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There is too much pressure on school students these days

pressure on school students

Peer competition parents’ expectation heavy work load

what is your opinion about this?

It is true to say that “There is too much pressure on school students these days.”

Firstly, while studying at school , students have to compete with their peers to get better result For example, they have to finish their exercise faster than the others to get better marks

Secondly, parents often expect their children to be good students, so they have to study at extra class after school Therefore, they do not have enough time to relax

Thirdly, student have to deal with a pile of homework/assignments given by their teachers,

so they do not have time to get enough sleep

To sum up, there is much pressure on school students these days because of peercompetition, parents’ expectation and heavy work load

Follow up questions:

- What are the negative effect of too much pressure on student?

- What should parents do to reduce school pressure for their student?

- Do you think that school pressure can only be solved with the cooperation of parents, teacher and society?

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Doing exercise is good for your health

Doing exercise

Prevent disease keep fit improve your mood

It is true to say that “Doing exercise is good for your health.”

Firstly, doing exercise helps our body release toxic substances, so it helps us stay away fromdiseases

Secondly, doing exercise is a good way to keep fit because it helps us burn the abundant energy

Thirdly, doing exercise helps us release stress and feel relaxed, so it improves our mood

To sum up, doing exercise is good for our health because it helps us prevent disease, keep fitand improve our mood

Follow up questions:

- What are the most popular type of exercise in the area you live

- What type of exercise do you think people will do?

- Do you think physical education should be compulsory at all school level?

3

Printed books should be used in class instead of ebooks

Printed books

Improve attention enhance imagination increase love with reading

It is true to say that “Printed books should be used in class instead of ebooks.”

Firstly, printed books bring us knowledge of mankind for centuries We can imagine what people achieved in the past, so reading printed books enhances our imagination

Secondly, reading books is the most important thing for learning new things The more you read, the more you feel the world is wonderful, so printed books increase love with reading

Finally, printed books improve students’ attention because books are illustrated with colorful pictures Therefore, printed books attract readers

To sum up: printed books should be used in class because they help us improve attention, enhance imagination, increase love with reading

Follow up questions:

- What are the benefits of ebooks?

- Do you think that ebook will replace printed books at school one day?

- What should be done to encourage more people to read book?

4 T here are some advantages of home schooling

Home schooling

Have more flexible timetable teach whatever children want get to know children better

It is true to say that “There are some advantages of home schooling.”

Firstly, home schooling makes it easier for parents to teach whatever their children like

For example, if they like studying English they can spend more time on it

Secondly, parents can flexibly change the timetable so that children can learn many subjects without being under pressure of time

Thirdly, parents will have more time for their children It is the opportunity for parents to

understand their children better

To sum up, there are some advantages of home schooling because they have more flexible

timetable, teach whatever their children want and get to know children better

5

Google is the best internet search engine

Google

User friendly fast informative

It is true to say that “Google is the best internet search engine”

Firstly, Google is friendly to users because google interface is easy to use, and it has many searching functions Users do not need to waste a lot time finding something They do not need to have technology skill either

Secondly, Google is fast Just a click the users can find out any information they need in a second Besides, google can quickly recognize the users by their face

Thirdly, Google is informative You just enter key words, there will be a lot of information available on Google for you to get

To sum up: Google is the best internet search engine because it is user friendly, fast, and

informative.

6

Students are encouraged to go to the museum to learn about the past

Museum

relax rich source of the information share knowledge with others

It is true to say that “Students should be encouraged to go to the museum to learn about thepast.”

Firstly, museum is a rich source of information because museums contain many exhibits related to art, history, culture and science

Secondly, going to the museum, students not only see the exhibits, but also attend the

workshops where people share their knowledge on art, history, cultures, and science

Thirdly, going to the museum is also a way for students to relax because museums are often designed and exhibits are displayed in an impressive way that makes students excited

To sum up, students should be encouraged to visit museums because it helps them to relax, share knowledge with other people and widen their knowledge

Follow up questions:

- What can be done to encourage people to go to the museum?

- Do you think going in to museum will be more popular in the future?

- Are there any other way to encourage young people to learn about the past?

7 A great teacher can change the student’s life

Great teacher

Inspiring personality motivating lesson useful advice

It is true to say that “a great teacher can change the student’s life.”

Firstly, a good teacher is a person who can inspire students by their personality because students often consider their teachers as role models

Secondly, a good teacher can motivate students to study better by their interesting lessons Students are interested in their lessons, and they focus on their study As a result, they study better

Thirdly, students often admire their teachers and tend to follow what their teachers say, or

do They easily follow teacher’s useful advice

To sum up, a great teacher can change the student’s life by motivating and inspiring them to

be good students and good citizens

Follow up questions:

- What makes a good teacher in your country?

- The best teacher teaches from the heart, not from the book Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

- Do you think that teachers can be replaced by computers in the future?

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Games are useful in the classroom.

Classroom games

Fun creativity interaction

It is true to say that “Games are useful in the classroom.”

Firstly, classroom games boost creativity among students because they have to force

themselves to come up with the correct answer to be the winner

Secondly,when playing games students interact with each other to find the answer, so games help them get closer

Thirdly, classroom games are always fun, which helps students relax and continue studying better after playing games

To sum up, games are useful in the classroom because of fun, creativity, interaction

Follow up questions:

- What are the disadvantages of using games in the classroom?

- When should a game be used in the lesson?

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University education is ben e ficial to students in a number of way s

University education

Job opportunity academic knowledge social skill

It is true to say that “University education is beneficial to students in a number of ways.” Firstly, university is a good environment for students to gain academic knowledge related to their major, which can help them to become an expert in their field

Secondly, with a university degree students have many job opportunities They have

specialized knowledge, so they can apply for a job or they can be self-employed

Thirdly, universities always have many society clubs and activities for them to participate in and socialize with other students, so they have social skill

To sum up, University education is beneficial to students in a number of ways because of

job opportunity, academic knowledge, social skill.

10 T raveling is good for everyone

Travelling

Make new friends gain knowledge relax

It is true to say that “Travelling is good for everyone.”

Firstly, when travelling, people have the opportunity to gain knowledge For example, they can try new things, learn new languages or new cultures

Secondly, when travelling people have the chance to meet new people They can make friends easier because when travelling people are more open-minded

Thirdly, travelling is a good way for people to relax after a long time working hard

To sum up, traveling is good for everyone because they can gain/widen their knowledge, relax and have new friends

11 Fast food is harmful to your health

Fast food

gain weight cause disease lack nutrition

It is true to say that “Fast food is harmful to your health.”

Firstly, fast food contains lots of protein which provides us plenty of calori If we eat too much fastfood, but less exercise, we easily gain weight

Secondly, fast food is usually made from processed food as sausages, smoked meat, fried chicken which is high in salt and additives, so it can cause heart disease, diabetes

Thirdly, a healthy diet needs all essential nutrients, however; fast food lacks nutrition such asvitamins, minerals, fibre, but has too much fat,sugar, and additives

To sum up, fast food is not good for our health because we easily gain weight, suffer heart disease and diabetes or lack nutrition

Questions

Which do people in your country prefer? traditional food or fast food

12 Groupwork should be encouraged at school

Groupwork

promote cooperation build up leader skills more interactions

It is true to say that “Group work should be encouraged at school.”

Firstly, working in groups, students have to cooperate well to get their goal, so groupwork promote cooperation

Secondly, working in groups, students try to express their opinions It helps build up their leader skills

Thirdly, working in groups, students have to share knowledge, ideas with each other for the common goal, so groupwork is a good opportunity for students to interact with each other

To sum up, groupwork helps students promote cooperation, interactions, and build up leader skills

13 There are some benefits of ecotourism

Ecotourism

Conserve environment Preserve culture Reduce poverty

It is true to say that “There are some benefits of ecotourism.”

Firstly, ecotourism is based on the nature and local culture During the tour,visitors would know how to conserve the environment For example, tourists don’t litter rubbish on the roads, and they use handicraft, local products

Secondly, ecotourism helps people get to know different local cultures and would try to preserve local cultures as well as local identity

Thirdly, ecotourism helps improve the well-being of the local people’s life Wherever there are tourists, there are jobs created, traffic is developed, income increases, so ecotourism reduces poverty

To sum up ecotourism is beneficial because it helps to conserve environment, preserve cultures and reduce poverty

14 Overpopulating is damaging the environment

Overpopulation

natural resources wastes global warming

It is true to say that “Overpopulating is damaging the environment.”

Firstly, when the number of people increase dramatically, people tend to destroy forest for housing, agriculture, which is one of the causes of global warming

Secondly, for industrialization, everyday people consume a large amount of oil or coal for electricity, so the natural resources are running out

Thirdly, everyday there is a huge amount of industrial waste from the factories released into the environment

To sum up, Overpopulating causes harm to the environment

Questions

- Which group of people in society are most influenced by overpopulation?

- What should government do to solve overpopulation?

- How have young people’s attitude towards having children changed over the past 20 years in yourcountry

15 School students should improve their self-study skill

Self-study skill

More independence Better academic performance Better time management

It is true to say that “School students should improve their self-study skill.” because of the following reasons

Firstly,when students study by themselves, they know how to develop critical thinking leading to become more independent

Secondly, when students study by themselves, they would learn how to manage their time better, otherwise they would miss many opportunities

Thirdly, studying by themselves, students learn how to work more effectively As a result, they would have better academic performance

To sum up, self-study skill is essential for students

16 University is a memorable time of our life

University

Knowledge achievement Independence Social networking

It is true to say that “University is a memorable time of our life.” because of the

To sum up, university is the best time of our life because of knowledge achievement

independence, social networking

17 Some disadvantages of cohabitation

Cohabitation

Higher rate of separation More finance issue More tension

It is true to say that “cohabitation brings about/has some disadvantages ” because of the following reasons

Firstly, cohabitation easily leads to the higher rate of separation When you live with your

partner If you don’t understand and sympathize with him/her, you have to say goodbye As a result, your relationship is broken.

Secondly, when you live alone, you don’t have to worry about money matter, but when you live with your partner, you have to try to earn money to make sure your partner has a

comfortable life Therefore, you have more finance issue

Thirdly, people have different characteristics, they have their own opinions If they can not get along with each other, living together can cause much tension

To sum up, cohabitation can lead to many problems such as higher rate of separation, more financial issue, and more tension

Questions

- Do you see any changes in the pattern of marriages in VN?

- Do you think that Western values have any influence on Vnese view of marriage?

- Why is divorce rate increasing so rapidly?

18 Online learning has become popular nowadays.

Flexible low cost safer in difficult situations like corona virus

Secondly, online learning has low cost because hundreds of learners can share an online class The more learners there are, the less tuition is

Thirdly, learners are safer in difficult situations like corona virus pandemic Because of the spread of corona virus, everybody must be in social distance, and schools and universities have to stop face to face teaching and learning process

To sum up, online learning has many benefits for learners./online learning has become

popular nowadays because it is flexible, low cost, safer in difficult situations like corona virus pandemic /covid 19./ is a favorable way for some people in some certain situations

19 Personal privacy is being threatened by the Internet

It is true to say that “Personal privacy is being threatened by the Internet” because of the following reasons.

Firstly, we can get a lot of spams everyday.This is the way most companies try to contact customers, which make us more or less annoyed

Secondly, personal information can be hacked easily Most of spam are commercial

advertisements, sweepstakes winners, money scams, antivirus warnings are continuouslysent to our mailbox If we get trapped in one of these tricks, our name, password, bank

account will be taken for bad purposes

Thirdly, our computer may be affected by virus by just clicking a provided link

To sum up, (nowadays most of us depend too much on the Internet; however,) our personal privacy is being affected a lot by the Internet because of spam, personal information hacking,and computer virus

20 Young people should be encouraged to take up yoga

Grow confidence Improve concentration Promote health

It is true to say that “Young people should be encouraged to take up yoga” because of the following reasons

Firstly, yoga helps young people grow confidence because doing yoga regularly helps them lose weight, have good shape and flexible and more active

Secondly, yoga helps people improve concentration because when people

do meditation, they free their mind, and they just focus on their breath

Thirdly, yoga promote people health Doing yoga they will feel relaxed, stronger, fitter especially, they can have better sleep

To sum up: yoga is useful for our life, so not only young people, but everybody should take

up yoga as well / young people should be encouraged to take up yoga because it helps themgrow confidence, improve concentration and promote health

Questions

How can young people be encouraged to do exercise regularly?

What are health risks from lack of exercises?

How have people’s attitude to health changed over the last 10 years?

21 Mobile phones are useful at schools

Search engine Computer functions Means of communication

It is true to say that mobile phones are useful at schools

Firstly, a mobile phone with the Internet connection, it can be used as a search engine For example, we can use it to look up dictionary and search for any information we need with theapps on it

Secondly, a mobile phone can be used as a means of communication Everyday, we can use

it to make a phone call to contact everybody, to chat with our friends via social networks as Facebook, Zalo

Thirdly, it has computer functions We can use mobile phones to compose word files thanks

to word processor, or we can do calculation, do accounting, do statistics via excel, or we can create power point slides for a presentation

To sum up, mobile phones are useful at schools because of search engines, computer

functions, means of communication

Questions

What negative effects do M.P have on a young kid?

Do you think people will continue using M.P in the future?

How do people and the old in your country differ from each other in using mobile phone?

22 Both husband and wife should have equal roles in family

Share more routine household tasks Share children responsibilities Work as a team

It is true to say that both husband and wife should have equal roles in family

Firstly, they are both too tired after work, so when they get home both husband and wife

should share routine household chores For example, while the wife is busy preparing dinner, the husband can clean the house, or bath their children After dinner, when the wife does the washing up, the husband should help children with their homeworkSecondly, both husband and wife should share children’s responsibilities in bringing up their

children to be good children at home, good students at school and good citizens in

society

Thirdly, they should work as a team To be specific, they should be in agreement about every

decision relating to their family matter They should respect and listen to each other to

be a perfect couple

To sum up, both husband and wife should have equal roles in family to have a happy family

Questions

Have the roles of husband and wife changed in the past ten years?

What roles do grand parents play in a family?

What do you think about single parents family?

23 Travelling abroad should be encouraged among young people

Facilitate adaptation Develop cultural sensitivity Boost confidence

It is true to say that travelling abroad should be encouraged among young people

Firstly, travelling to other countries facilitate adaptation among young people For

illustration, if they have opportunities to experience new things in foreign countries, they will be able to adapt to new working or living environment, which is beneficial for them in doing business with foreign partners in the future

Secondly, when travelling abroad, young people have chances to get familiar with different

cultures in the world Therefore, their cultural sensitivity will gradually be developed.Thirdly, cultural sensitivity and environmental adaptation promote young people’s

confidence because they can fit in with new ways of life , and have nothing to worry about

To sum up, travelling abroad should be encouraged among young people because it

facilitates adaptation, develops cultural sensitivity and boosts confidence

Questions

What should a person do to prepare for a trip to another country?

What challenges can a person face when travelling abroad alone?

How have the travelling habits changes over the last ten years?

24 After school activities are beneficial for students

Communication skills Sense of commitment Time management

It is true to say that after school activities are beneficial for students

Firstly, taking part in a sports club, a dancing club or an English-speaking club after school,

students have many chances to interact with others, so after school activities promote their communication skill

Secondly, most of students join after school activities have a great sense of commitment

because they all cooperate well in order to fulfil the tasks given For example, they have to practice harder to be the school leading team or to be the pride of their school

in a competition among schools