Wednesday, July 11, 2012

ESL Discussion Questions about Supermarkets

What are supermarkets?
How many supermarkets are in Wuxi?
Are there enough supermarkets in Wuxi?
Are supermarkets new to Wuxi? Were there many supermarkets in Wuxi ten years ago? Twenty years ago? Does any student know when the first supermarket came to Wuxi?
Why are there so many more supermarkets in Wuxi?
What are the names of the supermarkets in Wuxi?
Which supermarket chain do you prefer? Why?
Do you live near a supermarket?
How often do you go to a supermarket? Which one do you go to?
What do you buy at a supermarket?
Have you bought a computer at a supermarket? T.V.? Clothes? Mobile Phone? Appliance? E-Bike? Scooter? If not there, where did you buy them? Why?
Do you like shopping in supermarkets? Do you have a good shopping experience? Do you get good service? What don't you like about shopping in supermarkets?
Would you like to live in a world where there are no supermarkets but many small shops specializing in the products you want? (And all these small shops are near your home.) Many local areas have banned big stores because they say they destroy the small shops. Would you support these kinds of laws in Wuxi or in your local area?
How to make Supermarkets better?

Teach the students about department stores. A big store located in the center of the city. e.g. Ba Bai Ban. Tell the students how these stores have become obselete, and now shoppers instead go to suburban shopping malls or plazas with lots of parking. Will this happen in Wuxi? Can a store like Ba Bai Ban survive?

Do the students like going to Malls and shopping walk streets? Why? Why not?


Teach the students about big box stores. (home products, computers, t.v., etc.)
Are these such places in Wuxi? What are their names?

What effect will Internet shopping have on supermarkets, shopping malls, shopping plaza, small shops?



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