2015-08-13
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YOU
| · What is your (full) name? · Can I have your name please? · Could you tell me your full name please? · What shall I call you? · How can I address you? · Does your name have any special meaning? · Is your name important to you? · Do Korean people like changing their name? Why? · Have you ever changed your name? Why or why not? · Why do so many people change their name? Do you work or study? Study · What are you studying? · What’s your major? · Why did you choose that subject? · What do you find most interesting about your course? · What is your favorite subject? · What do you dislike about your study? · What do you hope to do after your graduation? · What are your ambitions for the future? · Do you hope to gain any qualifications? · What are the advantages of studying instead of working? Work · Can you describe your job to me? · What do you do for a living? · How long have you been doing it? · Can you describe one of your typical working days? · What’s your daily routine on a working day? · Why did you choose to do that job? · What things do you enjoy about your work? Why? · What do you think is the attraction of your work? · What is your ideal job? · Do you want to change your current job? Why or why not? · Are you willing to keep your job permanently? · What are your plans for the future? |
| Your town |
| · Can you describe your town or village to me? · Tell me something about your hometown. · Where are you from? · Where is your hometown? · Where do you come from? · What is the name of the street you live on? · What kind of street do you live on? · What do you like about your town? · What is the weather like in your town? · What building is considered famous in your town? · What jobs do people in your town do? · How has your town changed over the last twenty years? · What changes have taken place in your city in recent years? · Do you think it is better to live in the center of town or outside in the country? Why? |
| Free Time |
| · What do you enjoy doing in your free time? · How much time do you have each week for doing these things? · Why do you like doing these activities? · How did you start doing this activity at first? · Is there some other hobby or sport you would like to try? Why? · How has the way people spend their free time changed over the years? |
| Holidays |
| · What do you do when you have a holiday? · Who do you usually spend holiday with? · Where do you like to spend your holidays? Why? · Can you describe a typical day in your holidays? · Why are holidays and important to you? · If you could take a holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why? · What do people usually do during holidays and in your town? |
| Places to go in your free time |
| · What do people do in your town in their free time? · Where can they go out for entertainment, or to enjoy themselves? · Which do you prefer: eating in restaurants or eating at home? · Which are the best places to eat out? |
| Transport |
| · How did you come here today? · What is public transport like in your town? · How do you think it could be improved? · Do you think people should use public transport more? Why (not)? |
| Shopping |
| · How much time do you spend shopping every week? · Do you enjoy going shopping? Why (not)? · What is your favourite shop and why do you like it? · What problems are there with shopping in your area? |
| Your neighbourhood |
| · Can you describe the house where you live to me? · What is there to do in the area where you live? · What do you like about the area where you live? · How do you think it could be improved? · Do you think it is better to live in the centre of town or outside in the country? Why? |
| Reading |
| · Do you enjoy reading? Why? · What sort of things do you read? · Tell me something about your favourite book. · What are the advantages of reading instead of watching television or going to the cinema? |
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| · What sports are most popular in your country? · What sports and games did you most enjoy playing · when you were a child? · Do people take as much exercise as in the past? · Why is exercise good for you? | ||||||||||
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| Category 1: Describing things (1 test item) |
Describing a piece of equipment you often use at home or at work. You should say,
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- What is it?
- What you do with it/ How to use it?
- How long you have had it?
- How important it is to you?
Discussion:
- What are the impacts of electrical equipment on human’s life in the past ten years?
- What are the differences of the life in the past and at the present?
- What role does technological development play in people’s life?
- How will technology develop in the future?
- Do you have a mobile phone? What are its advantages?
- Why do many foreign countries develop faster than China?
- Why does the China’s West develop faster than China’s East?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of computer and internet?
| Category 2: Describing people (3 test items) |
