Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. What you blinking of do think?

4. Why we do blink?

5. What are you your dry do eyes if do?

6. For blink you can long how not?

7. Do you listen blink people when think less you to you?

8. What actively listen we do to more can?

9. What energy brain our more give do we to can?

10. What "Blink miss you'll and it" phrase the does mean?

11. Did article reading like you this?

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

13. What read you what think about do you?

14. Do blinking about ever think you?

15. What annoying are think of noises background you do kinds?

16. What listen make to hard it people things to?

17. Are listen to don't want you people any there to?

18. What important heard you information of piece last was the?

19. What "in of an eye blink the" phrase does mean the?

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

Back to the blinking and listening lesson.

Blinking - 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 'blink'?
  3. What do you think of blinking?
  4. Why do we blink?
  5. What do you do if your eyes are dry?
  6. For how long can you not blink?
  7. Do you think you blink less when you listen to people?
  8. What can we do to listen more actively?
  9. What can we do to give our brain more energy?
  10. What does the phrase "Blink and you'll miss it" mean?

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 'listen'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. Do you ever think about blinking?
  5. What kinds of background noises do you think are annoying?
  6. What things make it hard to listen to people?
  7. Are there any people you don't want to listen to?
  8. What was the last piece of important information you heard?
  9. What does the phrase "in the blink of an eye" mean?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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