ESL conversation lesson on language



LANGUAGE DISCUSSION

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

|1) |What do you think about language? |

|2) |How do you think language first started? |

|3) |How much of a barrier do you think language is? |

|4) |How is our language different from animal language? |

|5) |Do you think that one day there will be just one language in the world? Would the world be a better place? |

|6) |Have you ever had a language exchange? |

|7) |Does language make the personalities of each nationality different? |

|8) |Do you think body language is universal? |

|9) |Would you like to learn sign language? |

|10) |What languages do you like or dislike the sound of? |

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LANGUAGE DISCUSSION

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

|1) |What are your feelings towards your own language? |

|2) |How would you compare your own language with English? |

|3) |How do you think the world would be different if there was only one language? |

|4) |What are the good and bad things about your language? |

|5) |Is there a lot of bad / foul language in your mother tongue? |

|6) |Why do you think there are so many different languages in the world? |

|7) |What do you think of languages that are dying? Do you think they should be preserved? |

|8) |What three languages would you really like to speak, and why? |

|9) |What is the most confusing language in the world? |

|10) |Do you think English should become an official language in your country? |

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