SPEAKING:DISCUSSION

TOPICS
USEFUL LINKS

 Tips to score a good mark in the oral exam

 Various topics: Using a Random picker to teach English
 Conversation Fillers: give yourself some time to think
 Tips to give speeches
 Some priceless topic-based videos to help students prepare for the oral exam

DISCUSSION TOPICS

Personal Identification

 Abilities
 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
 Customs and traditions
 Feelings
 Present and past
 The past
 Success
 Names and personality questions

Housing & Home Environment

 City life vs country life

 The city: Vocabulary and speaking
 Hometowns (cards)
 Homes and houses
 The environment

Daily Life Activities

 Doing housework
 Jobs
 Working 1
 Working 2
 Work+vocabulary
 Risks

Free Time & Entertainment

 Film cards
 Pets
 Sports 1
 Sports 2
 Sportboard
 Violent sports
 Taking risks
 Taking risks (visual)
 The Performing Arts

Travelling

 Stereotypes
 Travelling 1
 Traveling 2
 Travelling+vocabulary
 Travelling cards
 Off the beaten track

Social & Human Relations

 Your dream partner

 Families
 Families Guided Answers
 Friendship
 Racism and immigration

Health & Wellbeing

 At the doctor’s
 Health and Illness
 Health and Illness Collocations Game

Education

 Are exams a waste of time?

 Education
 Education+vocabulary
 Respect
 Education: Using vocabulary
 Education

Shopping & Trade

 Fashion and trends

 Going shopping
 Going shopping+ vocabulary (in pairs)
 Online shopping
 Money
 Money (in pairs)
 Food & Nourishment

 Food
 Food and eating 1
 Food and eating 2
 Spinning the wheel game

Goods & Services

Language & Communication

 Advertising
 The media
 Truth or tabloid?
 Learning a language+vocabulary
 Learning English
 Do you speak English?

Science & Technology

 Mobiles
 Mobiles and the Internet
 Technology+ vocabulary
 Technology

Climate, Weather & Environment

 Environment
 Weather

Religion

 Easter Holidays

Miscellaneous

 Phrasal verbs with three parts

 The “take” questionnaire
 What would you do if you…?
 After Christmas conversation questions