Month: January 2020

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

(1) What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘shoes’?
(2) How many pairs of shoes do you own, and why?
(3) Why do we need to wear shoes?
(4) What would life be like if we did not wear shoes?
(5) How often do you buy shoes?
(6) What is the most expensive pair of shoes you’ve bought?
(7) What do you know about the history of shoes?
(8) Is there a pair of shoes you would really like to buy?
(9) Do you prefer comfortable boring shoes or uncomfortable fashionable shoes?
(10) Do you ever donate your old shoes to charity?

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

(1) Would you take old shoes from someone if they offered them to you?
(2) Can men and women wear the same shoes?
(3) Have you ever regretted buying a pair of shoes?
(4) Do you have a favorite pair of shoes?
(5) What is the best colour for shoes?
(6) Why do men have fewer pairs of shoes than women?
(7) What does someone’s shoes tell us about that person?
(8) Are shoes old-fashioned? Should we all wear sneakers?
(9) Are leather shoes best?
(10) You must take off your shoes in the house. What do you think?

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

(1) What goes through your mind when you hear the word ‘homeless’?
(2) Do you ever give money to homeless people?
(3) Is homelessness a problem in your country?
(4) What does your government do for the homeless?
(5) What does homelessness say about a society?
(6) Why do you think people become homeless?
(7) What do you think when you walk past homeless people?
(8) How difficult do you think it is for homeless people to get back into employment, get a house, etc?
(9) If you were homeless, where and how would you live?
(10) What do you think it would be like to suddenly become homeless?

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

(1) Are there homeless children in your country?
(2) Why does the government allow homelessness?
(3) Why do many people look down on the homeless?
(4) What can you do to help the homeless?
(5) If you were homeless, what would you do all day?
(6) Would you give a homeless person a shower and a bed for the night in your home?
(7) Do homeless people lose their civil or human rights in your country?
(8) What do / would you care about more in an election, taxes of the plight of the homeless?
(9) Do you think homelessness will ever disappear, even in rich countries?
(10) What questions would you ask a homeless person?

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

(1) Are you happy with your hair?
(2) What would the world be like if no one had hair?
(3) How does hair change the way we look?
(4) What kind of hair would you really like?
(5) How has your hairstyle changed over the past few years?
(6) Did you have a hairstyle a long time ago that you think is embarrassing now?
(7) Do you like reading magazines about hair?
(8) Do you worry about hair loss, thinning hair or grey hair?
(9) What do you think of men who are going bald and comb their hair over their head?
(10) Do you dye your hair (or would you dye your hair)?

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

(1) How important is hair?
(2) Do we need hair?
(3) How much time do you spend in the morning doing your hair?
(4) Do you think being a hair stylist is a good job?
(5) Do you ever have a bad hair day?
(6) What problems do you have with your hair?
(7) How often do you look at and arrange your hair every day?
(8) Do you like having your hair cut?
(9) Would you prefer to have straight, wavy, curly or shaggy hair?
(10) What hair products do you buy on a regular basis?