Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. What about bears know you do ?

4. What bear you if encounter a should do you ?

5. What there animals your in are dangerous country ?

6. How numbers attacks fatalities reduce bear the of from Japan can ?

7. What if sighted you bear a do would you ?

8. Why cute and are in bears movies books seen as ?

9. How are bears important ?

10. What areas with have for living you bears people do advice in ?

11. Did reading article like this you ?

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

13. What read you about think what you do ?

14. What bears think of you do ?

15. What best think do you species bear is ?

16. Is bad number rising or the good bears of ?

17. How animal change affecting numbers climate is ?

18. What culling bears think you of do ?

19. What attacks should if bear you a do ?

20. What bear ask like to you hunter a would questions ?

Back to the Japanese bear attacks lesson.

Bear Attacks - 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 'bear'?
  3. What do you know about bears?
  4. What should you do if you encounter a bear?
  5. What dangerous animals are there in your country?
  6. How can Japan reduce the numbers of fatalities from bear attacks?
  7. What would you do if you sighted a bear?
  8. Why are bears seen as cute in books and movies?
  9. How important are bears?
  10. What advice do you have for people living in areas with bears?

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 'attack'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you think of bears?
  5. What bear species do you think is best?
  6. Is the rising number of bears good or bad?
  7. How is climate change affecting animal numbers?
  8. What do you think of culling bears?
  9. What should you do if a bear attacks?
  10. What questions would you like to ask a bear hunter?

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