Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. think of you What babies? do

4. is earliest your What memory?

5. like be Would remember you to to able a baby? being

6. memory? happiest What's your

7. like machine a you memories? your to Would memory store all

8. fail your does you? often How memory

9. of you What remember first about your the five can life? years

10. might good be like? memories What baby

11. article? you like reading this Did

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

13. you What about think you do read? what

14. good memory? your How is

15. police investigations? with a memory help Would reader

16. to you Would the 'Science'? like journal read

17. you memories? access to Would all like your of

18. keep all we our memories? to of need Do

19. What would that you forgotten have remember? you to like

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

Back to the babies' memories lesson.

Babies' Memories - 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 'baby'?
  3. What do you think of babies?
  4. What is your earliest memory?
  5. Would you like to be able to remember being a baby?
  6. What's your happiest memory?
  7. Would you like a memory machine to store all your memories?
  8. How often does your memory fail you?
  9. What can you remember about the first five years of your life?
  10. What might good baby memories be like?

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 'memory'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. How good is your memory?
  5. Would a memory reader help with police investigations?
  6. Would you like to read the journal 'Science'?
  7. Would you like to access all of your memories?
  8. Do we need to keep all of our memories?
  9. What have you forgotten that you would like to remember?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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