Topics for speaking Test B1, B2 & C1

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SPEAKING

QUESTIONS FOR PART 1- VSTEP EXAMINATION

PART 1 : People and relationship

1/ Who are closest to you in your family?

2/ If you have any brothers or sisters what things do you enjoy doing together?

3/ Who has had the greatest influence on your life so far?

4/ Do you have any close friends? What makes a good friend?

5/ How do you like to spend your time with your friends?

6/ Would you prefer to spend your free time with your family or with your friends? Why? 1/ What do you do to keep fit

2/ What sports do you play?

3/ Are you an active person in your free time? What sort of thing do you do

4/ Do you prefer to exercise with other people or on your own? Why?

5/ Do you have any unhealthy habits?

6/ Do you eat what you like or what is good for health

The media and entertainment

1/ What kind of music do you like best?

2/ Do you prefer listening to live music or recorded music?

3/ What kind of film do you like best?

4/ DO you prefer to watch films at the cinema or on video?

5/ Do you buy magazines or newspapers regularly?

6/ Do You play computer games? What do you think about computer games?

Hobbies

1/ What is your hobbies?

2/ Do you prefer action films or comedies?

3/ Do you often read books? Do you think it is important to read novels?

4/ What is your favourite song?

5/ What kind of TV programme do you like watching?

Technology

1/ How much time do you spend using a computer at work and at home?

2/ what do you use the internet for?

3/ Has the internet make your job/ studies easier?

4/ Do you think older people are scared of new technology?

5/ Do you think young children should have mobile phones?

Transport

1/ How do you usually get to work or school?

2/ How do people in your country get to where they want to go?

3/ Do you often take public transport?

4/ What is your preferred means of getting round?

5/ What means of transport do you use when you are in a hurry?

Youth

1/ Where did you grow up? Was that a good place to grow up?

2/ Do you miss anything about your childhood?

3/ Did you get on well with your parents?

4/ Did you ever get into trouble at home or school?

The world aound us

1/ How do you get about mostly? By bus/ by car/ by bicycle/ on foot (

2/ Where do you do most of your shopping?

3/ Which of the following do you recycle regularly?

Studies and work

1/ What is the most interesting part of being a teacher?

2/ What’s the most difficult part of being a teacher?

3/ Would you say it is a good occupation?

QUESTIONS FOR PART 2- VSTEP EXAMINATION

Part 2/

Situation 1: Your friend is in his/ her early 30s He or she is looking for the love of his/ her life What do you think the best way to find out the person he/ she loves- speed dating, online dating/ dating service

Think about: - time consumed

- The person’ feeling

- The reliability of the information

Situation 2: Your mother has just retired She is considering taking up something as a way

to keep fit What do you think is best choice for her: going to the gym, jogging or doing yoga?

Think about the cost/ the age of your mother/ how hard the activity

Situation 3: You are a student It’s Saturday evening You would like to enjoy an evening

out with some of your close friends You want to have fun with friends but you don’t have

much money to spend There are three suggested options: going to the cinema, eating out and singing karaoke Which do you think is the best choice?

Think about the cost, how much fun you have, the interest of your friends

Situation 4: Your friend, a university student, is planning to join a club at his university He

is considering music club, reading club and movie club In your opinion , which is the best choice?

Situation 5: Someone is going to retire He /she wants to take up a hobby He/she is consid

ering piano lessons, swimming lessons Or joining a yoga club In your opinion, which is the best choice?

Situation 6: Your friend has just pass the university entrance exam He/ she has been given

some money for establishment He is considering buying a mobile phone, a laptop, or a digital camera What do you think is the best choice?

Situation 7: Your friends, who are a group of students, are planning a trip from DN to HCM

city They are considering travelling by train, by car or by plane In your opinion, what is the best choice

Situation 8: your friend is hired to look after a seven-year-old boy every Sunday evening when his parents are away She wants to make his evening interesting She is considering

helping him with his homework, letting him watch his favourite TV programme, taking him

to a park nearby In your opinion, which is the best choice?

Situation 8: A group of students from England are going to take a tour around your country

on their fieldtrip They want to visit different landscapes, organise and enjoy some activities with local people, They want to know more information about the weather in your country

In your opinion, Which is the best season for them to carry out their plan? Summer, spring

or autumn

Situation 9: You have just graduated from college with a degree on English You want to

apply a job in your local area These are some jobs advertised on Employment centre

website: a language teacher in a local secondary school, a tourist guide for a travel agency, a secretary for a foreign company In your opinion, which is the best choice?

QUESTIONS FOR PART 3- VSTEP EXAMINATION

Topic 1: The important qualities of an ideal parent

Topic 2: How to cope with stress

Coping with stress:

Topic 3: What are the bad impacts of TV on children?

Bad impacts of TV on children:

Topic 4: Everyone needs to take up a hobby

Topic 9: Young and old people can learn from each other

Learning from each other:

PART 1 : People and relationship

1/ Who are closest to you in your family? (mother/ beside/ appear in time/ supportive/

sympathize/ tolerant/ instead of complaining )

2/ If you have any brothers or sisters what things do you enjoy doing together?

(play/ share sadness/happiness/ personal secrets/ do cooking/ go shopping )

3/ Who has had the greatest influence on your life so far? (father/ strict/ determined/ good advice/ more experience )

4/ Do you have any close friends? What makes a good friend?

(yes/ my colleague/ lower secondary schoolunselfishness, trust, sympathy)

5/ How do you like to spend your time with your friends? (visit/ cook simple dishes/ have some fun/ go out for a drink/ go shopping )

6/ Would you prefer to spend your free time with your family or with your friends? Why? (my family-working person/ friends=colleagues/ meet everyday -> spare time with family/ make parents happy/ show love/ concern to parents/ old/ alone)

7/ When you have trouble in life, who do you turn for help- family members or friends?(depend- problems with family-husband/children-> parents/ sister/ more experience in familylife- proplems in working/school-> ask friends for advice)

8/ How important is your family to you?

(the most important/ was born/grew up/ closest relatives/ parents/ keep an eye on me/

sacrifice)

Health and fitness:

1/ What do you do to keep fit? (do morning exercise/ go jogging/ balance diet- nutritious enough/ more vegetables/ fruits/ enough sleep)

2/ What sports do you play? (badminton/ in the afternoon/ son/ husband/ weekend /

neigbours)

3/ Are you an active person in your free time? What sort of thing do you do? (yes/ whenever having spare time/ do housework/ do the gardening/ entertain/ play sports/ go out for a drink with friends/ acquaintances)

4/ Do you prefer to exercise with other people or on your own? Why? (would rather/ other people than on my own/ chat/ share experience/ be encouraged/ bored/ tired)

5/ Do you have any unhealthy habits? (stay up late/ eat much meat/ sugar/ lazy to do exercise

in winter)

6/ Do you eat what you like or what is good for health? (most of the cases/ eat what if good for health- buy food/ decide nutritious/ healthy food/ sometimes / eat something I like)

The media and entertainment

1/ What kind of music do you like best? (really love lyrical music-spare time/ before

sleeping/ listen to some lyric songs from my computer or smart phone/ its gentle tone/make/ relaxed/ easy to fall into sleep/ I listen to Quang Le and Le Quyen songs almost everynight2/ Do you prefer listening to live music or recorded music? ( I’d rather listen to recorded music/b/c I can easily choose the song and the singer that I love/ live music/ available at certain time/ recorded music/ listen whenever I want)

3/ What kind of film do you like best? (comedy/ young/ romantic film/ but/ bored/ take long time to watch the end/ often has unhappy ending/ comedy is short/ funny/ relaxed/ reduce stress )

4/ DO you prefer to watch films at the cinema or on video? (video-watch whereever and whenever/ at my leisure/ no need for schedule arrangement/ cost less/mot pay for tickets/ sit

at home/ not go out/ avoid trouble/ traffic jam/ pick pocket…)

5/ Do you buy magazines or newspapers regularly? No- never bought any newspapers or magazines/ read magazines/ newspaper/ school library/ gap period/ at home/ read

newspapers on the innternet/ my most favourite one / Dantri/ vn express)

6/ Do You play computer games? What do you think about computer games? (No, long time ago / young/ single woman/ play some times/ have children/ never think of computer games/ waste of time and harmful/ better/ spend spare time/ reading newspapers/ do the

gardening…/set good example for my sons)

Hobbies

1/ What is your hobbies? ( One of the hobbies that I have pursued for over 5 years is doing the gardening/ small garden/ at my leisure / plant vegatables/ flowers- some kinds of orchid/ take care of/ water every morning/ )

2/ Do you prefer action films or comedies? (comedies to action films- b/c really scared of violent/ comedies/ funny/ keep my mind relaxed/ peaceful /it would be enjoyalbe/ pleasure/

to see comedies)

3/ Do you often read books? Do you think it is important to read novels? (NO, at present I don’t read any books, but most of my free time I often read newspaper However, I also love novels When I was young I often read some novels that taught me lots of things in life SO Ithink reading novels benefits us a large number of useful things)

4/ What is your favourite song? I’m interested in some folk songs, especially I really adore the song named “Dan Sao Hau Giang” whenever/ listen/ gentle/ imagine /how peaceful the Hau Giang land is/ blue sky/school of birds/ rice field/ river…beautiful sight/ feel great)5/ What kind of TV programme do you like watching?(I keen on /News programme / quiz show/ keep me updated with the information happening around the country and in the world/quiz show brings me lots of knowledge/ academic/ social/ review sth / experience)

3/ Has the internet make your job/ studies easier? (Yes/ not only my job but also other fields

of our lives are made easier and easier by the internet./ benefit/ ex: help/ prepare/ my lesson plan/ whereever/ whenever/can/ with a computer connected to the internet/ especially/ do / job/ better/ exchanging/ sharing/ experience/ with others colleagues/worldwide)

4/ Do you think older people are scared of new technology? (No/persuasive example/more and more old people/ use cell phone/ smart phone / communicate with their friends/ retired teachers/ parents/ keep in touch with/ old colleagues/ old classmates via social network/ facebook…)

5/ Do you think young children should have mobile phones? (yes/ vital/case/ connect/

parents/ urgent situation or / keep in touch with /parents/away from home/ however/ not mature enough/the older/ parents/ keep an eye on them/ control/ direct/ use / right purposes/ necessary situation/ not misuse)

Transport

1/ How do you usually get to work or school? (by motorbike/ house/ not very far/ the place/ working/about 300 metres/am used to going out by motorbike/ faster /more convenient)2/ How do people in your country get to where they want to go? (most of pp in my

hometown go to and fro by motorbike/ some pp / low living standard/ go to market/ bikes/ a few pp / high living standard/ businessmen/ rich officers/ go to work/ cars)

3/ Do you often take public transport? (recently/ I haven’t almost used public transport/ b.c/ always get car sickness when travelling by bus/car./ by my own motorbike/ even/travelling for long distance/ DN/ Tky/ 50- 60 km)

4/ What is your preferred means of getting round? (would rather/ motorbike/ car sickness/ convenient/ better/ health)

5/ What means of transport do you use when you are in a hurry? (motorbike/ bus/ have to wait/ proper schedule/ motorbike/ faster/ 60km/hour)

Youth

1/ Where did you grow up? Was that a good place to grow up? (countryside/ small village/

QS district/ West of Quangnam./ poor/ village/ but/ find/ quite good place/ quiet/ peaceful/ fresh air/ unpolluted environment/especially/ completely safe/ secure from crimes/ social evils)

2/ Do you miss anything about your childhood? (sometimes/ interesting memories from my childhood/ recalled / my mind/life now/ busy/ hard/ remember/ good days/ had/ still young/ that time/ spent time/ take care of / cows/ buffalos/field/quite peaceful/ play/ traditional games/ really fantastic/ think of them/ everything seem / refresh / my mind)

3/ Did you get on well with your parents? (yes/ got on quite well with my parents/ we have been living in harmony until now/ My sister/ I / obedient children/ my parents/ caring/

supportive/ a close-knit family)

4/ Did you ever get into trouble at home or school? ( think/ did/ rather well at school/

everything/ seemed to go smoothly at school/ but once/ found my life rather difficult when

my father got seriously ill/ was treated/ hospital/ very long time/ hardest days/ got over everything/ after all)

The world aound us

1/ How do you get about mostly? By bus/ by car/ by bicycle/ on foot (everyday /work/ motorbike/ not/ far/ home/ workplace/ find/ motorbike/ more convenient/ easy/ speedy/ besides/ some occasions/ have to travel far from home/ also/ use motorbike/ get carsick/ rarely travel by bus/ car)

2/ Where do you do most of your shopping? In an out-of-town hyppermarket -cua hang tu phuc vu/ in local stores/ in the supermarket/ on the internet (most/ things/ food/ groceries/ some furniture/ necessary/ family/ bought/ local market/ b/c / no supermarket/ place/ living/ since the growth of the internet/ sometimes/ do some shopping online/ buy sth/ cosmetic/ clothes…, much convenient)

3/ Which of the following do you recycle regularly? Newspapers/ bottles/ aluminum cans/ none of these? (reuse/ bottles/ plastic boxes/ plant/ trees/ flowers/ vegetables)

Studies and work

1/ What is the most interesting part of being a teacher? (I find teaching job/ really fantastic/ convey knowledge to sts/ help/students/ children/ hometown/ English language/ long time ago/ no one/ hometown/ speak English/ many/ communicate/ foreigners/ whenever/ vivit/ thevillage/ consider/ the most ineresting part of being a teacher of English )

2/ What’s the most difficult part of being a teacher? (face some troubles/ teaching/ find/ mostchallenging/ deal with/ mischievous/ neglect sts/ some sts/ lazy/ not have right sense of responsibility/ studying/ play truant/ not follow/ school/ discipline/ not finish duty/ really hard/ us/ take time/ control/ advise/ make/ go/ right way)

3/ Would you say it is a good occupation? (yes/ believe/ really good jobs/ for society/ help bring knowledge/ sts/ for myself: stable job/ get enough money/ my expense/not very hard/ stay in door/ safe/ benefit a lot/ teaching children at home)

Part 2/

Situation 1: Your friend is in his/ her early 30s He or she is looking for the love of his/ her life What do you think the best way to find out the person he/ she loves- speed dating, online dating/ dating service

Think about: - time consumed

- The person’ feeling

- The reliability of the information

In this part I am required to consider the 3 options for my friends who is in his/ her early 30s

to find out the person she/ he love

According to me, Dating service is the best choice because of the following reasons:

-reliable information about the person The dating service has already known everything about the person such as his/ her age /family/ status/ personality…

- time-saving- not spend time getting to know about the person

- right person- same family condition, status, occupation…

Considerating the other two options, I think Speed dating is not good can not have enough information -> first impression might be inaccurate/wrong + meeting too many pp at the same time might get my friend confused and not sure about who’s suitable

For online dating, it is rather common nowadays but I think it is risky What I mean is that

my friend is easy to be cheated because the person often gives some wrong information The person who is in picture is rarely the same as the person in real life in appearance

After considerating the 3 options I decide to advise my friend to choose dating service as the best way in term of reliable information and saving time

Situation 2: Your mother has just retired She is considering taking up something as a way

to keep fit What do you think is best choice for her: going to the gym, jogging or doing yoga?

Think about the cost/ the age of your mother/ how hard the activity

Doing yoga: suitable for retirement age- lot of free time, gentle exercise/Cheap- no

equipments, teacher ,no need for large space / Easy-not to be trained hard, can do at home byfollowing some online tutorials / good ways to prevent lot of diseases-reduce stress, sleep well, prevent trouble with bones/ ankles, knees of the old

Going to the gym: Cost much, pay for equipment/, unaffordable/ Strong exercise-suitable forthe young/ Have to go out-traffic problems, not safe for the old

Go jogging: cheap but not suitable for the old- problems with knees, ankes/ Out door

acitities- suffer from weather-cold-disease/ not take regularly in winter-rain heavily

Situation 3: You are a student It’s Saturday evening You would like to enjoy an evening

out with some of your close friends You want to have fun with friends but you don’t have

much money to spend There are three suggested options: going to the cinema, eating out and singing karaoke Which do you think is the best choice?

Think about the cost, how much fun you have, the interest of your friends

Eating out is the best choice – Most of us love eating out/ don’t have to prespare meal at

home/ can eat sth new/ sth we can not prepare at home

- Not cost much if we choose to eat sth simple at a cheap foodstall

- Main purpose/ having some fun together/ during eating time/ lot of time / talk/ lively chat/share interest/ experience/ study/ work/ family life/ try delicious food

Going to the cinema: not suitable/ in term of having fun/ keep silence during the time we keep watching films/ no time for chatting/ - expensive/ pay for tickets / - depend on the chedule of the cinema- suitable for the young/The couples

Singing the karaoke: bad choice/ much noisy in karaoke room/ can’t talk or have fun

together/ bad at singing/ not interest in singing/ feel isolated/ much expensive/ more suitable for the young- the teenagers

Situation 4: Your friend, a university student, is planning to join a club at his university He

is considering music club, reading club and movie club In your opinion , which is the best choice?

Reading club: benefit him a lot in studying/ broaden knowledge/ both academic/ various

fields in life/ don’t depend on others/ read alone/ east to choose the book he loves/ share/

exchange books with others/ the participant/ young/ same age/ easy to exchange ideas/

experience in studying / campus life

Music club: about gifted subject/ require some good taste/ talent in music/ know to play some kinds of instrument/ not helpful for students/ distract his study / cost much/ need lot of instruments

Movie club: not bad/ help relaxed/ but/ can’t choose the film he likes/ depend on others people in the club/ see the film/ not love/ bored/ keep watching film/ little time for

exchanging ideas/ experience with others/ romantic film/ violent films/ bad impact on his study/ don’t think watching film gives hime more knowledge than reading book

Situation 5: Someone is going to retire He /she wants to take up a hobby He/she is consid

ering piano lessons, swimming lessons Or joining a yoga club In your opinion, which is the best choice?

Joining a yoga club: popular for the old/ make friends/ companions/ suitable for the old/

don’t have to train hard/ gentle movement/ easy to take up/ help treat some disease that the old often suffer from/ easy to sleep/ very beneficial for the old people’s health/

Piano lessons: common to the young/ not for the old/ not play well/ hard/slow/ depend on thegift/ talent of the person/ for long time sitting for practice/ problem with back/ bad for

physical health./ expensive- pay for many lessons

Swimming lesson: not good idea/ fit for the young/ require some skills/ train hard/ long time under water/ cause some disease/ flu/ cold/ not good for the person’s health too./ better for the young

Situation 6: Your friend has just pass the university entrance exam He/ she has been given

some money for establishment He is considering buying a mobile phone, a laptop, or a digital camera What do you think is the best choice?

Think about: How much it costs/ how useful it is/ How often he/she uses it

Buying a laptop: benefit a lots/ various purposes/ studying/ enteraining/ study: wifi/

available everywhere/ easy/ get access/ information/ do assignment/ type documents/

communicate/ friends/ relatives/ exchange/ share/ ideas/ experiences/ friends/ teacher/ via email/ facebook Entrertainment: relax/ hard studying days/ listen to music/ watching films/ read newspaper…/ also take photos/ record…

A mobile phone: -small screen/ harm his health/ eye problems/ short -sighted./ leave

negative effect on the brain// - portable  always with him/ disturb/ distract / study/ interupt his attention in class/ interfere with other activities/ not have time for talking with friends/ family members/ spend time playing games/ checking notification form emails/ facebook all the time too much interference

A digital camera: not good/ use / one purpose- taking photos/ not as useful for studying/ entertaining as a laptop

 Advise friend/ a laptop/ b.c/ the most useful thing/ necessary means for a student in this modern time

Situation 7: Your friends, who are a group of students, are planning a trip from DN to HCM

city They are considering travelling by train, by car or by plane In your opinion, what is the best choice?

Think about: speed/ scenery/ cost/ convenient

By car: best choice: - time-saving/ with affordable price/ sometimes/ car/ fast/ get to the

destination the next morning/- comvenient: case/ want / visit/some interesting places / stop/ sightseeing/ tired/ stop for some food/ refreshment/ - affordable/ cheap for sts

By plane: though/faster/ too expensive/ pay for ticket/ - don’t have chance for sightseeing a long the trip/- plane crash/ much more serious than other means of transport

By train: cheaper/ but/ too slow/ more one day to reach the destination/ - not interesting/ can’t stop for sightseeing/ - tired / can’t stop to refresh/ not convenient for students/ enjoy the sight along the roads

 By car/ most convenient/ suitable for the students who don’t have much money/ save money/ but/love experiencing sth interesting during the trip

Situation 8: your friend is hired to look after a seven-year-old boy every Sunday evening when his parents are away She wants to make his evening interesting She is considering

helping him with his homework, letting him watch his favourite TV programme, taking him

to a park nearby In your opinion, which is the best choice?

Think about: Effect on health; potential danger, time and effort to put him

-Taking him to the park: enjoy fresh air/ help/ relax/ feel better after hard studying

week/-take part some outdoor activities/ jogging/ playing some sports/ may good / his health/ spirit/improve/ ftness/- some fun activities with other children / park/ develop communicative ability

- Helping him with his homework/ not suitable/ weekend evening/better/ do sth funny/ interesting/ to relax/ reduce study pressure/ doing homwork/ boring/ get tired soon

- Letting him watching his favourite TV programme: not good/ let/ boy/ watch TV/ passive/ less active/ lack of physical activities/ spending all day studying at school/-watching TV/ harmful/ his eye

 Taking the boy to the park/ most suitable for a child’s weekend evening/ quite useful/ both mental and physical health

Situation 8: A group of students from England are going to take a tour around your country

on their fieldtrip They want to visit different landscapes, organise and enjoy some activities with local people, They want to know more information about the weather in your country

In your opinion, Which is the best season for them to carry out their plan? Summer, spring

or autumn

-Spring is the best choice: - weather/ cool/ warm/ not too cold/ not too hot/ wonderful/ out

door activities/ fieldtrip/ -time/ trees/ flowers/ in blossom/ lots of spectacular scenery/

visitors/ make sightseeing tour/ - occasion/ celebrate New year/ the most important holiday/ VN/ many festivals/ held- Huong Pagoda festival/ Lim festival…/ best chance/ foreign visitors/ enjoy varous activies/ welcome New year/ get to know more/ Vnamese culture

- Summer: so hot/sweating/ exhausted/ travelling/ under the sun/ get sunburnt/ not suitable for outdoor activities/ time/ severe droughts/ occur/ lack of water/ some areas/ counntryside-

> difficult

- Autumn: rainy season/ start/ often rain/ late afternoon/ heavy rain/ violent lightening/ thunderstorm-> quite dangerous

=> Spring: best time for travelling/ sightseeing tour/ enjoy more interesting activities in VN

Situation 9: You have just graduated from college with a degree on English You want to

apply a job in your local area These are some jobs advertised on Employment centre

website: a language teacher in a local secondary school, a tourist guide for a travel agency, a secretary for a foreign company In your opinion, which is the best choice?

- A language teacher in a local secondary school: - stable job/ enough money/ expense/ at

local place/ - more time off school/ free time on regular basic/ summer holiday/ do lots of thing/ more time for family/ have some extra classes/ earn extra income/ look after/ family/ simultaneously/- stay in door/ safe- not dangerous/ in comparison with other jobs/ -

experience in teaching children

- A tourist guide: physically demanding- always travel around the country/ need to be

healthy/- stay away from home/ often/ inconvenient/ not time/ family/ children/ old-aged parents/ -regular trip / far distance/ dangerous/ case/ having accidents/

- Secretary: be under high work pressure/ loads of work everyday/ travel a lot/ go on

business/ boss/ manager/ away from home/ inconvenient/ - not stable job/ foreign company/ try/ best/ not well enough/ be sacked/ dismissed/ any time

=> teacher/ best/ in case/ need stable job/ time children/ old-aged parents

PART 3

Topic 1: The important qualities of an ideal parent

The important quality of an ideal parent:

1 Responsibility : take care of/keep an eye on/ provide/ material/ mental life/ earn

enough / support/ give/best condition/ live a healthy life/

2 Sympathy: understand/ feeling/ share emotion/ put ourselves in their position/

sympathize/ good advice/ difficult situation/ stand by…

3 Tolerance: mistakes/ something wrong/ calmly find out/ reasons/ general enough/ forgive/ direct/ right way./ help/ solve problems

4 Own idea: good teacher: (parent/first teacher/ all you teach them /young/ nurture/their upbringing/ teach your child in such a way that it will make them sensible enough to deal with various situations in their life/ become good manner/ good citizen/ societyFollow up questions:

- Many mothers today work and are away from home all day How does this affect her and her family? (can not fulfill their roles as a housewife/ not havetime to do housework/ teach children )

- Would it better for the family to have less money but have the mother at home? (hard for mothers/ don’t think…/ both earn money/ better/ however/ mothers/ arrange suitable schedule/ fulfill their roles/ at home & in society)

- Why is the number of single mothers increasing nowadays? ( not want to be commited to family life/ more freedom/partly influenced by Western culture)

Topic 2: How to cope with stress

Coping with stress:

1 Positive thingking : Nothing is important/ optimistic/ confident/ overcome problem/ keep calm- never get angry/ be tolerant to others’ mistakes/ take everything easy

2 Healthy lifestyle: balance diet/ be smart in choosing food/ good habit in eating- rich vitamine, less fat, avoid smoking, alcohol/ Regular exercise- train physical health/ have enough sleep

3 Social engagement: social activities/ out door activities – join sport club, dancing club,english club, take part in voluntary work/ do some charity work  chance to meet different people…

4 Own idea: various kind of entertainment -take up some hobbies: music, dancing, cooking , gardening, planting flowers Ex:

Follow up questions:

- Do you think that would be dull without stress? (yes/life/ not interesting if everything goes smoothly/ sad/tired/ dificult the value of happiness/

success/ ex: weather: hot/ cold/ warm)

- In what way does stress affect our health and life? (not know how to balance/ life/reduce stress-> fail/ affect your work, your study, health, even cause some serious disease- heart attack

- Some people blame modern life for increasing amount of stress we fuffer What is your point of view? (completely agree- Ex: children’s education- years ago/ study less- half of the day: morning or afternoon

Topic 3: What are the bad impacts of TV on children?

Bad impacts of TV on children:

1 Violent behaviours : Watch violent scenes on TV action films => tend to grow

aggressive/ immitate violent action/ behave the same to their friends/ bad effects in society

2 Poor eye sight: children/ spend long hours/time watching TV => eyes work hard => risk of getting some eye problems- short-sighted/nearsighted, especially when

watching in the dark

3 Physical laziness: long hours watching TV => inadequate time for doing physical ex

& outdoor activities (play sports)=> lazy, passive lifestyle => overweight / obese./ inactive

4 Own idea: study distraction-enjoy watching TV so much, not focus on study/ not have enough time for prepare lesson/ homework/ => bad school record

(Social relationship: children don’t have time/don’t want to make friends OR don’t have chances to communicate with friends and others => communication skills don’t

develop )

Follow up questions:

- Do you think TV is an effective baby sister? Good way to keep children from doing sth risk / unsafe- sit still/ not bother others/ avoid falling down/ doing sth dangerous for themselves/ but effective or not / that depends on theway parents choose the programme they watch and the time they are allowed

to watch TV

- How important is watching TV in other language when you are studying thatlanguage? (of great benefits/ keep practicing listening everyday/ easy to acquire the language/ learn large number of vocabularies/ pronounce exactly/improve listening skill)

- How important is it to keep up to date with news and current events?

( important to update current event/ news-> know what happen around the country/ around the world/ the current trend in various fields/ economy/ policy/ education/ fashion…change their lifestyle/ working style/ direct children to the right way that is suitable to current trend of the modern society.)

Topic 4: Everyone needs to take up a hobby

Hobbies:

1 Relief from tress: music/ watching film/ fishing/ reduce stress/ pressure from hard working/ studying/ refresh our mind/ good for mental life

2 Social interaction: playing sports/ travelling/ meet lots of different people/ share ideas/ experience/ make many friends/ fellows/ improve communicative skills

3 Educational opportunities: reading books/ watching films/ collecting things- stamp/ books… / broaden knowledge/ academic/ areas in daily life/ benefit/ learning/

1 Living standard: hard life/ poor/ play football/ watching films richer/ take up

expensive sports/ playing golf/ travelling/

2 Trend: - old days: collecting stamps as we often wrote letters as a means of

communication => now: the era of technologies -> collecting new models of mobile phones (instead of stamps)

3 Age: Young : playing sports/ travelling/  older/ hobbies are not appropriate for our age => change./ doing the gardening/ planting flowers/ raising birds/ chicken/ playing yoga

4 Own idea: location: countryside: jogging/ fishing move to the city-change/ sport club/ go to the gym/ take up some modern sports/ tennis/ baseball…

Yes/ b/c the better standard of life is, the more people become concerned with their health

- What are the social benefits of hobbies?(improve interaction between people/ bring people closer/better people lives/ mental/ physical health)

- What is the balance between life and work like in your country? Will there

be changes in this balance in the future? (old day/ work/ earn for living/ not have time for mental activities/ nowadays/ pay more attention to leisure activities/ certainly/ there will be some changes/ b/c hobbies/ depend much

on living standard and social trend)

- Do you think it can be a disadvantage to have too much free time?(lazy/ less active/ much money for entertainment)

Topic 6: The internet has made our life better

The internet:

1 Researching: good means/ fastest means/ get information/ necessary/ your research/ easy/find some piece of news/ some pictures/ articles/ academic work you need with a laptop/computer/ a smart phone/ connected to the internet

2 Entertaining: provides a variety of entertainment forms including music, movies, online magazines/newspapers/ with a computer/smart phone connected to the internet/ enjoy/ various types of music/ films/ Ex: - Allows us to upload / create our own videos, photo series, stories to share with others E.g we can blog, upload videos/ our great photos on fb