STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
| (1) | What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘discussion’? |
| (2) | What’s a healthy discussion? |
| (3) | Do you like taking part in discussions in English? |
| (4) | Do you ever get involved in pointless discussions? |
| (5) | Do you ever join discussion boards on the Internet? Are they good for your English? |
| (6) | How often do you take part in political discussions? |
| (7) | What are frank discussions, lively discussions, brief discussions and lengthy discussions? When was the last time you had each of these? |
| (8) | What kinds of discussions do you think are really boring? |
| (9) | Someone once said: "Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance." What does this mean? Do you agree? |
| (10) | A Chinese proverb says: "A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books." Do you agree? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
| (1) | Are you good at discussing things? |
| (2) | What are the differences between discussions, debates and conversations? |
| (3) | When was the last time you had a heated or animated discussion? |
| (4) | Do you like looking at discussions on TV between a panel of experts? |
| (5) | What are the big discussions in your country at the moment? |
| (6) | Would you like to take a course on how to do well in discussions? |
| (7) | Do you make a point of having the last word in a discussion? |
| (8) | Leon Trotsky said: "If we'd had more time for discussion, we would probably have made a great many more mistakes." Do you agree? |
| (9) | A Kenyan proverb says: "Having a good discussion is like having riches." Do you agree? |
| (10) | Did you like this discussion on discussions? |
