Topics for Speaking B1

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>SPEAKING PRACTICE PART ONE You are going to be asked some of the questions on general topics such as hometown, family, work, study, leisure time, future plan,… A. HOMETOWN 1. Where are you from? 2. How long have you lived in your hometown? 3. What is your hometown famous for? 4. Does anyone famous come from your hometown? 5. Does your hometown have a college or university? 6. What is the traffic in your hometown / city like? 7. What is the best thing/ worst thing about your hometown? 8. Where do you prefer to live: in the city or in the countryside? 9. Are there any supermarkets in your hometown? 10. Where is your hometown located? B. FAMILY AND HOME 11. Could you introduce yourself? 12. Are you married? Could you tell me about your family? 13. How many people are there in your family? 14. Do you get a long well with your family? 15. What is the best thing about your mom? 16. How often does your family eat out together? 17. Do you do household chore? What are they? 18. What sort of house do you live in? 19. When was your house built? C. JOBS AND OCCUPATIONS 20. What do you do? 21. Where are you working / studying? 22. When did you start working / studying there? 23. How long have you been working there? 24. Do you enjoy working / studying there? 25. Do you enjoy your job? Do you have any problems in your job? 26. Where did you go for your high-school study? 27. When did you graduate from university? 28. How go you go to school / work? 29. How many days / hours a week do you work?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> D. ENTERTAINMENT 30.What’s your free time activity? 31.What are your daily routines? (Tell about your typical day) 32.What is your favorite hobby? 33.What is your favorite holiday? 34.What are your favorite kinds of sports? 35.What are your favorite TV programs? 36. What type of music do you like to listen to? 37. What was your favorite children’s book? E. FUTURE PLANS 38.What do you hope to do in the next few years? 39.What is your future career plan? 40.What changes would you like to make in your career? 41.When are you going to get married? F. OTHER TOPICS 42. At what age do most people leave school in your country? 43. What is the weather like in your country? 44. Are there any problems with the climate in your country? 45. What is your favorite type of weather? 46. What is your favorite food? 47. What should we do to keep fit and stay healthy? 48. At what age do people retire in you country? 49. What type of phone do you have? 50. How many hours of sleep do you need daily?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> PART TWO You are going to present a topic. You have ONE minute to prepare your ideas. There are some hints for you to answer Topic 1 Topic card: Describe your favorite free time activity You should say: - what it is - where and when you do it - how you do it - why you enjoy doing it Further Discussion 1. Is your favorite activity very popular among people at your age? 2. What are the popular free time activities of students? 3. Would you have more free time? Why? 4. How do young people in Vietnam usually spend their free time? 5. Do you think you will change your free time activity when you get older? Topic 2 Topic card: Describe a job you would like to do You should say: - what it is - what qualities you need to get the job - what qualifications are required for the job - why it is important to you Further Discussion 1. What’s your job? Which part of your job is exciting? 2. What are the main tasks in your job? 3. Do you plan to continue to stay in this job for a long time? 4. How is the workplace changing in Vietnam? 5. Which is more important in choosing a job: jobs with high salary or job of interest?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> Topic 3 Topic card: Describe a place that you would like to visit You should say: - Where the place is - Who you would like to visit it with - what you would do there - why you would like to visit that place Further Discussion 1. Which place would you like to visit when you have a chance? 2. Does your hometown have any places of interest? 3. What is the most interesting place in your country? 4. Do you prefer visiting the city or the countryside? 5. What can you learn from visiting rural areas?. Topic 4 Topic card: Describe something healthy you enjoy doing You should say: - what you do - where you do it - when you do it - who you do it with and explain why you think doing this is healthy Further Discussion 1. Do you think you have a healthy life style? 2. Why do many people try to have a healthy life style? 3. What is healthy food? Do you pay much attention to what you eat? 4. Why do some people think that modern lifestyle is not healthy? 5. What could you do to encourage people to live in a healthy way?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> Topic 5 Topic card: Describe your favorite means of transport You should say: - what it is - how often you take it - where you often get to and explain why it is special to you Further Discussion 1. At what age does the average person obtain a driver's license? 2. Do you often use public transportation? 3. How many times have you traveled by airplane? 4. Which means of transport do you think will be popular in the future? 5. What do you think of the traffic in your hometown?. Topic 6 Topic card: Describe your favorite festival / holiday. You should say: - what it is and when it is celebrated - what activities people do on this festival holiday - what you do to celebrate - why you enjoy this festival / holiday Further Discussion 1. Are there special foods connected with the holiday? 2. Do you decorate the outside of your house for the holiday? 3. What activities normally take place at festivals? 4. What are some types of festivals? How are they different? 5. Do you think festivals are important in life? Why?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(6)</span> Topic 7 Topic card: Describe an object you own which is very important to you. You should say: - where you got it - how long have you had it - what you use it for and explain why it is so important to you Further Discussion 1. Would you like to exchange it for anything? 2. What kind of gifts do you like to give? 3. What kinds of objects do you think the other people in the class need? 4. Which object do you think is necessary for everyone? 5. What are some of the objects that you do not give as gifts in your country?. Topic 8 Topic card: Describe a film/ book you have enjoyed watching / reading You should say: - what the name of the film/ book is - what the film / book is about - why you consider this film/ book so good Further Discussion 1. Which do you prefer: Watching movies on TV or on the Internet? 2. Do you think there is too much violence in movies nowadays? 3. Do you prefer reading love books? Why? 4. Do you think reading widens your knowledge? Why? 5. Is watching movies on TV good for children? Why?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(7)</span> Topic 9 Topic card: Describe your best friend. You should say: - who she/ he is - how long you have known him/ her - where you first met him / her - why you regard this person as your best friend Further Discussion 1. What are the qualities of a good friend? 2. How can we maintain our relationship? 3. Is friendship necessary to you ? Why? 4. How often do you meet your best friend? 5. Do you have many friends or a few?. Topic 10 Topic card : Describe a major change in your life. You should say : - what your change was - when it happened - whether it was a positive or negative change - how you felt about this change Further discussion 1. What would you like to change about your life? 2. Can people change their life? How? 3. What was the last major change you made in your life? 4. Have you made any recent changes? 5. Are you ready for a major career change?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(8)</span> Topic 11 Topic card : Describe the school you know/ have studied in. You should say: - what it is and what size it is - where it is located - how many classrooms, teachers, and students there are - what is special about it and why you like it Further Discussion 1. When was it built? 2. What subjects should be taught to students? Why? 3. What is the role of students / teachers in a school? 4. What programs most interest you at the school? 5. Is there anything about the school that worries you?. Topic 12 Topic card: Describe a TV program which has made a strong impression on you. You should say: - what kind of TV program it was - when you saw the TV program - what the TV program was about - why this TV program made such an impression on you Further discussion 1. Which TV program do you love watching? 2. Do you think children should be forbidden to watch television? 3. How many hours a day do you watch TV ? 4. Which TV programs are good for children? 5. How many TV channels are there in your town?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(9)</span> Topic 13 Topic card: Describe your favourite eating place. You should say: - where it is - how it looks - how often you have meals there - why you like to eat there Further discussion 1. What should we eat to stay healthy? 2. Do you think junk food is harmful for children’s health? 3. Do you prefer your own country’s food or other kinds of food? 4. Do you like to eat at restaurant or at home? 5. How much do you usually pay when you eat out? Topic 14 Topic card: Describe your experience in learning English. You should say: - how long you have learned English - what methods you have used in learning English - what aspect of English you find the most difficult - what is the reason of your learning English Further discussion 1. What English skill do you prefer to learn? 2. At what age should children learn a foreign language? 3. How many languages can you speak? 4. What foreign languge is the most popular in the world? 5. What English books are you studying?.

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