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ACADEMIC LISTENING TEST PRACTICE
TAIWAN
For Students Preparing for Academic Tests / IELTS and TOEFL
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Discuss these questions with a friend or classmate.
1. What information from the lecture did you find the most interesting? Why?
2. What do you think might have contributed most to Taiwan's economic success? Why? 
3. What are the advantages of living on an island? What are the disadvantages?
4. Would you like to visit Taiwan? Why? / Why not?  
5. What other interesting information do you know about Taiwan?

​6. What three questions would you like to ask a person who lives in Taiwan?
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Note: For more cool ESL resources about Taiwan, visit my All Things Topics site.
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