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Part 1: Friendship - How people (In your country) meet others and make friends? - Do you think it's easy for people to make friends at work? - Is it important for people to have good relationships with colleagues at their workplace? (Why?) - Would you say the students (at your school/ University) have a good relationship with each other? - How would you describe a "good relationship"? - Do you ever help a friend by giving advice? Handwriting - Do you often write things?/ Do you write everyday? - What you usually write? - How often you send emails? - What are your main reasons for using emails? - Do you like to send emails? - Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer (typewriter or word-processor)? - Nowadays, how most people write things? - Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting? - When children begin to write in your country? - How did you learn to write? - Do you think handwriting is very important (nowadays)? - How can children today improve (or, practice) their handwriting? - What impression does a person's handwriting have on other people? Names - Who gave you your name? - Does your name have any particular (or, special) meaning? - Do you like your name? - In your country, people feel that their name is very important? - Would you like to change your name? - Is it easy to change your name in your country? - Who usually names babies in your country? - Do you have any special traditions about naming children? - What names are most common in your hometown? Letters or emails - Do you write many letters or emails? - Who you usually write to? - Do you prefer to write letters by hand or to use a computer? - How often you write an email or a letter? - Is it hard to think of what to write? - What kind(s) of letter/email you think is (are) the hardest to write? - How you feel when you receive a letter or email? - What sorts of letters or emails are the most difficult to reply to? - What kinds of emails (or letters) you receive that make you feel excited? - Which you prefer, to make a phone call or write an email? - Do you think people will still write letters in the future? - How you communicate face to face? Trees - Do you like trees? - Are there any important trees in your country? - Is there a forest near your hometown? - Would you like to live in a place that has lots of trees? - Where can one find trees (or forests) in your country? - Do you think places with trees attract more visitors than places with few trees? - Did you ever (like to) climb trees when you were a child? - Have you ever planted a tree? - Do you think more people should plant trees? - Do you think trees are important? - What would you say are the benefits of having trees? - Do you think we need to protect trees? Sleeping - How many hours you sleep everyday? - Is it necessary to take a nap everyday? - Do old people sleep a lot? why? - How to have a good sleep? - Do you have a good sleep? - Do you like to get up early in the morning? - Can you sleep well if you are in a noisy environment? Sky - Do you like to watch the sky? - What is the sky like at night in your hometown? - Do you like to watch stars? - Have you ever taken a course about stars? - Is it important to study stars? - What's your favorite star? Clothes - What clothes you usually like to wear? - Do/did you wear the same clothes at school and at home? - Will you change your clothes when you go home today? - Did you have any special clothes to wear when you were a child? - Did you like them? Hobbies - Have you got a hobby? If so, what is it? - Is it an expensive hobby in your country? - What teenagers like doing in your country? - What hobbies are usually expensive in your country? - What you like about your hobby? - How much time you spend on your hobby? - Is your hobby a common hobby in your country? - Are there any new hobbies that you would like to take up? Reading/Books - Do you like reading books? why or why not? - What (kinds of) books you like to read? - Did you read much when you were a child? - What (kinds of) books did you like reading when you were a child? - Do (young) children like reading books? - For children, what you think are the benefits of reading? - What you think are the benefits of reading to children? Plans and goals - Please summarize your plans for the near future - When you plan to start that? - How you intend to achieve that? - When you go abroad, you plan to live in the countryside or a big city? (Why) - Do you go abroad, you plan to join any clubs? Visitors to your home - Do you like visitors coming to your home? - How often you have visitors to your home? - When someone visits you, How you usually show hospitality? - What kinds of manners you expect your home visitors to have? - Do you bring gifts when you visit others? - Do you like to visit other people? Time management - Are you good at organizing time? - How you usually organize time? - Do you think planning is important for time management? - Why you think some people pay to learn time management? - Do you think children should learn to manage time? - Why some people find it hard to follow their plans? - How would you teach your children time management? - Do old people and young people manage time in a similar way? Schools - How old were you when you started school? - Where did you go to school? - How did you get to school each day? - Tell me something about the school/ Can you describe it? - Did you enjoy it? (Why/Why not?) - What were some of the most popular activities at primary school? - Have you ever returned to see your old school again? - Are you still in contact with any of the friends you had in primary school? - What subjects did you study in secondary school? - What was the favorite subject in secondary school? - And which subject did you like least? why? - Which secondary school subject you think is most useful for people in adult life? - What part of your secondary school education did you enjoy most? - How you feel about your high school? - Why did you choose to attend the particular school? - Which class did you enjoy the most? why? Traveling - Do you like traveling? - In which season you prefer to travel? - Would you say your country welcome travelers or tourists? - Would you say your country is a good place for traveler or tourist to visit? Leisure time/ relax - What you in your spare time? - How you usually spend your evenings? - What you usually after work/classes? - Do you prefer to stay at home in the evenings or you prefer to go out? - Do you think modern lifestyles give people enough time for leisure? - Do you think people today have more time to relax than in the past? - Do you think it's important for people to have leisure time? - Do old people and young people spend their leisure time in the same way? - What you think are the good points and the possible bad points about having leisure time? - How people in your country spend their holidays? - Do you like to travel in your holidays? - If you had a child, what leisure places would you go to with your child? Camping - Have you ever been camping before? - If you could pick a camping place, where would it be? - Is camping popular in Vietnam? - Would you like to try camping in the future? - What kinds of problems would you have while camping? - What kinds of preparations people need to for camping? - Should parents bring their young children for camping? Collection - Do you like to collect anything? - How much time you spend on your collection? - Would you keep your collection in the future? - Why people keep old things? - What kinds of things Vietnamese people like to collect? Part 2: Describe a piece of good news you heard from TV or the Internet You should say: - What the news was about - When you got this news - Where you got this news from - And explain why you think it was a good piece of news Part 3: - How people in your country get news? - Do you think children should start watching news from a young age? - What kinds of news Vietnamese like? Part 2: Describe a family member you would like to work with You should say: - Who this person is - What kind of person he or she is - Whether you've worked together before - And explain why you would like to work with this person (more than with other members of your family) Part 3: - What's the most common family business in Vietnam? - What are the benefits of working for big companies? - Why some people say that we don’t work for the same company for too long? Part Describe a vehicle you would like to buy or own You should say: - What kind of vehicle it is - What it would look like - Why you would like to have it - And explain why you would prefer this means of transport Part 3: - What are the advantages and disadvantages of public and private transportation? - What are the advantages to society of having more people using mass transportation? - Compare the advantages and disadvantages of using mass transportation? - Why some people have to travel a long distance everyday to get to work? - What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in center of a city and living in a suburb of a city? - Do you think that governments should control the number of private cars that are on the roads? - Should it be the responsibility of governments or of individuals to limit the number of cars that are in use? Part 2: Describe a friend who you think is a good leader You should say: - Who this friend is - How you first met - How other people behave towards him or her - And explain why you think he or she is a good leader Part 3: - In your culture, what kinds of people can be leaders? - Has there been a change in the characteristics that leaders should have? - Many women are earning more money now, does it mean that they can be leaders? Part 2: Describe a childhood song you remember well You should say Where you first heard this song How old you were when you first heard it What it was about And explain how you feel now when you hear this song Part 3: What kind of music different age groups in Vietnam like? Why people of different ages like different kinds of music? Is it proper to play music loud in public places? Do you think music can be a source of pollution? When people get older, will they like the same type of music they liked in their childhood? What can people learn from songs? Part 2: Describe a pleasant surprise you had You should say: When and where it happened Who gave you the surprise Why they gave you the surprise And explain how you felt about it Part 3: Do Vietnamese people like surprises? Do you always get excited by surprises? Can people learn how to be happy? How Vietnamese people think of money? Would you be happy when you don’t buy anything while shopping? Is happiness important? Is happiness very important to those who are very rich? How people in your country express their happiness? Part 2: Describe an ambition you have not achieved yet You should say: what it is when you first had this ambitions Why you had this ambition and explain why you havent achieved it yet Part 3: Do you think children should have ambitions? Do you think parents should stop children from thinking too big? What's the importance of having ambitions? What are the advantages of feeling ambitious towards your work? Part 2: Describe a person you know who is good at cooking You should say Who this person is What is your relationship with this person What kinds of food he or she cooks and explain why you think this person is so good at cooking Part 3: How often Vietnamese people cook at home? There are more restaurants these days, you think people will eat out more? Do schools have cooking classes in your country? Do you think we should teach children how to cook? Part 2: Describe a person who you wanted to be similar to in teenage years/ a bit your friend has that you want to develop You should say Who this person was How you knew this person What impressed you about this person And explain why you wanted to be similar to this person Part 3: Do you think you are similar to him/her now? Do other people also wanted to be similar to this person? What kinds of people children (or young people) in Vietnam want to be similar to when they grow up? - How or why popular stars such as sports stars or pop singers become role models for young people or children? - Do you think it is good for children and young people to use entertainment stars as role models? - Why some companies advertise products by using famous people? - Do you think this has a good effect on children and young people? - Do you think famous people who appear in advertisements have any special responsibilities towards society? - Do you think it's important for children to learn to think independently? - How is the way children are brought up today in Vietnam different to when your parents were young? - In your opinion, at what age young people become independent of their parents? Part 2: Describe something interesting you learnt from the internet You should say: - What you learnt - What website you learn it from How you learnt it and explain why you think it was interesting Part 3: How has the internet changed your country What would happen when the internet couldnt work in your country? Would libraries disappear in the future? Why is Facebook popular in Vietnam? Do you think information from Facebook is more valuable than those from other sources? Part 2: Describe a time when you got lost You should say: - when and where it happened - Who was there with you - How you felt when you got lost and explain how you eventually found your way Part 3: Why some people get lost easily but other don't? Is digital map important? Would people rely more on digital maps? Why people like travelling? What kind of preparation people need to do? How you find your way in an unfamiliar place? If you got lost and didn’t have a map, what would you do? What kinds of problems would people have while travelling? Part 2: Describe a subject you didn’t like before but have interest in now You should say: - What it was - When you studied the subjects - Why you didn’t like it before and explain why you have interest in it now Part 3: Do you think teachers have a great influence in students' studies? Is interest important for students? How to develop interest in a school subject? How to learn English in a fun way? Do you think students should spend more time on one subject or equally spend time on all subjects? How to be a good teacher Do you like to learn from the internet? Would you learn from TV? Part 2: Describe a place you went to that was full of colour You should say: - Where it was - Why you went there - What you did there and explain why you think this place was made so colorful Part 3: What colors are the least popular in your country? Would these colors become popular in the future? What was the most popular color last year? How colors affect people's mood? What colors are mostly seen for building in Vietnam? What color is suitable for offices? How differently men and women look at the same color? Is there any change in the use of colors in the present and in the past? Do colors make a difference in advertisements? What colors are suitable for formal occasions? Do business people need to wear dark clothes? Part 2: Describe an interesting website you have visited You should say When you visited it How you first knew about this website what the website is about and explain why you think it is interesting Part 3: What useful things have you learnt from the Internet so far? Why young people prefer the Internet to books when they want to learn things? Would online libraries replace real libraries? What are the benefits of having online libraries? How you think of websites like Facebook? Part 2: Describe a situation that others didn’t tell you the whole truth You should say: What the situation was Who was involved why they didn’t tell you the whole truth and explain how you felt when you found out you were not told the whole truth Part 3: In what occasions white lies happen? Does lying help people feel less embarrassed? Should friends be honest with each other all the time? Do you think lying is a crime? Could you give me some examples of the lies you have told? Do you think people should lie to their colleagues at work? Should husband and wife lie to each other? Part 2: Describe a time you were friendly to someone you didn’t like You should say when and where it happened who he or she was why you didn’t like this person and explain why you were friendly to him or her on that occasion