Discussion Questions - Listening

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


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


3. do know seahorses What you about?


4. about What what did you you read think?


5. How the help knowing genome world will seahorse the?


6. from different seahorses are How fish other?


7. seahorses they teeth do if no How eat have?


8. male Why seahorses do give you birth think?


9. horizontally it or better vertically to swim Is?


10. What know would about you seahorses like to?


11. article Did like this you reading?


12. do and you genetics know about What genes?


13. you interested things What text the about?


14. from can learn seahorses What we?


15. researcher the What seahorse in a day like of a be life would?


16. How seahorses important are?


17. from come seahorse word the does Where?


18. seahorses are movies and books What in?


19. seahorse are spellings word Why different the there of?


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

Back to the seahorses lesson.

Seahorses - 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 'seahorse'?
  3. What do you know about seahorses?
  4. What did you think about what you read?
  5. How will knowing the seahorse genome help the world?
  6. How are seahorses different from other fish?
  7. How do seahorses eat if they have no teeth?
  8. Why do you think male seahorses give birth?
  9. Is it better to swim horizontally or vertically?
  10. What would you like to know about seahorses?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you know about genes and genetics?
  3. What things interested you about the text?
  4. What can we learn from seahorses?
  5. What would a day in the life of a seahorse researcher be like?
  6. How important are seahorses?
  7. Where does the word seahorse come from?
  8. What books and movies are seahorses in?
  9. Why are there different spellings of the word seahorse?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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