SPEAKING TOPICS YOURSELF What is your full name? Does your name have any special meaning? Is your name important to you? Have you ever changed your name? why? Why so many people change their names? FAMILY Describe your family/ can you tell me about your family? How many brothers and sisters you have? What they like doing in their free time? What your parents do? How much time you spend with your family? What you like to together as a family? Do you get along well with your family? Which of your parents you most resemble/ take after? Why would you say that? When was the last time you met your extended family? What was the occasion? 10 Are people in your country generally close to their family? EDUCATION What kind of school did you go to as a child? Did you go to a co-educational school? What was your favorite subject as a child? Who was your favorite teacher? What is the educational system like in your country? Do you think your country has an effective educational system? STUDY What are you studying? What is your major? Why did you choose that subject? What you find most interesting about your course? What is your favorite subject? What you dislike about your study? What you hope to after your graduation? What are your ambitions for the future? Do you hope to gain any qualifications? 10 What are the advantages of studying instead of working? 5 WORK What you do? Can you describe your job for me? What are your responsibilities? How long have you been doing it? Describe the company or organization you work for How many people does your company employs at present? Can you have sometime off whenever you want? If they offer you a well-paid job, will you take it? Why don’t you apply for another job? Can you tell me about your boss? Have you ever had any serious problems at work? Do you enjoy your work? What’s your daily routine on a working day? What things you enjoy about your work? What you dislike about your job? Do you want to change your current job? If you could change your job or profession, what would you do? Describe the process of getting a job in your country HOMETOWN Can you describe your hometown or village? Tell me something about your hometown What’s special about it? Is it easy to travel around your hometown? What you like about your hometown? What jobs people in your town do? What are the main industries in your hometown? How has your town changed over the last 20 years? What are the advantages of living in your town? 10 What are some environmental problems faced by your hometown? 11 Do you think it is better to live in the center of town or outside in the country? 12 How often you go back to your hometown? WEATHER What’s the weather like in your country? Does the weather affect your mood? How rainy days make you feel? What’s your favorite seasons of the year? What you like to when it’s hot? What you usually in the winter? How many seasons does your country have? HOUSE Describe your house What kind of building you live in? How long have you been lived there? FRIENDS 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 Do you have many friends? How long have you known each other? What you usually together? What you like the most about your close friend? How often you see each other? 10.WEDDING Have you ever been to a wedding? Whose wedding was it? Where was it held? What clothes did people wear? What sort of gifts did people buy for the couple? What kind of clothes did the bride and groom wear? 11.TRAVEL Do you like to travel? Which kind of places have you visited in your country? Which place would you really like to visit? Have you visited many foreign countries? What was your favorite one? Would you like to live abroad? Why and why not? What things would you recommend a foreign tourist to in your country? Have you ever had any problems while you were travelling? 12.COMPUTERS Do you think computers help society? Do you think computers are bad for health? How you think computers have changed the world? 13.INTERNET Do you use the Internet much during the day? What you usually on the Internet? What are some advantages of the Internet? What are some disadvantages? Do people in your country use Internet a lot? Do you any shopping on the Internet? 14.EMAIL Do you send and receive email regularly? Who you usually communicate with? How often you check your email? Do you think writing email has strengthened or weakened people’s writing skills? What are some disadvantages of email? 15.SMOKING What you feel about smoking in public places? 2 Do you think smoking should be banned in people’s homes? 16.HOBBIES Do you have any hobbies? What are your hobbies? What are some advantages of having hobbies? How much time you spend on your hobby? Are there any new leisure activities you would like to take up? Do you prefer to stay at home or to go out in the evenings? How you often spend your days off? 17.MARRIAGE What is the attitude toward marriage in your country? Do most young people plan on getting married in your country? What are some of the advantages of marriage? What are some of the disadvantages of marriage? Is the divorce rate high in your country? Do you think people should be allowed to get divorced? 18.FREE TIME What you enjoy doing in your free time? How much time you have each week for doing these things? How has the way people spend their free time changed over the years? What you when you have a holiday? Are holidays important to you? 19.FILMS 1, Do you enjoy watching movies? What’s your favorite films? Who are your favorite actors? How often you watch films? 20.PLACES Describe a place you like to go Why is this place special to you? When did you first visit this place? Where is this place located? What language is spoken there? Do you speak this language? 21.TRANSPORT What is the public transport like in your country? How you think it could be improved? Do you think pp should use public transport more? 22.SHOPPING How much time you spend shoppind every week? Do you enjoy going shopping? Do you like shopping on the Internet? Which is the most popular place to shop and why you like it? What problems are there with shopping in your area? 23.NEIGHBORHOOD What is there to in the area where you live? What you like in the area where you live? How you think it could be improved? 24.READING Do you enjoy reading? Why? What sort of things you read? Tell me something about your favorite book Where you like to read? What are the advantages of reading instead of watching TV? 25.SPORTS Do you like sport? Do you enjoy participating in any sports? How often you participate in sports? What equipment you need for your sp? What sports are most popular in your country? What sports or games did you play as a child? 26.GAMES Do you enjoy playing games? Do you think adults should play games? What children learn from games? What kind of game did you play when u were a child? What games are popular in your country these days? Do you think mental games like chess are good for you?