MUSIC

1) DO YOU PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT? IF SO, WHICH ONE?

2) WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT? WHICH ONE?
3) DID YOU PLAY ANY AT SCHOOL?
4) CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A BAND YOU LIKE? A SONG YOU LIKE?
5) DO YOU THINK MUSIC IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE? WHY?
6) HOW OFTEN DO YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC?
7) WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LIKE? WHICH ONE DO YOU DISLIKE?
8) DO YOU ENJOY LIVE MUSIC? IS IT DIFFERENT FROM RECORDED MUSIC? HOW?
9) CAN YOU SING WELL?
10) WHERE DO YOU PREFER LISTENING TO MUSIC?

EXTREME WEATHER/NATURAL DISASTERS

1) DO YOU EVER HAVE EXTREME WEATHER OR NATURAL DISASTERS IN YOUR COUNTRY?

2) WHICH ONES DO YOU NEVER GET?
3) WERE YOU EVER CAUGHT IN ONE?
4) WHAT NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE WORLD CAN YOU REMEMBER?
5) WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF DIFFERENT DISASTERS?
6) HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY LESSEN THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTERS?
7) WOULD YOU EVER VOLUNTEER TO HELP AFTER A NATURAL DISASTER HIT? IF YES, WHAT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO DO? IF NO, WHY NOT?
8) WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW TORNADOES AROUND TO GET DATA,
VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHS?

IMAGINARY SITUATIONS IN THE PRESENT

1) IMAGINE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOME QUICKLY IN AN EMERGENCY, WHAT WOULD
YOU TAKE WITH YOU?
2) IF YOU WERE A FAMOUS PERSON FOR A DAY, WHO WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?
3) IF YOU WERE SUPERMAN FOR A DAY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
4) IF YOU COULD ASK A FAMOUS CELEBRITY OUT TO DINNER, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
5) IF YOU WERE AN ANIMAL FOR A DAY, WHICH WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

THE INTERNET/COMPUTER/VIDEO GAMES

1) DO YOU OFTEN USE THE INTERNET?

2) WHEN DID YOU FIRST USE THE INTERNET?
3) ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS A WEEK DO YOU USE IT?
4) HOW DO YOU ACCESS IT?
5) WHAT DO YOU USE IT FOR?
6) COULD WE LIVE WITHOUT IT? WHY?
7) WHAT CHANGED WHEN THE INTERNET APPEARED?
8) HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT OR SOLD ANYTHING ONLINE? HAVE YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS?
9) DO YOU USUALLY PLAY VIDEO GAMES ONLINE? WHO WITH?
FRIENDS

1) HAVE YOU GOT MANY FRIENDS?

2) WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING FEW FRIENDS?
3) HAVE YOU GOT A BEST FRIEND? TELL ME ABOUT HIM/HER
4) WHAT SHOULD A GOOD FRIEND BE LIKE?
5) DO YOU THINK YOU’RE A GOOD FRIEND?
6) DO YOU THINK IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO BORROW MONEY FROM A FRIEND?

COMMUNICATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

1) WHAT NEW WAYS OF COMMUNICATION DO WE HAVE IN THIS CENTURY?

2) WHAT WERE THE OLD ONES AND HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT TO THE ONES WE HAVE
NOW?
3) DO YOU THINK THESE NEW WAYS HAVE CHANGED THE WAY WE RELATE TO EACH OTHER?
HOW?
4) HOW COULD THESE WAYS BE IMPROVED?
5) WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS THESE MAY HAVE?

THE MEDIA

1) WHAT ARE THE HEADLINES IN TODAY’S NEWSPAPER?

2) DO YOU USUALLY FIND OUT THE NEWS FROM THE PRESS OR SOCIAL MEDIA?
3) DO YOU EVER READ AN ONLINE NEWSPAPER?
4) IF YOU WANT A NEWS UPDATE, DO YOU CHOOSE TV, RADIO OR THE INTERNET?
5) DO YOU THINK THE NEWSPAPERS WILL DISAPPEAR IN THE FUTURE? WHY?

SPECULATIONS

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