Discussion Questions - Listening

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


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


3. kinds pollution there What of are?


4. by bothered you light How are?


5. What does pollution damage light do?


6. dark the light Do or you the prefer?


7. people are Why dark the of afraid?


8. do you need it to be to sleep How dark?


9. longer no can we it is sad How stars the see?


10. artificial can How safety our affect light?


11. you reading article Did like this?


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


13. about What what do you you read think?


14. pollution light about know you do What?


15. does natural artificial environment light threaten How our?


16. think much How pollutant a is light artificial do you?


17. ecology our reshape light artificial might How?


18. What pollution light to answer the is?


19. to What reduce can light you pollution do?


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

Back to the light pollution lesson.

Light Pollution - 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 'light'?
  3. What kinds of pollution are there?
  4. How bothered are you by light?
  5. What damage does light pollution do?
  6. Do you prefer the light or the dark?
  7. Why are people afraid of the dark?
  8. How dark do you need it to be to sleep?
  9. How sad is it we can no longer see the stars?
  10. How can artificial light affect our safety?

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 'dark'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What do you know about light pollution?
  5. How does artificial light threaten our natural environment?
  6. How much do you think artificial light is a pollutant?
  7. How might artificial light reshape our ecology?
  8. What is the answer to light pollution?
  9. What can you do to reduce light pollution?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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