Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. about know you do marmosets? What

4. you monkeys How do communicate? much can think

5. be a be to would What it monkey researcher? like

6. each might to think other? say do you monkeys What

7. from monkeys? learn What we can

8. animals? artificial intelligence us talk to to allow Will

9. ask think you What us? animals would do

10. How you are names? remembering at good

11. Did reading like this you article?

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

13. do what about What you think read? you

14. What think you monkeys? of do

15. do language think human you evolved? How

16. word human might have been? the What first

17. What are and monkeys between there similarities humans?

18. What ask to you like and would elephants dolphins?

19. to What would talk animals each other about?

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

Back to the marmoset names lesson.

Marmosets - 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 'monkey'?
  3. What do you know about marmosets?
  4. How much do you think monkeys can communicate?
  5. What would it be like to be a monkey researcher?
  6. What do you think monkeys might say to each other?
  7. What can we learn from monkeys?
  8. Will artificial intelligence allow us to talk to animals?
  9. What do you think animals would like to ask us?
  10. How good are you at remembering names?

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 'name'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you think of monkeys?
  5. How do you think human language evolved?
  6. What might the first human word have been?
  7. What similarities are there between monkeys and humans?
  8. What would you like to ask elephants and dolphins?
  9. What would animals talk to each other about?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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