Discussion Questions - Listening

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


2. you hear the word 'ice' What springs to mind when?


3. Otzi do the you Iceman know about What?


4. do you you read think about What what?


5. wore you What years 5 think clothes ago people do 5,000?


6. today be clothes those might fashionable How?


7. clothes becoming did start fashionable Why?


8. about Otzi the Iceman ? What do you want to know


9. think Otzi the Iceman did every day What do you?


10. was 5 years What like 5,000 life ago?


11. you article Did this reading ? like


12. would the life What Otzi about surprise Iceman today?


13. leather and fur ? Do we still need clothes made from


14. your had do What own to if would clothes make you you?


15. 5,000 did they What if ago do ill years people were?


16. important is archaeology Why?


17. might Otzi and Who murdered Iceman have the why?


18. history in age What to back go to like you would?


19. us Otzi today the Iceman What teach could?


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

Back to the Iceman lesson.

Iceman - 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 'ice'?
  3. What do you know about Otzi the Iceman?
  4. What do you think about what you read?
  5. What clothes do you think people wore 5,000 years ago?
  6. How fashionable might those clothes be today?
  7. Why did clothes start becoming fashionable?
  8. What do you want to know about Otzi the Iceman?
  9. What do you think Otzi the Iceman did every day?
  10. What was life like 5,000 years ago?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What would surprise Otzi the Iceman about life today?
  3. Do we still need clothes made from leather and fur?
  4. What would you do if you had to make your own clothes?
  5. What did people do 5,000 years ago if they were ill?
  6. Why is archaeology important?
  7. Who might have murdered Otzi the Iceman and why?
  8. What age in history would you like to go back to?
  9. What could Otzi the Iceman teach us today?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

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