26/1/2013

1Do you think the school should encourage on-campus parking? Give specific reasons and
details in your response.
2Do you agree or disagree with the following statement and why? People dont need to
memorize historical events or references because they can find such information from the
Internet very easily nowadays.
13/1/2013
1. If your high school has after-school activities, what activity would you like to recommend?
2. Some people prefer to wash dishes by a dish washer. Others prefer to wash dishes by hands.
Which do you prefer and why?
30/3/2013
1. Talk about the one thing government can do to improve the educational system in your
country. Give details and examples in your answer.
2. Some people prefer to own cars; others prefer to mainly use public transportation. Which do
you agree with? Explain why.
24/3/2013
1. Talk about a positive experience you recently had working with another person. Explain why
this experience was important to you.
2. Some people prefer to plan what to do in their free time ahead of time others prefer to not
having such plans. Which do you prefer? Explain why.
2/3/2013
1.What is the one thing foreign tourist need to pay attention to before they visit your country?
Explain why? Include details and examples in your explanation.
2. Some students prefer a grade that is based on many short assignmentswhile others prefer a
grade based one or two long assignments. Which one do you prefer?
26/5/2013
1. Your friend has been offered a job that's far away from his hometown. Do you think he should
take it or not? Give specific reasons and details to support your response.
2. Do you agree or disagree that teachers should encourage students to have class discussions
during class? Give specific reasons and details in your response.
18/5/2013
1. Talk about an interesting activity you recently participated in. Did everyone involved enjoy
the activity? Give details and examples in your response.
2. Do you agree or disagree with the statement that parents are the best teacher for children?
Give specific reasons and details in your response.
11/5/2013
1. Talk about an interesting school activity that you participated in recently. Give details and
examples in your response.
2. Some people prefer to buy innovative high-tech products like cellphones and computers when
they first came out, others would buy them after the price has been decreased. Which do you
prefer? Explain why.

8/1/2012
1 type of movie you do not like2 agree or disagreestudents should do part-time job
before attending college
24/2/2012
1. What kind of activities do you want to do in the school?
2. An artist needs to be gifted .Do you agree or disagree his agreement?
17/2/2012
1. Describe the differences between two singers that you are familiar with. Include reasons and
examples to support your response.
2. Some people prefer to get advice from their parents or grandparents. Others prefer to get
advice from their peers. What way do you prefer and why?
24/3/2012
1. Do you think students should be able to evaluate their professors at the end of the semester?
2. Which do you prefer: a handmade present or a store bought present?
18/3/2012
1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: The internet plays an important role
in your life. Use specific examples and details to support your answer.
2. Some people play games for fun while other people play games for winning. Which do
you prefer?
4/3/2012
1. The University decides to set a cooking class for students to let them have better
understanding of the nutrients and health. Do you think it is a reasonable decision or not?
2. 2agree of disagree? Children can learn better from teachers who are kind and friendly
28/4/2012
1. What is your favorite place to study? Give details and examples in your response. Begin your
response after the beep.
2. Some people prefer a job which deals with the same tasks every day. Others prefer a job
which deals with many different tasks. Which do you prefer and why?
22/4/2012
1. If your friend is dropping out of the college, do you think is a good thing?
2. Do you agree or disagree that assignments handed in after the deadline should receive lower
score?
12/5/2012
1. If one of your friends want to run a restaurant, what is your opinion or advice on food and
location?
2. Do you agree that students nowadays work harder in study than before?
30/6/2012
1. The activity I would like to participate in isplaying foosball with my friends after school.
2. Some people like to record their experiences by diary or photoothers not .What isyour
opinion and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support yourresponse
17/6/2012

1. Which challenge in the list do you think is the most difficulties for the university students?
Being far away from families, finding time to relax, making new friends.
2. Do you agree or disagree that to be successful, a person should study in the university?
7/6/2012
1Talk about advantages and/or disadvantages of children playing computer games
2, Some people use products without reading the instruction, others read instruction before using
. Which one do you think is better?
14/7/2012
1. Q1::Among the following three professions, which do you respect the most: photographers,
musicians and painters. Explain why.
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: It is better for your friend to ask you
for help (suppose you are good at the subject) than to turn to a tutor when he finds it hard to pass
an examination.
2. Which do you prefer, reading paper books or reading electronic books? Explain why.
15/7/2012
1.describe one one way of a school you attended recently improve
2.Bicycle will still be popular. Agree disagree
22/7/2012
1. Describe a change in your country. It could be a social, economical or political change.
Explain how this change influenced people in your country.
2.Some students prefer to live alone or live with their friends when they study abroad. Other
students prefer to live with local family when they study abroad. Which way do you prefer and
why?
28/7/2012
1. what do you think we should do to decrease the usage of car or other vehicle and solve the
traffic problems?
2. Do do think goverment should spend funding to save the animals which on the age of
extinction or only for private source?
26/8/2012
1. What personal quality do you admire most? creativitycourage or intelligence? Explain
why? Please include details and examples in your response.
2. Some people prefer to listen to music while they are studying or working. Others prefer to
stay in a quiet place while they are studying or working. Which way do you prefer and why?
Include reasons and details in your response
25/8/2012
1 shopping online disadvantages
2 which you perferspend more time with families or spend time on working or studying
19/8/2012
Task2some prefer to study in school and libraryothers prefer to study in home and dorm
which do u prefer
16/9/2012

1.Two different schools you have attended

2.Some people like to buy the new tech devices and some will wait.Which u prefer.
8/9/2012
1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? College students should not be
allowed to keep pets in their dormitories.
2.Some students prefer to study in a library. Others prefer to study at home or in
dormitories. Which way do you prefer and why? Include reasons and details in your
response.
28/10/2012
1. Your university is planing to allow students to watch TV in theirs dormitories. What is your
opinion and why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV in dormitories.
Include reasons and examples to support your response.
2. Some people believe that teachers should give students assignments in class. Others believe
that teachers should give students assignments by sending emails. Witch why do you think in
better and why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
30/11/2012
1 If your friend is dropping out of the college, do you think is a good thing?
2 Do you agree or disagree that assignments handed in after the deadline should receive lower
score?
24/11/2012
1. Is it good for college students do part time jobs? What is your opinion and why? What are
some advantages or disadvantages of doing part time jobs. Use specific reasons and details to
support your answer.
2. Some people think that social skill is more important to achieve career success. other people
think hard work is more important. Which one do you think is more important? give detail
reasons and examples to illustrate your idea.
18/11/2012
1. Talk about an organization or a club that you would like to join. Explain why you would like
to join this organization? Please include reasons and details in your response.
2. Some students prefer to study for only one long time during a week. Others students prefer to
study for several short times during a week. Which way do you prefer and why? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your choice.
2/11/2012
1. Why is it important to be polite to others in interpersonal communications? Include specific
reasons and details in your response
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Use specific reasons and examples to
support your response. It is important for a school to have experienced teachers.
8/12/2012
1. What will you suggest your friend if he comes to your country to study aboard?
2. read fewer books in the future
2/12/2012

1 Some people prefer to have friends who share the similar ideas of the world. Others prefer to
have friends who hold different ideas of the world. Which do you prefer?
2 In your opinion, what are some important characteristics of a good school?
SPEAKING TEMPLATES

QUESTION 1: PERSON, PLACE, EVENT OR THING : Description and reasons

Timing: 45 sec to speak
5 sec state topic
10-15 sec describe what you have stated
20-25 sec reasons why I chose
TEMPLATE: Personally , I would like to say my favourite is -----------------And there are a couple of reasons to name .
The most important one is that ----------------So, thats why this is ------------------QUESTION 2: PERSONAL PREFERENCE - CHOOSE FROM 2 OPTIONS
TIMING: 45 Sec to speak
5-10 sec state the preference
20 sec reason1
15 sec - reason 2
5 sec state the preference again
TEMPLATE 1 : Well, in my opinion , I would definitely agree with or choose A or B
The first reason I wanna say is that -------------------------The second reason is ---------------------------So, thats why I choose A or B for the reasons listed above.
TEMPLETE 2: Well, in my opinion, I would definitely agree with or choose A
The important reason I give for choosing A is that ------------------------The important reason I give for not choosing B isthat ----------------------Beacause of these 2 reasons I prefer A to B.
QUESTION 3: University notice + conversation
TIMING: 60 Sec to speak
15 sec summarise the reading passage
5 sec state the persons opinion
20 sec - reason 1
20 sec reason 2
TEMPLATE: In the reading material, there is a/an
announcement/message/notice/proposal about -----------. The university/ college is
going to ------------------In the listening material, 2 students discus about this announcement/message/
notice/proposal.
The man completely agrees/disagrees with the scholl
decision/planning/announcement.
He/she gives 2 reasons for having that opinion.
The first reason she feels is that----------------------The second reason she feels is that-------------------QUESTION 4: ACADEMIC CONTENT : READING+LISTENING

TIMING: 60 Sec to speak

10 sec- state the topic
5 sec support or refute
25-35 sec - from listening
TEMPLATE 1 : Based upon the reading (XXX) means that ----------------------In the lecture, the professor continues to explain this concept of (XXX).
The professor tries to elaborate this topic by giving examples.
The first example he gives is that ------------The second example he gives is that ----------------These are 2 good examples the professor made to explain the principle of reading
passage.
TEMPLATE 2: In the lecture the professor mainly talked about the theory that
-----------------To reinforce the theory, the professor gave 2 reasons or examples.
The first one is that------------The other one is that -------------These are the 2 reasons the speaker presented to explain his idea
QUESTION 5 : ALWAYS ABOUT A PROBLEM / ISSUE STUDENTS HAVE .
OTHERS GIVE SOLUTIONS.
TIMING: 60Sec to speak
10 sec- state and explain the problem
10-15 sec 2 suggestions from other person
35-40 sec your preference and reasons
TEMPLATE: According to the conversation , the woman/man has a problem and
the problem is ---------The man/woman offers 2 suggestions/advices/solutions.
First one , she suggests is that he do --------------. However, hes concerned that
------------Her other recommendation is to -------------. While in the mans opinion----------In my opinion, the first/second one is better. The reasons for this are - ------QUESTION 6: SUMMARY OF THE LECTURE
TIMING: 60 sec to speak
TEMPLATE: In the lecture, the professor is explaining about the topic --------. He
provides 2 examples ti illustrate the phenomenon/theory - ---------The first one is that ------------------Another example is that --------------------These are the 2 examples speaker presented to explain the theory/phenomenon.