4.1 Why ask a question?

In order to formulate a good question, it's important that young people understand why they are asking it in the first place.

Some of the key reasons they might be asking a question are as follows:

• To learn something new 
• To talk about an issue they care about 
• To build a relationship with a politician

We find that questions in Dialogue sessions fall into two broad categories: 

• Policy and issue questions
• Relationship building questions

The best Dialogue sessions are ones that have a good mixture of questions from both categories.