000 QUESTION Teaching

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QUESTION TEACHING METHODto teach is to learn

Good teaching requires the teacher to ask open ended questions for feedback to evaluate progress, a

method attributed to Socrates.

Teaching skills are important for teachers at all levels, as well as parents , especially those interested inhome schooling. One of the key teaching methods that is of great importance is using questioning as a learning tool.

This method of using questions to teach and evaluate performance is called the Socratic Method. Based on

Socrates, the famous Greek philosopher and teacher, who was a mentor directly or indirectly for both Aristotle and

Plato. Socrates taught his students in a manner that was beyond some of the conventions of the time. The method

involved questioning. While classically and still today we find many teachers and professors or educational instructors

presenting lectures, as far back as Socrates we find questions being used as a key learning tool.

Questioning students not only allows the teacher to evaluate the level of understanding but also provides for

feedback, fine tuning the levels of teaching, dealing with misconceptions early, as well as improving the educational

material presented. Perhaps one of the most key thoughts beyond all the information above is very simple. Teaching

is learning. To teach is to learn. Good teachers learn and adapt to their students, and expand or refine their

teaching material as they learn about themselves as well.

Students help teachers redefine their own horizons and levels of knowledge. The Socratic Method of

teaching raises questions and provides a powerful system that can useful across the board for so many purposes.

One of the most useful facets of the Socratic Method of questioning is that it allows for quick evaluation of

what a student does and does not know. Many parents and teachers do use different methods of questioning,

however fail to ask appropriate questions or use an inappropriate style. Many fail to ask open ended questions.

Instead they assume the answer. For example: "Susy, you know what circumnavigation means, right?" Little Susy

may nod her head yes and still not understand what Magellan did with his ship in sailing the world. It would be better

to ask a more direct question: "Johnny, what does circumnavigation mean?" Or you could ask for a practical

example: " Johnny, what does circumnavigation mean, using an example from history?" (or from something you

just studied such as Magellan's explorations around the world).

Many children will not ask what a specific vocabulary word means and will just assume the meaning or

remain silent, which can lead to miscommunication or problems later with basic concepts. The same is true for mathconcepts and much more. Failure to provide an adequate number of questions using open ended questions fails to

challenge the student and incorrectly assesses their ability. Now here is another thought. Most students want to be

challenged. It gives them a sense of positive reward or feedback to answer questions correctly and can also be a

motivational tool.

Questions allow the instructor to continually adapt the material and level of the lesson to better meet the

students needs. Some students do better with practical examples while others do better with definitions. By

questioning students and seeing where their strengths and weaknesses are one can provide better educational

material. In addition some concepts or examples are not effective. Some questions are too difficult, too confusing,

too ambiguous, and if put on a test, do not measure the students true knowledge but only reflect that the question

may be confusing. Fine tuning lessons can be very important.

Finally, to teach is to learn. This is very important and is the reason why so many teach . In many casesstudents shed new light on a subject with their questions, asking something from a different angle then was ever

expected. This results in new answers or creative thought and expands everyones knowledge of the subject.

To teach is to learn. To find the answers we must ask questions, and those very questions are perhaps one

of the most important tools of teaching.


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WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

OF QUESTION ANSWER METHOD OF TEACHING?This method is quite important. Through question, an attempt is made to ascertain and evaluate the

knowledge of students in regard to the subject. This method ensures participation. The teacher should ask question

and the student should be encouraged to ask questions.

About this method a renowned author says, "If the teacher does not know the answer he should admit it andeither he ask the students to find it in the text-book or offer to find out the answer himself. No teacher can answer all

the question which can be asked in yes or no. The students should be asked such questions which compel them to

think the matter over. If the students cannot answer the question fully, his partial answer should be accepted and

another student may be asked to improve upon it. The teacher himself be in regular habit of reading latest texts as

students should also be asked to find answers in authoritative texts".

In this method the teacher controls the situation. Generally informal lesson is developed by means of

question-answer method.

Advantages of Question-Answer Method

(i) It can be used in all teaching situations.(ii) It helps in developing the power of expression of the students.

(iii) It is helpful to ascertain the personal difficulties of the students.

(iv) It provides a check on preparation of assignments.

(v) It can be used to reflect student's background and attitude.

(vi) It is quite handy to the teacher when no other suitable teaching method is available.

Disadvantages

(i) It requires a lot of skill on the part of teacher to make a proper use of this method.

(ii) It may sometime mar the atmosphere of the class.

(iii) This method generally is quite embracing for timid students.(iv) It is time consuming

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How to use this book

Don't just write a yes or no. When you answer a question, write at least one long sentence. If there is more than one

line, please try to explain your ideas in detail.
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GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER1. What's your name?

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2. Where were you born?____________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How old are you?____________________________________________________________________________________________

4. How tall are you?____________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Are you married or single?____________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Where are you from?____________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Where do you live?____________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Where do you live? How long have you lived there?____________________________________________________________________________________________

9. What's your phone number?____________________________________________________________________________________________

10. What's your telephone number?____________________________________________________________________________________________

11. When did you start to study English?____________________________________________________________________________________________

12. What's your address?____________________________________________________________________________________________

13. Which sports do you like?____________________________________________________________________________________________

14. Who do you live with?____________________________________________________________________________________________

15. What country are you from?____________________________________________________________________________________________

16. Do you live alone?____________________________________________________________________________________________

17. Do you live in a house or an apartment?____________________________________________________________________________________________

18. Have you ever lived in another country?____________________________________________________________________________________________

19. Do you have brothers and sisters? Are they older or younger than you?____________________________________________________________________________________________

20. Do you have any pets?____________________________________________________________________________________________

21. What was the last book you read?____________________________________________________________________________________________

22. Do you like cooking?____________________________________________________________________________________________

23. What's your favorite food?____________________________________________________________________________________________

24. Are you good at cooking/swimming/etc?____________________________________________________________________________________________


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25. Do you like playing basketball?____________________________________________________________________________________________

26. Have you ever met a famous person?____________________________________________________________________________________________

27. How do you spend your free time?____________________________________________________________________________________________

28. How long have you been studying English?____________________________________________________________________________________________

29. Tell me about a favorite event of your adulthood.____________________________________________________________________________________________

30. Tell me about a favorite event of your childhood.____________________________________________________________________________________________

31. What are your hobbies?____________________________________________________________________________________________

32. What two things could you not do when you were.....?____________________________________________________________________________________________

33. What countries have you visited?____________________________________________________________________________________________

34. What do you do on Sundays?____________________________________________________________________________________________

35. What do you do? What's your job?____________________________________________________________________________________________

36. What do you like doing in your free time?____________________________________________________________________________________________

37. What hobbies do you have?____________________________________________________________________________________________

38. What is the nearest bus stop or train station to your house?____________________________________________________________________________________________

39. What is your motto?____________________________________________________________________________________________

40. What is your religion? (Perhaps not a good question in some situations.)____________________________________________________________________________________________

41. What kind of food do you like?____________________________________________________________________________________________

42. What kind of people do you like?____________________________________________________________________________________________

43. What kind of people do you not like?____________________________________________________________________________________________

44. What languages do you speak?____________________________________________________________________________________________

45. What two things could you not do when you were a child, but you can do now?____________________________________________________________________________________________

46. What's something you do well?____________________________________________________________________________________________

47. What's your father like?____________________________________________________________________________________________

48. What's your mother like?____________________________________________________________________________________________

49. Who do you respect the most?____________________________________________________________________________________________


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50. Who has had the most influence in your life?____________________________________________________________________________________________

51. Why did you decide to take this course?____________________________________________________________________________________________

52. Why do you want to learn English?____________________________________________________________________________________________

53. Would you like to be famous?____________________________________________________________________________________________

54. What do you think you will be doing five years from now?____________________________________________________________________________________________

55. Where do you think you'll be living five years from now?____________________________________________________________________________________________

56. What is your goal in life?____________________________________________________________________________________________

57. Are you a 'morning' or 'night' person?____________________________________________________________________________________________

58. When do you feel best? In the morning, afternoon, or evening?____________________________________________________________________________________________

59. How many cities have you lived in?____________________________________________________________________________________________

60. What jobs have you done?____________________________________________________________________________________________

61. Which do you prefer, sunrises or sunsets?____________________________________________________________________________________________

62. What could you do as a child that you can't do now?____________________________________________________________________________________________

63. Who is your next door neighbor in your home country?____________________________________________________________________________________________

64. What is he or she like?____________________________________________________________________________________________

65. Did you get along with each other?____________________________________________________________________________________________

66. What is the best memory of our country that you will take back home with you?____________________________________________________________________________________________

67. What is the worst memory of our country?____________________________________________________________________________________________

68. How many times did you move as a child?____________________________________________________________________________________________

69. What is the profile of the wife/husband you would meet?____________________________________________________________________________________________

70. What kind of woman/man would you like to marry?____________________________________________________________________________________________


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ALLERGIES1. Do you have any allergies?

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2. What do you think would be the worst thing to be allergic to?___________________________________________________________________________________

3. What things are people allergic to in your country?___________________________________________________________________________________4. Some people are allergic to the twenty-first century. What do you think this means?

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5. What would life be like if you suddenly became allergic to your favorite food?___________________________________________________________________________________

6. What do you think / What is life like for hay fever sufferers?___________________________________________________________________________________

7. Why are some people allergic to eggs, wheat or peanuts while others are not?___________________________________________________________________________________

8. What are the symptoms of allergies?___________________________________________________________________________________

9. Can people be cured of allergies?___________________________________________________________________________________

10.Some people say children who dont like taking a bath are allergic to soap. Do you have a similar saying inyour country?

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11.Do you think its possible that lazy people are allergic to work?___________________________________________________________________________________

12.Do you know anyone who is allergic to opening his/her wallet?___________________________________________________________________________________

13.Do any of your family or friends have allergies?___________________________________________________________________________________

14.Which would be worse for you, an allergy to milk, alcohol or animals?___________________________________________________________________________________

15.What new allergies might be found in the future?___________________________________________________________________________________

16.How can you make children with allergies feel better?___________________________________________________________________________________

17.Are you ever allergic to speaking English?___________________________________________________________________________________

YOUR QUESTIONS

1) ______________________________________________________________________________________2) ______________________________________________________________________________________3) ______________________________________________________________________________________4) ______________________________________________________________________________________5) ______________________________________________________________________________________


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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE1. Do you trust alternative medicine?

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2. Do you know anyone who uses alternative medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

3. Do you think alternative medicine is just a trend that goes in and out of fashion?___________________________________________________________________________________

4. Do you think alternative medicine works?___________________________________________________________________________________

5. Do you think alternative medicines are tried, tested and safe?___________________________________________________________________________________

6. Do you think alternative medicines work better than modern drugs?___________________________________________________________________________________

7. Do you think doctors should study about and be experts in alternative medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

8. Do you think we can find all the medicines we need from the natural world, instead of making drugs?___________________________________________________________________________________

9. Have you tried any alternative medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

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11.What alternative medicine do you know about?___________________________________________________________________________________

12.What are your thoughts on traditional Chinese medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

13.What do you think of things like art therapy, music therapy, healing with animals, etc?___________________________________________________________________________________

14.What is alternative about alternative medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

15.What kind of people use alternative medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

16.What springs to mind when you hear the term alternative medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

17.What would you like to know about alternative medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

18.Which countries in the world have the best medicines?___________________________________________________________________________________

19.Why do you think so little is known about the health benefits of alternative medicine?___________________________________________________________________________________

20.Would you like to try acupuncture?___________________________________________________________________________________

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. __________________________________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________________________________


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ARABS1. Who are the Arabs?

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2. Who is the greatest Arab leader?___________________________________________________________________________________

3. Do you think Arabs will play a greater role in world affairs in the future?___________________________________________________________________________________

4. Does the media in your country portray a negative or positive image of Arabs?___________________________________________________________________________________

5. Have you been to any Arab countries?___________________________________________________________________________________

6. How much political or economic power do Arabs have in the world?___________________________________________________________________________________

7. Is there one Arab country that is more influential than the others?___________________________________________________________________________________

8. What Arab cultural influences affect todays world?___________________________________________________________________________________

9. What are the differences between the words Arab, Arabic and Arabian?___________________________________________________________________________________

10.What countries have predominantly Arab populations?___________________________________________________________________________________

11.What cultural differences are the among Arabs from different Arab nations?___________________________________________________________________________________

12.What do all Arabs have in common?___________________________________________________________________________________

13.What do you know of the past history of the Arabs?___________________________________________________________________________________

14.What do you know of the recent history of the Arabs?___________________________________________________________________________________

15.What is the Arab League and how strong and unified is it?___________________________________________________________________________________

16.What is the source of animosities between Arab countries and Israel?___________________________________________________________________________________

17.What major contributions has Arab civilization made to the world?___________________________________________________________________________________

18.What makes an Arab an Arab?___________________________________________________________________________________

19.What stereotypes of Arabs exist in your country?___________________________________________________________________________________

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. ______________________________________________________________________________________2. ______________________________________________________________________________________3. ______________________________________________________________________________________4. ______________________________________________________________________________________5. ______________________________________________________________________________________


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ARE YOU GOOD AT...?1. Are you good at climbing trees?

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2. Are you good at singing?___________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Are you good at speaking English?___________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Are you good at computer games?___________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Are you good at playing the piano?___________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Are you good at playing basketball?___________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Are you good at playing volleyball?___________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Are you good at Tetris?___________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Are you good at cooking noodles?___________________________________________________________________________________________

10.Are you good at math?___________________________________________________________________________________________

11.Are you good at telling jokes?___________________________________________________________________________________________

12.Are you good at making people smile?___________________________________________________________________________________________

13.Are you good at writing in your first language?___________________________________________________________________________________________

14.Are you good at solving problems?___________________________________________________________________________________________15.Are you good at drawing pictures?

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16.Are you good at art?___________________________________________________________________________________________

17.Are you good at music?___________________________________________________________________________________________

18.Are you good at imitating others?___________________________________________________________________________________________

19.Are you good at reading maps?___________________________________________________________________________________________

20.Are you good at whistling?___________________________________________________________________________________________

21.Are you good at remembering song lyrics?___________________________________________________________________________________________

22.Are you good at fixing things?___________________________________________________________________________________________

23.Are you good at sending text messages?___________________________________________________________________________________________

24.Are you good at making new friends?


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25.Are you good at finding places?___________________________________________________________________________________________

26.Are you good at playing the piano?___________________________________________________________________________________________

27.Are you good at playing dodgeball?___________________________________________________________________________________________

28.Are you good at cooking noodles?___________________________________________________________________________________________

29.Are you good at playing volleyball?___________________________________________________________________________________________

30. Is your father good at driving?___________________________________________________________________________________________

31. Is your mother good at driving?___________________________________________________________________________________________

32.Are you good at making pie?___________________________________________________________________________________________

33.Are you good at English?___________________________________________________________________________________________

34.Are you good at cooking?___________________________________________________________________________________________35.Are you good at telling stories?

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36.Are you good at dancing the waltz?___________________________________________________________________________________________

37.Are you good at remembering directions?___________________________________________________________________________________________

38.Are you good at swimming?___________________________________________________________________________________________

39.Are you good at driving a car?___________________________________________________________________________________________

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. ______________________________________________________________________________________2. ______________________________________________________________________________________3. ______________________________________________________________________________________4. ______________________________________________________________________________________5. ______________________________________________________________________________________6. ______________________________________________________________________________________7. ______________________________________________________________________________________8. ______________________________________________________________________________________9. ______________________________________________________________________________________10.______________________________________________________________________________________


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BEHAVIOR1. What is bad behavior?

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2. What is good behavior?____________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Can bad behavior lead to crime?____________________________________________________________________________________________

4. How should we punish children who commit crimes?____________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Should parents be held responsible for their children's behavior?____________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Should some parent give medicine to their children to calm them down? Explain.____________________________________________________________________________________________

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7. What is the right behavior to use in a restaurant? At school? At a party? Give some examples.____________________________________________________________________________________________

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8. What should you do with a child who has very bad behavior?____________________________________________________________________________________________

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9. Would you teach your child to "hit back" at school if somebody hits them?____________________________________________________________________________________________

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. ______________________________________________________________________________________2. ______________________________________________________________________________________3. ______________________________________________________________________________________4. ______________________________________________________________________________________5. ______________________________________________________________________________________6. ______________________________________________________________________________________7. ______________________________________________________________________________________


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CARS AND DRIVING1. Can you drive a car?

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2. Are the drivers in your area where you live good drivers?_______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Are you a good driver?_______________________________________________________________________________________

4. Can you drive a manual shift car?_______________________________________________________________________________________

5. Do you enjoy repairing cars?_______________________________________________________________________________________

6. Do you have a car? If so, what kind of car do you have?_______________________________________________________________________________________

7. Do you know anything about repairing or maintaining a car? What do you know how to do?_______________________________________________________________________________________

8. Do you like drive at night?_______________________________________________________________________________________

9. Do you prefer driving or riding public transportation?_______________________________________________________________________________________

10. Do you think cars should be banned from city centers?_______________________________________________________________________________________

11. Have you ever been (or) do you know anyone who has been in an accident related to drunk driving?_______________________________________________________________________________________

12. Have you ever been in a car accident?_______________________________________________________________________________________

13. Have you ever been pulled over by the police? What happened?_______________________________________________________________________________________

14. Have you ever driven a car in a foreign country?_______________________________________________________________________________________

15. How do American drivers compare to drivers in your country?_______________________________________________________________________________________

16. How long did it take you to learn to drive?_______________________________________________________________________________________

17. How old were you when you first learned to drive?_______________________________________________________________________________________

18. Is drunk driving a problem in your country?_______________________________________________________________________________________

19. Is it a standard (manual shift) or automatic shift?_______________________________________________________________________________________

20. Was there anything difficult about learning to drive?_______________________________________________________________________________________

21. What are the advantages of owning a car?_______________________________________________________________________________________

22. What are the disadvantages of owning a car?_______________________________________________________________________________________

23. What are the speed limits in your country?_______________________________________________________________________________________

24. What is the longest trip you have ever taken by car?


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25. What is the penalty for drunk driving in your country?_______________________________________________________________________________________

26. What kind of car do you prefer?_______________________________________________________________________________________

27. What side of the road do you drive in your country?_______________________________________________________________________________________

28. Where did you learn how to do this?_______________________________________________________________________________________

29. Which do you like best, a standard or automatic shift car?_______________________________________________________________________________________

30. Who taught you to drive?_______________________________________________________________________________________

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. ______________________________________________________________________________________2. ______________________________________________________________________________________3. ______________________________________________________________________________________4. ______________________________________________________________________________________5. ______________________________________________________________________________________6. ______________________________________________________________________________________7. ______________________________________________________________________________________8. ______________________________________________________________________________________9. ______________________________________________________________________________________


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CHARITY1. Are there any charities in (your town/city)? How about in (your country)? What are they?

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2. Do you agree with the expression charity begins at home? Explain.____________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Do you ever buy used goods from charity shops?____________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Do you give money to beggars or homeless people? Why or why not? If you give money to beggars or homelesspeople, about how much do you give?

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5. Do you give money to registered charities? (e.g. Red Cross, World Wildlife Fund, Green Peace, Kimse Yok mu?- IsAnybody There?,..) Can you name some other registered charities?

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6. Do you have a favourite charity organization? What do they do?____________________________________________________________________________________________

7. ____________________________________________________________________________________________8. Do you take part in fund raising events for charity?

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9. Do you think charities should only help people and not animals, buildings, etc?____________________________________________________________________________________________

10.Do you think governments should do more to help charities?____________________________________________________________________________________________

11.Do you think having large charity organizations is a good idea? Why or why not? What are some of the goodpoints? What are some of the bad points?

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12.Do you think that one day there will be no need for charities?____________________________________________________________________________________________

13.Do you think the government should give money to homeless people?____________________________________________________________________________________________

14.Do you think the people you know are very charitable?____________________________________________________________________________________________

15.Do you think we should all donate some of our salary to charity?____________________________________________________________________________________________


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16.Do you worry about where the money you donate to charity goes?____________________________________________________________________________________________

17.Have you ever received charity from others? What did you feel?____________________________________________________________________________________________

18.How do you know if a beggar is a real beggar?____________________________________________________________________________________________

19.How much suffering would disappear if more people donated money to charity?____________________________________________________________________________________________

20.How often do you give money to charities?____________________________________________________________________________________________

21.What do you think of people who stand outside stores or railway stations holding charity donation boxes?____________________________________________________________________________________________

22.What is the largest amount of money you have donated?____________________________________________________________________________________________

23.What was the last cause you donated money to?____________________________________________________________________________________________

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. ______________________________________________________________________________________2. ______________________________________________________________________________________3. ______________________________________________________________________________________4. ______________________________________________________________________________________5. ______________________________________________________________________________________6. ______________________________________________________________________________________7. ______________________________________________________________________________________8. ______________________________________________________________________________________9. ______________________________________________________________________________________


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CHILDREN

1. Were there many children in your family?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

2. How many children do you have? How many would you like to have?______________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Do you enjoy being around children?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

4. When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What are the positive or negative things about being a child?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Do you think that children are different today from the time when you were child? Or from 50 years ago? 100years ago?

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7. What were some important experiences that you had when you were child which shaped you as a person?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Why do you think children commit violent crimes?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Do you think children are more violent today than they used to be? Why?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

10. What was your favorite game when you were a child?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

11. What is most annoying or amazing thing about children?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

12. What is the most important thing that we need to teach children?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

13. Do you think that children are naturally good? Why or why not?_______________________________________________________________________________________________

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. ______________________________________________________________________________________2. ______________________________________________________________________________________3. ______________________________________________________________________________________4. ______________________________________________________________________________________5. ______________________________________________________________________________________6. ______________________________________________________________________________________7. ______________________________________________________________________________________8. ______________________________________________________________________________________9. ______________________________________________________________________________________10.______________________________________________________________________________________


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CLASSROOM1. Do you like the location of your desk in your classroom? Why? Why not?

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2. Is your classroom a nice place to study? Why? Why not?________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What are five things you don't like about your classroom?________________________________________________________________________________________

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4. What are five things you like about your classroom?________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. What are five things you would like to change in your classroom?________________________________________________________________________________________

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6. What is the ideal seating plan or arrangement in a classroom?________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Do you think classrooms are ideal learning places?________________________________________________________________________________________

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8. What kind of classroom setting is the best for you?________________________________________________________________________________________


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YOUR QUESTIONS

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CLOTHES & FASHION1. Do you often buy new clothes?

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2. About how much money do you spend on clothes a year?_______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?_______________________________________________________________________________________4. Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?

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5. Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy?_______________________________________________________________________________________

6. Do you like shopping for new clothes?_______________________________________________________________________________________

7. Do you often make your own clothes?_______________________________________________________________________________________

8. Do you prefer to go shopping or just browse? Why? (Browse: look around)_______________________________________________________________________________________

9. Do you read fashion magazines?_______________________________________________________________________________________

10.Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes? Explain._______________________________________________________________________________________

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11.Do you think men should be allowed to wear skirts? Why?_______________________________________________________________________________________

12.Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?13._______________________________________________________________________________________14.Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us? How?15._______________________________________________________________________________________16.Do you wear jewelry? If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear?

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17.Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?_______________________________________________________________________________________

18.Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you wore last year?_______________________________________________________________________________________

19.Have you ever been to a store that sells secondhand clothes?_______________________________________________________________________________________

20.Have you ever bought imitation brand clothing?_______________________________________________________________________________________

21.Have you ever bought secondhand clothes?_______________________________________________________________________________________

22.Have you ever made your own clothes? If so, what did you make?_______________________________________________________________________________________

23.Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids? Did anyone look at you differently because of it?_______________________________________________________________________________________


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24.How many pairs of gloves do you have?_______________________________________________________________________________________

25.How often do you wear jewelry?_______________________________________________________________________________________

26.In what ways do you dress differently?_______________________________________________________________________________________

27.In what ways does your grandmother dress differently then you?_______________________________________________________________________________________

28.Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up? When is a person wearing to much make-up? What do youthink of men who wear make-up?

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29.Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earrings or other accessories?_______________________________________________________________________________________

30.What are some of the strangest fashions you have seen?_______________________________________________________________________________________

31.What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?_______________________________________________________________________________________

32.What colors do you think look good on you?_______________________________________________________________________________________33.What colors do you think look good on your mother?

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34.What did you wear yesterday?_______________________________________________________________________________________

35.What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your country?_______________________________________________________________________________________

36.What do you think about men who wear earrings? What do you think of women who do?_______________________________________________________________________________________

37.What do you think about secondhand clothes?_______________________________________________________________________________________

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38.What do you think about women who don't wear earrings?_______________________________________________________________________________________

39.What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?_______________________________________________________________________________________

40.What do you think ofbody piercing? Do you havepierced ears? Do you know anyone with apiercednose? Wouldyou everpierce your tongue? Would you pierce other parts of your body?

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41.What do you think ofmen wearing high heels?_______________________________________________________________________________________

42.What do you think of men who where tights?_______________________________________________________________________________________

43.What do you think of people who always and only wear black?_______________________________________________________________________________________

44.What do you think of people who dye their hair green? (dye: color)_______________________________________________________________________________________


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45.What do you think of people with tattoos? Do you have a tattoo? Do you know someone with a tattoo? What doyou think of the people who wear them?

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46.What do you think of women wearing high heels?_______________________________________________________________________________________

47.What do you think of women who wear high heel shoes? Do you think high heel shoes are bad for a person'shealth?

_______________________________________________________________________________________48.What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts?

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49.What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the people who choose to were glasses?_______________________________________________________________________________________

50.What is your shoe size?_______________________________________________________________________________________

51.What kind of clothes are in fashion now?_______________________________________________________________________________________

52.What kind of clothes do you usually wear?_______________________________________________________________________________________

53. What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to express yourself?_______________________________________________________________________________________

54. What would you think if a bride wore red?_______________________________________________________________________________________

55. What would you think if the mother of the groom wore black at a wedding?_______________________________________________________________________________________

56. What would you think of a woman who cut offall her hair and went around bald as a fashion statement?_______________________________________________________________________________________

57. What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?_______________________________________________________________________________________

58. What's your favorite color for shoes?_______________________________________________________________________________________

59. When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right now? Why did you choose it?_______________________________________________________________________________________

60. When was the last time you got dressed up? Why? How often do you get dressed up? Do you like to get dressedup?

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61. When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or grandfather?_______________________________________________________________________________________

62. Where are some good stores to buy clothes in this area?_______________________________________________________________________________________

63. Where do you usually buy clothes?_______________________________________________________________________________________64. Why do you think people buy secondhand clothes?

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65. Why is it acceptable for women to wear men's clothing, but not for men to dress in women's clothing?_______________________________________________________________________________________

66. Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to America for a visit?_______________________________________________________________________________________


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67. Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color?_______________________________________________________________________________________

68. Would you like to be a fashion model?_______________________________________________________________________________________

69. What piece of clothing do you spend your money on the most? Why?_______________________________________________________________________________________

bald: /bld/ /bld/

braid /bred/: a length of hair that has been separated into three parts and then woven together

costume: /ks.tjum/ /k.stum/

pierce: /ps/ /prs/: to have a small hole made in your ears, nose etc so that you can wear jewellery through the

hole

tattoo /ttu/, /ttu/: a picture or writing that is permanently marked on your skin using a needle and ink

YOUR QUESTIONS

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COMPUTER1. Do you access the Internet with your computer?

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2. Can you access the Internet from your home?_________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What is your favorite "news" site?_________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What Internet sites do you visit regularly?_________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Are you good at using a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Can your mother and father use a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Did you learn to use a computer in high school?_________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Do you have a computer at work and at home?_________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Do you have a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

10.Do you have a digital camera?_________________________________________________________________________________________

11.Do you have a laptop or a desktop computer? Do you have both?_________________________________________________________________________________________

12.Do you have a scanner?_________________________________________________________________________________________

13.Do you have a web page?_________________________________________________________________________________________

14.Do you know any computer programming languages?_________________________________________________________________________________________

15.Do you know how to type well?_________________________________________________________________________________________

16.Do you read computer magazines?_________________________________________________________________________________________

17.Do you send photos by e-mail?_________________________________________________________________________________________

18.Do you use chat-rooms? If so, what chat-rooms do you use and who do you talk to?_________________________________________________________________________________________

19.Do you use e-mail every day?_________________________________________________________________________________________

20.Do you use e-mail?_________________________________________________________________________________________

21.Do you use your computer when you do homework for school?_________________________________________________________________________________________

22.Do you want a more powerful computer? If so, what computer do you want?_________________________________________________________________________________________

23.Do you write e-mail in English?_________________________________________________________________________________________


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24.Have you ever sent an e-mail to your teacher?_________________________________________________________________________________________

25.Have you ever studied English using your computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

26.How many computer programming languages do you know?_________________________________________________________________________________________

27.How many e-mail addresses do you have?_________________________________________________________________________________________

28.How many e-mails do you get a day?_________________________________________________________________________________________

29.How many e-mails do you send a day?_________________________________________________________________________________________

30.How many times a day do you access your e-mail?_________________________________________________________________________________________

31.How many times have you upgraded your computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

32.How often do you use a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

33.How powerful is your computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

34.What are some of your favorite computer games?_________________________________________________________________________________________

35.What company made your computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

36.What do you think is the best size to have?_________________________________________________________________________________________

37.What do you use a computer for?_________________________________________________________________________________________

38.What kind of computer do you have?_________________________________________________________________________________________

39.What kind of pictures do you take with your digital camera?_________________________________________________________________________________________

40.What operating system do you use?_________________________________________________________________________________________

41.What size is your computer screen? _____________________________________________________________________________________________

42.What software do you use the most often?_________________________________________________________________________________________

43.What's the URL? _____________________________________________________________________________________________

44.What's your e-mail address?_________________________________________________________________________________________

45.When did you first start using a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

46.Where do you use your computer? _____________________________________________________________________________________________

47.Which computer magazines do you read?_________________________________________________________________________________________

48.Which language do you use the most often?_________________________________________________________________________________________


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49.Which languages do you know?_________________________________________________________________________________________

50.Who taught you to use a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

51.Why did you buy your computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

52.Does your family have a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

53.How fast can you type?_________________________________________________________________________________________

54.Have you ever taken a course at school where you used a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

55.How do you study English with your computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

56.How does e-mail work?_________________________________________________________________________________________

57.What is the difference between software and hardware?_________________________________________________________________________________________

58.How many people in your family can use a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

59.How much did your first computer cost? How much did you last computer cost?_________________________________________________________________________________________

60.How much does it cost by buy a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

61.What's the least expensive?_________________________________________________________________________________________

62.What's the most expensive?_________________________________________________________________________________________

63.How much does your Internet service provider cost?_________________________________________________________________________________________

64. If you could buy a new computer, what would you like to buy?_________________________________________________________________________________________

65. If you had lots of money, what kind of computer system would you like to buy?_________________________________________________________________________________________

66.Which do you like better, a laptop computer or a desktop computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

67.What is your favorite website?_________________________________________________________________________________________

68.Do you ever visit English websites while web-surfing?_________________________________________________________________________________________

69.What is multimedia?_________________________________________________________________________________________

70.When did you first get a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

71.Do you remember the first time you used a computer or the Internet?_________________________________________________________________________________________

72.How long have there been personal computers in your country?_________________________________________________________________________________________

73.Can your parents operate a computer? / Can you children use a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________


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74.Do you think a computer can bring us happiness? Explain your opinion._________________________________________________________________________________________

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1. What is configuration of your PC?_________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What are some good things about having a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. What are some bad things about having a computer?_________________________________________________________________________________________

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4. Does having a computer make life more complicated or less complicated?5. How often do you perform a backup? What kind of backup method do you use? What kind of backup media

do you use?

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6. What are chat rooms and instant messaging? Why can these be dangerous for you and your kids?

Your QUESTIONS

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CONFLICT1. What is conflict?

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2. Is conflict always negative?_______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Can conflicts at work place affect the efficiency of one's work?_______________________________________________________________________________________

4. Can violent conflicts be solved with violence?_______________________________________________________________________________________

5. Does there have to be a winner and a loser of a conflict?_______________________________________________________________________________________

6. How can conflicts be resolved?_______________________________________________________________________________________

7. How can the world be peaceful when other countries are not trying to bring peace?_______________________________________________________________________________________

8. How do you deal with conflicts?_______________________________________________________________________________________

9. Is conflict inevitable?_______________________________________________________________________________________

10. What causes conflict?_______________________________________________________________________________________

11. What conflicts are going on around the world?_______________________________________________________________________________________

12. What conflicts exist in your life?_______________________________________________________________________________________

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13. What happens to people who are involved in conflicts?_______________________________________________________________________________________

14. What would you consider to be a constructive approach to conflict?_______________________________________________________________________________________


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YOUR QUESTIONS

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CRIME1. Are some parts of this city considered more dangerous than others? Which parts?

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2. Are there any places you are afraid to visit because of the high crime rate? If so, where?___________________________________________________________________________________

3. Are there problems with drugs where you live?___________________________________________________________________________________

4. Are you fearful about walking outside after dark?___________________________________________________________________________________

5. Do you always lock your house? How about your car?___________________________________________________________________________________

6. Do you know anyone who has been mugged?___________________________________________________________________________________

7. Do you know someone who has been a victim of a violent crime?___________________________________________________________________________________

8. Do you think abortion is a crime?___________________________________________________________________________________

9. Do you think corporal punishment is necessary?___________________________________________________________________________________

10. Do you think gun control is a good idea? Explain.___________________________________________________________________________________

11. Do you think people who use illegal drugs should be put in jail?___________________________________________________________________________________

12. Do you think police TV dramas are realistic?___________________________________________________________________________________

13. Do you think policeman should be allowed to

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