Month: August 2019

THE DISCUSSION ON GOSSIP
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1) What is gossip?
(2) Have you ever been the victim of gossip?
(3) Are you a gossip?
(4) How often do you hear gossip?
(5) Are you interested in celebrity gossip?
(6) Do you like to know all the gossip about your friends and neighbours?
(7) Who is the biggest gossip you know?
(8) How quickly does gossip spread in your school / workplace?
(9) What are the most common subjects of gossip?
(10) Is there any gossip about your teacher?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1) Why do people gossip or like gossip?
(2) Have you ever started any gossip?
(3) Do you read gossip columns in magazines? Why are these so popular
(4) Do you think it’s right that gossip columnists can make a lot of money writing bad things about people that may not be true?
(5) What is the most malicious piece of gossip you’ve ever heard?
(6) How do you feel if people gossip about you?
(7) What’s the difference between gossip and a rumour?
(8) Eleanor Roosevelt said: “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” Is this true?
(9) Why do you think gossip is sometimes ‘hot’ and sometimes ‘juicy’?
(10) Do you think people who gossip lead sad lives?

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THE DISCUSSION ON FOOD
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1) What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘food’?
(2) How often do you think about food?
(3) Can you eat anything?
(4) Can you go without food for a whole day?
(5) Do you have to watch what you eat?
(6) What is your favourite breakfast, lunch and dinner?
(7) Do you think your country’s food is the best?
(8) Do you think “you are what you eat”?
(9) What do you think about canned, frozen and processed food?
(10) What kinds of international cuisine do you like?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1) Are you fussy or particular about the food you eat?
(2) Have your favourite kinds of food changed over the years?
(3) Do you like fast food and slow food?
(4) What do you think about food additives?
(5) Do you care where the food you eat comes from?
(6) What national dishes from your country would you recommend to the world?
(7) Do you worry about the rising cost of food?
(8) Do you think the world’s food will ever run out?
(9) What do you think of genetically-modified (GM) food?
(10) Is your food bill big?