Part 1. Self speaking practice:
The topics you may speak about:
1) Speak about your family. Here are some questions that may help you to speak.
Who are the members of your family? Tell about their names, age, occupations, what they like to do, what is special about them.
Speak about your aunts, uncles, cousins.
Do you keep in touch( maintain relations) with your relatives? How do you do it: do you visit them on weekends or holidays?
Do you have your family traditions? What are they? Do you have tradition of getting together as a family on Christmas or on Easter?
Do you support your relatives? If you do, in what way?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a big family?
Is it good to live alone( without a family)?
What’s more important: family or job?
2) Speak about your job
Is the work interesting?
Is it difficult?
Is it boring?
Do you have a good team? Are your colleagues nice?
Do you have a good boss?
What is your working schedule?
Do you have lunch at work? At what time do you have lunch?
Is it a café/canteen/diner in your office?
Do you like your work? What do you like it for?
Are there any negative moments at your work?
Do you have opportunities for promotion at your work?
What was your previous work? Why did you leave it?
How did you get this work?
Did you go through job interview?
Did you have probe/trial period?
Are you a good worker/employee? Why do you think so?
3) Speak about your University.
3) Speak about your University.
When did you enter the University? When did
you graduate from it?
Do you have a bachelor degree or a master
degree?
Did you like to study there? Why?
Were you a good student?
Did you take part in student international
organizations like AIESEC?
Was it hard to study?
Were you happy when you finally get your
diploma?
Did you learn English while studying at
University?
Did you take part in students programs like
AU Pair or Camp America?
Did you pay for your studying?
Did you get good education?
Did you have good teachers at University?
Did you have good group mates?
Did you have intensive social life:
parties, hanging out with friends in cafes, going out together for picnics or to the mountains?
Did you make any friends at University? Are
you still friends?
Would you recommend other people to study
at your University? Why?
What would you change at your University if
you had such opportunity?
Part 2. Working with the series.
Watch the first Episode of "Friends( from the beginning till 6:00).
Check if you know these words:
In the cafeteria
to go out, a date, to realize, instead of, all of a sudden, , to figure, weird, stuff, leave me alone to say out loud
Rachel has come in
11. to freak out, . to look like…, to look familiar, an issue
Retel these 2 scenes from the Episode 1( in the cafeteria and Rachel's situation)
