Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. gold? of you do What think

4. mining? do need we Why

5. How endangered about you species? are concerned

6. Congo Should close the down? gold mine

7. How many species extinct? will more become

8. What you okapi? know about do the

9. the do you okapi? help can What to

10. the conservationists? What have for do you advice

11. this article? reading like Did you

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

13. you about you do think what read? What

14. gold? we Why need do

15. do mining? think you What of

16. when a do becomes extinct? feel species you How

17. How we extinction? can species stop

18. trade think the What ivory? you in do of

19. than is the Why more profit environment? important

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

Back to the gold mining lesson.

Gold Mining - 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 'gold'?
  3. What do you think of gold?
  4. Why do we need mining?
  5. How concerned are you about endangered species?
  6. Should the Congo gold mine close down?
  7. How many more species will become extinct?
  8. What do you know about the okapi?
  9. What can you do to help the okapi?
  10. What advice do you have for the conservationists?

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 'mining'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. Why do we need gold?
  5. What do you think of mining?
  6. How do you feel when a species becomes extinct?
  7. How can we stop species extinction?
  8. What do you think of the trade in ivory?
  9. Why is profit more important than the environment?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the conservationists?

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