Discussion Questions - Listening

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

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

3. rid you How throw away? electronics you of get do the

4. refrigerators environment? are How for bad the

5. really do electronics What need? really, we

6. harmful make can we How less environment? the to electronics

7. Should we reconditioned buy electronics? or all used

8. What of when landfills full the happens waste? are

9. discarded you see when countryside? do How electronics the you in feel

10. way best discard to What's the electronics?

11. reading Did this article? you like

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

13. think do what about you What read? you

14. UN What talking be catastrophe kind the might of about?

15. own developed discarded their electronics? countries Should recycle

16. do discarded health problems cause? electronics What

17. is How mercury? harmful

18. reverse can consumerism? How we our

19. do What electronics manufacturers disposal? have responsibility in

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

Back to the e-waste catastrophe lesson.

E-waste Catastrophe - 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 'waste'?
  3. How do you get rid of the electronics you throw away?
  4. How bad are refrigerators for the environment?
  5. What electronics do we really, really need?
  6. How can we make electronics less harmful to the environment?
  7. Should we all buy used or reconditioned electronics?
  8. What happens when the landfills are full of waste?
  9. How do you feel when you see discarded electronics in the countryside?
  10. What's the best way to discard electronics?

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 'catastrophe'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What kind of catastrophe might the UN be talking about?
  5. Should developed countries recycle their own discarded electronics?
  6. What health problems do discarded electronics cause?
  7. How harmful is mercury?
  8. How can we reverse our consumerism?
  9. What responsibility do manufacturers have in electronics disposal?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the UN?

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