STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show to Student B)
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What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘conversation’? |
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People say conversation is an art. Do you think so? |
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What topics of conversation do you enjoy most? |
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Do you like listening to other people’s conversations? |
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Have you ever overheard a conversation you wish you hadn’t? |
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Who in life do you find it difficult to strike up a conversation with? |
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What common conversation starters do you use? |
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Will you ever run out of dreams? |
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Oscar Wilde said: "Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative." What does this mean? Do you agree with him? |
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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 to Student A)
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Are you good at small talk and making conversation? |
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When was the last time you had a really, really interesting conversation? |
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Do you like intelligent conversation? |
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What do you think of your English conversation classes and study books? |
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How do you feel when people interrupt you in the middle of an important conversation? |
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If you were a fly on the wall, which conversation in history would you like to listen to? |
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What do you do when you hear your name pop up in other people’s conversations? |
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Are you OK at everyday conversation in English? |
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Someone once said: "Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue." What does this mean? Do you agree? |
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Robert C. Gallagher said: "Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed." What does this mean? Do you agree? |
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