SPEAKING TEST FOR B2 (TEACHER'S QUESTIONS) (Dành cho giáo viên) Time: About 12 minutes for each candidate 1. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - Which colors do you like to wear? Why? - Do you send letters or e-mails? Why? - Is there anything else regarding the use of computers you would need to learn? Cue Card Describe a character of your personality. Please say - Is it good or bad? - When can your character be useful? - How did you acquire it? Discussion - Do you think men are different from women in character? - Do you think a person can change his character? - Can it be that people won’t accept you because of your character? 2. Interview - What is your name? - What do you do? - What is the hardest part of your job? - Would you recommend this job to others? - Do you like to take pictures? - What was the last picture you took? - Do you think nowadays people take too many pictures? - Is there a special family portrait that you like a lot? Cue Card Describe a subject taught in your school? Please say - Who teaches it? - How is it taught? - What do you learn from the class? Discussion - Is there any difference between the traditional and modern educational systems? - What are the pros and cons of the current educational system in your country? - Do you think it is necessary to give comment or criticism to teachers? 3. Interview - Can you tell me your full name? - How do you spend your weekends? - Where did you go on a holiday? - Do you want to go to that place again? - How often do you use computers? - In what way do you think computers have improved work efficiency? Cue Card Talk about things that can make you a bit angry. Please say - What are they? - When and where are they happening, usually? - Why do they make you angry? Discussion 1 - When you think about it, do you still feel angry? - Is it good to express emotions? - What are the disadvantages of hiding emotions? 4. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - What do you like about your job? - What is the hardest part of your job? - Would you recommend this job to others? - Do you know your neighbors? - Did your neighbors help you in any way? - Would you prefer to have young or old people as neighbors? Cue Card Describe a shop that impressed you. Please say. - Where is the shop? - How did you learn about it? - What do they sell? - Why were you impressed so much? Discussion - What things do people buy for special occasions? - Are men or women better at shopping for special occasions? - Do you think that advertisements can make people buy things they do not need? - Is there a difference between how young and old people shop? 5. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - Do you like reading books? - What kind of books do you like to read? - Do you use a mobile phone often? - Do you call or send text messages? - What problems did you encounter using mobile phones? - Do you think that in the future we will use mobile phones more? Cue Card Describe something that you learned about another culture. You should say - What did you learn? - What is the new culture? - How did you find out about it? Discussion - Is it easier to learn a language if you know about the culture? - Does visiting a different country make learning a language easier? - Does visiting another country help you learn your own culture better? 6. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - Do you live in a city, a town or a village? - Is it a nice place to live? - Is it good for young people? - Do you use the Internet? - Does everyone in your family use the Internet? Cue Card Talk about a program you watched on TV and learned something from. Please say: 2 - When and where did you watch it? - What was it about? - Why did you watch it? - What did you learn from the program? Discussion - Do you watch TV often? - Are there programs you can learn something from? - How does a person become famous? - What about the people who participate in reality shows? How do they become famous? 7. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - Do you like your job? Why? - How did you prepare for this job? - Is it important to know foreign languages? - How many languages do you speak? - What other language would you like to learn? Cue Card Talk about a wedding that you have recently attended. Please say - Who got married? - Where did they get married? - How did you feel about this event? Discussion - Give examples of women’s role and responsibilities in different societies. - Do you think responsibilities are shared equally between husband and wife? 8. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - Who do you spend your spare time with? - What do you usually do? - Do you prefer to spend it with friends or family? - What do young people in your country do in their spare time? - Do men have more spare time than women? Cue Card Describe a job that would suit you the most. Please say - How did you come to know about this job? - Who can work in this field? - Why is this job useful? Discussion - Factories create a lot of jobs but they also create a lot of pollution. How do we do to protect the environment? - Is it possible to protect the environment completely from pollution? 9. Interview - What holiday destination do you wish to visit? - Why would you choose to go there? - Have you already been there? - Would you go there again and why? Cue Card Talk about a very good student friend that you had during school. Please say: 3 - Who this friend was, - Why he/she was your good friend, - What did you do together? Discussion - Are academic studies important? - Can a person with high school education excel in life or do they need university education? - Do you think a person who is famous is well liked? Why? 10. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - Did you grow up in a village or a city? - What are the advantages for young people in your village? - What do you usually do with friends? - Do you prefer to go out with your family or friends? Cue Card Describe an outdoor activity that you enjoy. Please say - What activity is it? - Where and when do you do it? - Whom do you prefer to do it with? Discussion - When was the last time you did an outdoor activity? - Do you think computer games are good? - What are the drawbacks of computer games? - How can parents prevent children from these kinds of games? - Do you think schools can do anything about this issue? - What about governments and the media, can they help? 11. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - Did you grow up in a village or a city? - What leisure activities did you have in your village/city? - Do you think your village/city is a good place to live? - What are the advantages for young people in your village/city? Cue Card Describe an important historic place in your country. Please say - What is the place? - Where is it located? - Why do you think it is important? Discussion - What do you think of the historic place in the future? - Will the government increase or decrease the safety guard? - What are the changes to the local people and economy? - What is the impact on the historic place by tourists? 12. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - What do you like about your apartment? - If there was one thing to improve in your apartment, what would that be? - Which school did you go to? - How did you commute between your home and school? 4 - When did you first use the Internet? - Do you think computers are necessary in the future life? Cue Card Talk about a place of natural beauty that you would like to visit. Please say - What and where is it? - How can you get there? - Where did you hear about it? - Why do you like it? Discussion - Is tourism damaging places of natural beauty? - How can natural beauty be brought to the city areas? - Should the exploitation of natural resources be stopped? - Does getting close to nature help to be happy? 13. Interview - What is your name? - Tell me about your town. - Why do you like the place where you live now? - Is it a good place to raise children? - When did you first use the Internet? Cue Card Talk about your favorite restaurant. Please say - Where is it? - What type of food is served there? - Why do you like this place? Discussion - Why do people eat out? - Is it healthy to eat out? - Is it a status issue to eat out? - What is your opinion about people with healthy eating habits? 14. Interview - What is your name? - Where do you live? - Do you live in a town, a city or a village? - Do you like your city? Why? - Do you think your home town is good for young people? - While on holidays, with whom do you prefer spending time: your friends or family? - Would you go back to the same place where you spent your last holiday? - What is the importance of email? - How often do you send emails? - Do you keep your emails after reading them? - Do you think you will continue sending emails in the future? Cue Card Talk about a positive change in your life. Please say - What was the change? - When did it happen? - Why do you think it was positive? Discussion - Do people need changes in their life? - How do changes affect people socially? 15. Interview 5 - Where do you come from? - What do you like about your town? - Do you think there are many opportunities for young generation in your town? - Do you send letters or e-mails? - How do you cope with letters? - Do you use computer or paper to write them? - Do you find it difficult to write a letter? Cue Card Talk about your closest friend. Please say - When did you meet at first? - What do you do together? - Why is this person important to you? Discussion - Have you seen your friend recently? - Why do people lose friends? - Why is it important to people to have friends? - If the trust between friends is lost, can people fix this situation? - How can parents and children stay friends? 16. Interview - What is your full name? - Where are you from? - What is your hometown like? - Will you prefer to go back to your country at older age? - What season do you prefer? - Do you like cold or hot weather? Cue Card Talk about a product you have purchased recently that you are not satisfied with. Please say - What was it? - What did you buy it for? - What is wrong with it? Discussion - Do you shop online? - Do you think people prefer shopping online or in real shops? - What items do people prefer to buy online? Why? - What are the effects of online shopping on the society or local communities? - What is the difference in prices of items online and in shops? - Is cost an important factor in buying things online? 17. Interview - What room in your home do you prefer? - What would you change in your home? - What do you usually do with friends? - How often do you see them? - Do you prefer to go out with your family or with friends? Cue Card Describe a journey that you remember the most. Please say - When was it? - Who was there with you? - Why do you remember it the most? Discussion - Why do people take long distance travels? - What is the impact of tourism on local communities? - Do you use public transport? 6 - How could it be improved? - How do you imagine public transport will change in the future? 18. Interview - What is your home town? - What was it like in the past to live in your home town? - How did the situation improve now? - What do you think about dieting? - What do you think about healthy food as opposed to fast food? - Is there a difference between healthy foods in the past and now? Cue Card Talk about your leisure time. Please say - Where do you spend it? - Whom do you spend it with? - Do you enjoy spending it this way? Discussion - Are young and older generations using their leisure time differently? - How will people use their leisure time in the next 10 years? 19. Interview - Do you come from a big city or a small town? - Tell me about your home city. - How close is the relationship between people in your community? - Do you think your community is safe for bringing up children? Why? Cue Card Talk about your best friend. Please say - Who is your best friend? - How did you meet him/her? - Do you see him/her often these days? - Why is he/she your best friend? - Please describe his/her personality. Discussion - Is friendship important to you? - Is friendship a problem at workplace? Why? - Why do some friends break up? - What is more important: friends or family? Why? - Do you have a friendly relationship with your kids? 20. Interview - What’s your name? - What does your name mean? - Where do you work? - What do you like about your job? - Do you like to take pictures? - What was the last picture you took? - Do you think nowadays people take too many pictures? - Is there a special family portrait that you like a lot? Cue Card Talk about a city that you have visited. Please say - What city is it? - Where did you go in the city? - What did you see? - Explain why you have chosen to visit this city. Discussion 7 - What is the relationship between tourism and economy? - Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of traveling abroad. 8 . you think computer games are good? - What are the drawbacks of computer games? - How can parents prevent children from these kinds of games? - Do you think schools can do anything about this. that would suit you the most. Please say - How did you come to know about this job? - Who can work in this field? - Why is this job useful? Discussion - Factories create a lot of jobs but they also. much? Discussion - What things do people buy for special occasions? - Are men or women better at shopping for special occasions? - Do you think that advertisements can make people buy things they do not