Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. plastic How worried you are about pollution?

4. problems cause? plastic does pollution What

5. treaty problem? the plastic change the How pollution will

6. about? What kinds pollution of you do other worry

7. much do How plastic throw you away?

8. of instead plastic? use can What we

9. so much the Why plastic? does world produce

10. we Should plastic? with live

11. article? Did this you reading like

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

13. read? think What about do what you you

14. ocean plastic is more than fish? What the in happens if there

15. microplastics? about you What do know

16. How you world? about a feel zero-plastic would

17. convenient is plastic How ?

18. might risk of plastic generations? lives Why future the

19. do we for? things need plastic What really

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

Back to the plastic pollution lesson.

Plastic 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 'plastic'?
  3. How worried are you about plastic pollution?
  4. What problems does plastic pollution cause?
  5. How will the treaty change the plastic pollution problem?
  6. What other kinds of pollution do you worry about?
  7. How much plastic do you throw away?
  8. What can we use instead of plastic?
  9. Why does the world produce so much plastic?
  10. Should we live with plastic?

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 'pollution'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What happens if there is more plastic in the ocean than fish?
  5. What do you know about microplastics?
  6. How would you feel about a zero-plastic world?
  7. How convenient is plastic?
  8. Why might plastic risk the lives future generations?
  9. What things do we really need plastic for?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the UN?

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