colour? your

6. over your Has colour the favourite changed years?

7. or you prefer darker Do lighter colours?

8. What clothes do colour you like?

9. colour your mood? How affect does

10. yellowish-brown? think you dark do What of

11. reading Did you article? like this

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

13. about What what think do you you read?

14. not do you What like? colours

15. does How feel? sky blue a make you

16. flowers colourful make feel? do How you

17. colour with associated sadness blue English? Why is the in

18. do blues'? How often 'have you the

19. do things like What and you blue dislike?

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

Back to the the colour blue lesson.

The Colour Blue - 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 'colour'?
  3. What do you think of the colour blue?
  4. What are your favourite colours, and why?
  5. What colour would you choose as your national colour?
  6. Has your favourite colour changed over the years?
  7. Do you prefer darker or lighter colours?
  8. What colour clothes do you like?
  9. How does colour affect your mood?
  10. What do you think of dark yellowish-brown?

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 'blue'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What colours do you not like?
  5. How does a blue sky make you feel?
  6. How do colourful flowers make you feel?
  7. Why is the colour blue associated with sadness in English?
  8. How often do you 'have the blues'?
  9. What blue things do you like and dislike?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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