Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. you were a What teenager? did crazy things do when you

4. people do What old crazy things very do?

5. are you? How risk-taker much of a

6. taking the What risks? good things about are and bad

7. human explain Does chimpanzee? behaviour behaviour

8. we get Why fewer risks do older? take as we

9. children take Are today? fewer smartphones risks making

10. you've ever What's taken? the risk biggest

11. reading Did article? you like this

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

13. you read? What think do about what you

14. every How we risks take many day? do

15. parents take more Should risks? children encourage to

16. take more Would risks? you like to

17. world leaders What were happen teenagers? if all would

18. risk badly? Did you took any go

19. monkey bars? What think do of you old-fashioned

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

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Risky Behaviour - 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 'chimpanzee'?
  3. What crazy things did you do when you were a teenager?
  4. What crazy things do very old people do?
  5. How much of a risk-taker are you?
  6. What are the good and bad things about taking risks?
  7. Does chimpanzee behaviour explain human chimpanzee?
  8. Why do we take fewer risks as we get older?
  9. Are smartphones making children take fewer risks today?
  10. What's the biggest risk you've ever taken?

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 'teenager'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. How many risks do we take every day?
  5. Should parents encourage children to take more risks?
  6. Would you like to take more risks?
  7. What would happen if all world leaders were teenagers?
  8. Did any risk you took go badly?
  9. What do you think of old-fashioned monkey bars?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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