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Mobile Phones - 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 springs to mind when you hear the word 'study'?
3)	What do you think about what you read?
4)	In what ways do mobile phones help you learn English?
5)	Is it better for students to not use mobile phones in class?
6)	Why do students need to be online during class?
7)	What can schools do to stop students using social media in class?
8)	What other bad things are there about mobile phones?
9)	Is learning in classrooms better today than it was 50 years ago?
10)	Would it be easy for you to be offline for 24 hours?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
 

11)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
12)	What challenges do teachers face in the classroom?
13)	What should happen if students do not listen to teachers?
14)	What "battles" do teachers have with students?
15)	How important is it for you to check your messages online?
16)	How "absent" are students if they are on social media in class?
17)	How can teachers get students to learn using mobile phones?
18)	Is it a good idea for schools to ban mobile phones in class?
19)	If studies show test scores are higher when students do not use phones, why aren't they banned?
20)	What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

 

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