Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. What voting of think you do ?

4. Should vote we who tell people for we ?

5. From age be allowed should to vote people what ?

6. Is or important vote to for 16-year-old more a it 90-year-old ?

7. What electoral system your you think of country’s do ?

8. What democracy it how is and important is ?

9. How democracy have faith do you much in ?

10. How country’s faith your government do in you much have ?

11. Did like reading you this article ?

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

13. What about what think you you read do ?

14. How voting important is ?

15. Should compulsory voting be ?

16. Who voting when has better 16- or decision-making 90-year-old a ?

17. Should be who allowed taxes vote pays to anyone ?

18. From be someone to allowed age what should get married ?

19. What 16-year-olds are important to think do you issues ?

20. What questions voting would a 16-year-old ask about to you like ?

Back to the voting age lesson.

Voting Age - 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 'vote'?
  3. What do you think of voting?
  4. Should we tell people who we vote for?
  5. From what age should people be allowed to vote?
  6. Is it more important for a 16-year-old or 90-year-old to vote?
  7. What do you think of your country's electoral system?
  8. What is democracy and how important is it?
  9. How much faith do you have in democracy?
  10. How much faith do you have in your country's government?

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 'election'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. How important is voting?
  5. Should voting be compulsory?
  6. Who has better decision-making when voting, a 16- or 90-year-old?
  7. Should anyone who pays taxes be allowed to vote?
  8. From what age should someone be allowed to get married?
  9. What issues do you think are important to 16-year-olds?
  10. What questions would you like to ask a 16-year-old about voting?

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