Speaking Test 1 (1,2,3,9,10,11,15,16,17,20) I Part 1 Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about your job 1 What’s your job? 2 What do you like about your job? What don’t you like about your job? 3 Would.
Speaking Test (1,2,3,9,10,11,15,16,17,20) I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about your job What’s your job? What you like about your job? What don’t you like about your job? Would you like to change your job? Why? Why not? Let’s talk about your pets Do you have any pets? What are some advantages of having pets? What are some disadvantages of having pets? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Your cousin is the best student of the class this year His parents are thinking about a present, there are three options: a laptop; a holiday or some money Which option would you suggest him? III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: Online learning is beneficial to students - Flexible - Affordable - Convenient - Your own ideas Follow up questions: Who may benefit from e-learning the most? What are disadvantages of e-learning compared to traditional learning? Do you think online learning will be more popular? Why/why not? Speaking Test I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about travel Have you ever been abroad? If yes, Which countries have you been to? Do you enjoy travelling? Why? Why not? What is the best way to travel? Let’s talk about Television Do you often watch TV? Why? Why not? What you often watch on TV? Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: A company is considering advertising a chain of cafeterias There are ways of advertising: TV/ Internet/ Brochure (tờ rơi in màu đẹp) What you think is the best choice? III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: Internet is a good source to collect information - Easy access - Rich information - Low cost - Your own ideas Follow up questions: In your country what the young people use the Internet for? Should teachers use the Internet in their teaching? Why? Should parents let their children use the Internet? Why? Speaking Test I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about hometown Where is your hometown? Do you like living in your hometown? If you could change one thing in your hometown? What would it be? Let’s talk about fashion Do you like fashion? Why? Why not What you often wear when you go out with your friends? Have you ever worn clothes that you don’t like? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Suggest a place for a foreign friend to visit when he comes to Vietnam, Where would you suggest? Hanoi, Danang or Dalat? III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: A healthy breakfast is the best meal for your health - Healthy body - Good work/ study concentration - Disease prevention - Your own ideas Follow up questions: What people in your country often have for breakfast? What are some problems of people’s skipping breakfast? What is the balanced diet? Speaking Test I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about learning English Did you learn English at secondary school? What you think about how English is taught at school now? In what ways has children’s English much improved nowadays? Let’s talk about free time activities Where you usually go when you have spare time? Are there many interesting places where you live for people to go at weekends? In what way is café a great place for people to enjoy their free time? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Your friend is going abroad next month What present are you going to give him? (copy of a book he likes/ an album/ a handmade accessory)? III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: There is too much pressure on school students these days - Parents’ expectations - Peer competition - Heavy workload - Your own ideas Follow up questions: Do you have to stand under much pressure? What have you done to cope with pressure? How is students’pressure different compared to the past? Speaking Test 10 I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about sports Do you prefer indoor or outdoor sports? Why? Which sports you like best? Why? Do you know why people like to play sports? Let’s talk about your habits What is your typical day like? Do you have any habits that annoy other people? What you usually when you are upset? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Your family is making a plan for this weekend There are THREE options for you to choose: - Going to the cinema - Having meal in a restaurant - Going to the beach Which plan you think is the best choice for your family? III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: Online shopping is a convenient way for people to buy things - Time saving - Always available - Competitive price - Your own ideas Follow up questions: Have you ever bought something online? Which? Do you think that online shopping will be more popular in the future? Why?/ Why not? Are there any disadvantages of online shopping? Speaking Test 11 I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about ways of relaxing What you to relax? Where you want to go to relax? Do you like relaxing on your own or with other people? Let’s talk about rooms at home Which is the most important room in your house? What makes it important? What you like doing in the room? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Your company is going to have a new product and wants to advertise it What is the best option: make a phone call, send emails or leaflets (tờ rơi) III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: Being famous has several disadvantages - Loss of privacy - Pressure to perform - People’s expectations - Your own ideas Which qualities should a famous person have? Why does the young generation copy them? If you had a chance to become famous, who would you like to become? Speaking Test 15 I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about friends Could you tell me about your best friend? What is important about a friend for you? What kind of people you like to spend time together with? Let’s talk about food What you usually have for breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? How healthy is your diet? Where you like to eat? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: You are giving a short talk on language learning You will decide which activity is the best way to learn a new language There are THREE options for you to choose: Join a class/ Self-study/ Talk to native speakers III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: There are some solutions to transport problems - Widening roads - Using public means of transport - Flexible working hours (stagger working hours) - Your own ideas What forms of transport you use? Do you think transport problems are worse in urban or rural areas? Has the way people travel changed much in the last few decades? SPEAKING TEST 16 I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about collections Did you collect anything when you were a child? What Vietnamese people collect? What will you collect if you have money? antiques Let’s talk about dancing Do you like dancing? Why people like dancing? Where can people learn how to dance in your country? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Your father is going to retire next week You are thinking of buying him a present: a bottle of champagne, a puppy, a tie Which one you think is the best present for him? III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Waking up early has a lot of benefits - Keep a healthy diet - Feel fresher - Increase work productivity - Your own ideas What are some disadvantages of getting up late? What are some ways to encourage people to get up early? Why some people go to bed late? SPEAKING TEST 17 I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about Fashion Do you like casual or formal clothes? How you dress to work? What’s your favourite clothing item in winter? Let’s talk about Personality Are you a family person? What you think are qualities of a good wife? Do you think your personality will change when you are older? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: You work is 10 kilometers away from home You are considering means of transport to work every day: taxi, motorbike, bus III Part 3: Topic development (5’) Working from home has a lot of benefits - Save time - Increase productivity - Reduce working stress - Your own idea Further discussion: What you think are the drawbacks of working from home? Has the number of people working from home increased? What are the reasons? What should be the most important factor to make working from home effective? SPEAKING TEST 20 I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about writing blogs Have you ever written online blogs? What topic you often write about? What are benefits of writing blogs? Let’s talk about angers How often you get angry? What you often when you are angry? What you to control your anger? II Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: You want to buy some clothes: a shop, an open air market, or an online store? What you think is the best choice? III Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: Private cars should be banned in big cities pollute the environment cause traffic jams private cars your own idea waste money What are the benefits of banning private cars in big cities? Do you thinking banning private cars is an effective way to reduce traffic jams in big cities? What should the government to deal with the problem of traffic jams in big cities? Speaking Test 21 Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about your exercise How often you exercise? Would you prefer to exercise alone or with other people? How important is it to exercise? Let’s talk about favourite beach 1.What is your favourite beach in Vietnam? How often you go there? What you often when you are there? Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Your volunteer group is organizing a trip to help children in remote areas There are options to choose: Book, Money, Clothes Which you think is the most suitable? Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: Higher education should be free for everyone Equal chance for everyone A safer world Higher education your own idea Solution to unemployment Do you think higher education should be free in Viet Nam? University is not the only way to be successful? Do you agree or disagree? What you think is the best university in Vietnam? Why? Speaking Test 22 Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about body language use Do you often use body language in communication? In what situations you use body language? What are benefits of using body language? Let’s talk about weather What is the weather like in your area at this time of year? Which season you like best? Why? Do you prefer to live in cold region or hot region? Why? Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Your close friend is going to study abroad There are presents to choose: - A backpack - A book - A beauty product Which present you think is the most suitable? Part 3: Topic Development (5’) There are qualities to make good teachers Broad knowledge Love to teaching good teachers your own idea Good teaching methods Do you think that computers will replace teachers in the future? Why? Why not? Do you think that students can learn more from TV and Internet than from the teachers? What makes a teacher become a good teacher? Speaking Test 23 Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Talk about relationship with parents Are you closer with your Mom or Dad? Why? What you and your Mom/ Dad together? Do you want to live with your parents when you are married? Talk about your favourite music website Do you often listen to online music? Why? What’s your favourite music website? Can you describe it? What makes it your favorite? Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: You need money for charity There are some options to choose to get money from: companies/ schools/ individuals What you choose? Part 3: Topic Development Having a healthy diet is good for your health keep fit prevent diseases a healthy diet your own idea refresh your mind What makes a balanced diet? What have you done to raise your awareness of healthy diet? Is diet or exercise more important? Speaking Test 24 Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Talk about cinema 1.How often you go to the cinema? 2.Would you prefer to watch films at home or at the cinema? How important is it of going to the cinema/ What are benefits of going to the cinema? Talk about staying healthy What you to live healthily? Do you think eating healthily or doing the exercise is important? Why? Can you suggest some ways to stay healthy? Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: A friend from Nha Trang city wants to visit HN this weekend There are places: HCM mausoleum, Hoan Kiem lake; Ha noi museum Which is your best choice? Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: Students are encouraged to go to art galleries relax learn Art galleries your own idea communicate with others How important are art galleries in education? What have you done to encourage people to visit art galleries ? Are art galleries popular in the future? Speaking Test 25 Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Talk about sport activities What sports you play to keep fit? Do you like watching or playing sports/ Why? Which sport is the most popular in your country? Talk about where you live Tell me about where you live? What you like most about where you live? Do you live there for a long? Why? Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: Your family is discussing how your 7th grade nephew spends summer holiday There are some options for him to choose: joining a summer camp/ doing a military training/ staying with grandparents in the country side Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: After school activities are beneficial for students communication skills sense of commitment After school activities your own idea time management Are common extra- curriculum activities for students compulsory? Should extra- curriculum activities be compulsory? Why? What have you done to encourage students to participate in extracurriculum activities? ... solutions to transport problems - Widening roads - Using public means of transport - Flexible working hours (stagger working hours) - Your own ideas What forms of transport you use? Do you think transport.. .Speaking Test I Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about travel Have you ever been abroad? If yes, Which countries have you been to? Do you enjoy travelling? Why? Why... Are common extra- curriculum activities for students compulsory? Should extra- curriculum activities be compulsory? Why? What have you done to encourage students to participate in extracurriculum