Discussion Questions - Listening

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


2. when you hear the word 'migrant' What springs to mind?


3. about What what do you you read think?


4. should sentence What get Mered?


5. smuggling people of think you do What?


6. people can't stop smuggling Why police?


7. migrants reasons biggest the are What Europe to go to want?


8. you know about people smuggling in the Mediterranean ? What do


9. intelligence do What do services?


10. migrants for have you do advice What?


11. this ? you Did reading like article


12. many are so migrants Why there?


13. do their countries stop leaving can to people What?


14. or better get smuggling people Will worse?


15. arrest change the amount of people smuggling How will Mered's?


16. cross and risk Why the money their do Mediterranean to lives people?


17. deaths more Why don't the world's news agencies highlight migrant?


18. in Europe will now 10 look migration years like in What from?


19. world to smuggling should do people What leaders stop?


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

Back to the people smuggler lesson.

People Smuggler - 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 springs to mind when you hear the word 'migrant'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What sentence should Mered get?
  5. What do you think of people smuggling?
  6. Why can't police stop people smuggling?
  7. What are the biggest reasons migrants want to go to Europe?
  8. What do you know about people smuggling in the Mediterranean?
  9. What do intelligence services do?
  10. What advice do you have for migrants?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. Why are there so many migrants?
  3. What can countries do to stop their people leaving?
  4. Will people smuggling get better or worse?
  5. How will Mered's arrest change the amount of people smuggling?
  6. Why do people risk their lives and money to cross the Mediterranean?
  7. Why don't the world's news agencies highlight migrant deaths more?
  8. What will migration in Europe look like in 10 years from now?
  9. What should world leaders do to stop people smuggling?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the police?

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