English Faculty Speaking Topics for A1 Topic 1: Talk about you and your family What is your name? Can you spell it? What are your interests outside work/study? How many people are there in your family? What are their jobs? Where are your parents from? What you usually say and when you meet a new friend? o Answer: Hi My name is Dung D-U-N-G My hobbies are going shopping, cooking with my mother There are members in my family: father, mother, older sister, older brother and me My father is an engineer My mother teaches Literature in a school My older sister is a policeman; my older brother is a businessman And me, I’m a student My parents come from Hai Phong city When I meet a new friend, I often say Hi to them, take them home and cook a big meal to greet them Topic 2: You meet a new business contact in a hotel where a business conference is being held Answer his questions: Where are you from? What’s the reason for your visit? What is the weather like in your country? Where are you staying? What’s your hotel like? o Answer: I come from Vietnam I come here to attend the business conference and enjoy the autumn here In my country, it’s cool and dry in this season ©Copyright 789PHOTOCOPY English Faculty I’m staying in a hotel near the conference It’s very nice with helpful staffs and modern facilities Topic 4: Talk about your work What is your job? When are the busy times for you? When are the quiet times for you? What you want from work/study? What you like best about your job/study? o Answer: I’m an accountant now For me, there are many busy times One of them is the time of auditing, I’m very bust and I have to stay up late by 2-3 a.m My quiet time is in the summer after the auditing season From work, I am developing my skill and getting more years of experience I like the job so much, especially the income it gives to me Thank to this job, I can work very hard and earn much money Topic 5: Talk about your day What time you get up in the morning? Where and when you have breakfast? What you usually in the morning? What you usually in the afternoon? What you usually in the evening? o Answer: Every day, I get up at 6.30 am After that, I have breakfast with my parents in the kitchen In the morning, I often go to the university and attend courses In the afternoon, my classmates and I often go shopping or ©Copyright 789PHOTOCOPY English Faculty go coffee Evening is the time for night clubs around West Lake or I just stay at home and listen to music on the Internet Topic 6: Talk about your leisure activities When you usually have leisure time? What you like doing to relax? What you usually at the weekend? How often you play sports? How often you read books? o Answer: I usually have leisure time in my free time at night To relax, I often watch TV or surf the Internet to get news At the weekend, I go to the shopping malls with friends I rarely play sports because I’m pretty lazy I read books once a week Topic 7: Problems with your work/study What is your biggest problem in learning English? What you need to to learn English better? How can your friends help you learn English? What are other problems you have with your work/study? What you need to to solve them? o Answer: In learning English, my biggest problem is speaking To learn English better, I think that I should practice more regularly Sometimes, my friends and I type the messages in English to improve English source While learning, I think that learning new words also is a big problem To solve it, I have to work harder to remember new words Topic 8: Travel ©Copyright 789PHOTOCOPY English Faculty 1 How often you travel? Where you like to go? What means of transport you like most? Why? What means of transport you hate most? Why? What is important to you when you travel? o Answer: I go travelling twice a year I like going travel in Vietnam I like travelling by train most because it helps me to see the beauty of the land easily I hate travelling by bus because I suffer from car sick and vomit the whole time When I travel, I think the travel-mates are very important because if we are in good relation, the trip will get perfect and vice versa ©Copyright 789PHOTOCOPY ... When are the busy times for you? When are the quiet times for you? What you want from work/study? What you like best about your job/study? o Answer: I’m an accountant now For me, there are many... and I often go shopping or ©Copyright 789PHOTOCOPY English Faculty go coffee Evening is the time for night clubs around West Lake or I just stay at home and listen to music on the Internet Topic... work/study? What you need to to solve them? o Answer: In learning English, my biggest problem is speaking To learn English better, I think that I should practice more regularly Sometimes, my friends