Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. started speak? do think to you humans How

4. first you spoken words What by the humans think were? do

5. do you know about prehistory? What

6. we languages the in do have Why many world? so

7. English? difficult it to How is speak

8. What you human evolution? do know about

9. language? think What native your of you do

10. like other What you to would languages learn?

11. this like reading article? Did you

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

13. think do What about you what you read?

14. Dr Mithen's book? read to Would you like

15. brain? What the do know you about

16. sounds What English are most hear the in say? to or difficult

17. What to well? advice English pronounce have you do

18. speech? technology human How will change

19. now? What be you the story human will think from like do

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

Back to the human speech lesson.

Human Speech - 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 'human'?
  3. How do you think humans started to speak?
  4. What do you think the first words spoken by humans were?
  5. What do you know about prehistory?
  6. Why do we have so many languages in the world?
  7. How difficult is it to speak English?
  8. What do you know about human evolution?
  9. What do you think of your native language?
  10. What other languages would you like to learn?

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 'speech'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. Would you like to read Dr Mithen's book?
  5. What do you know about the brain?
  6. What sounds in English are the most difficult to hear or say?
  7. What advice do you have to pronounce English well?
  8. How will technology change human speech?
  9. What do you think the human story will be like from now?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the experts?

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