Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. What you about know do Alcatraz?

4. What prisons purpose is the of?

5. What your prisons like are in country?

6. What gangsters to happen dangerous and should criminals?

7. How should long stay their in each cell prisoner a day?

8. Are punish way best people the prisons to?

9. Is country big your a problem crime in?

10. Should islands be on all prisons?

11. Did article like reading you this?

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

13. What about read what think you you do?

14. Should reopened prison as be Alcatraz a?

15. What inside prison think life a like do is you?

16. What movies prisons your about favourite are?

17. What escape think when do prisons people you from?

18. Should committing people stop from crimes prisons?

19. What prisons future the like will be in?

20. What like questions prison ask to would authorities you the?

Back to the Alcatraz prison lesson.

Alcatraz - The 20 Questions

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'island'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. Should Alcatraz be reopened as a prison?
  5. What do you think life inside a prison is like?
  6. What are your favourite movies about prisons?
  7. What do you think when people escape from prisons?
  8. Should prisons stop people from committing crimes?
  9. What will prisons be like in the future?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the prison authorities?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. What did you think when you read the headline?
  2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'prison'?
  3. What do you know about Alcatraz?
  4. What is the purpose of prisons?
  5. What are prisons like in your country?
  6. What should happen to gangsters and dangerous criminals?
  7. How long should a prisoner stay in their cell each day?
  8. Are prisons the best way to punish people?
  9. Is crime a big problem in your country?
  10. Should all prisons be on islands?

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