Topics January – August 2024
Advertising
Being bored
Cakes
Celebrities
Collecting things
Colours
Crowded places
Memory
Money
Music
Singing
Social Media
Sunglasses
Video games
Topics January – April 2024
Chatting
Clothes
Coffee and tea
Films
Fishing
Geography
Gifts
Helping others
Maps
Musical instruments
Noise
Robots
Running
Transportation
Topics and questions January - August 2024
Advertising
Do you like advertisements?
Do you like advertisements on TV?
What kind of advertising do you like?
Is there an advertisement that made an impression on you when you were a child?
Is there much advertising in your country?
What advertising do you have in your country?
What are the different places where we see advertisements?
Do you see a lot of advertising on trains or other transport?
Being bored
Do you often feel bored?
What kinds of things are boring to you?
Was school boring when you were a child?
Do you feel bored more often now than when you were younger?
What do you do when you feel bored?
Cakes
Do you like cakes?
Did you like cakes when you were a child?
Do you like eating cakes or other sweet things after a meal?
Are there any traditional cakes in your country?
Celebrities
Who is your favorite celebrity in your country?
Do you want to be a celebrity (e.g., a pop star)?
What kind of famous people do you often see in the news?
Do you pay attention to famous people in the news? // Do you read news about celebrities?
Do you believe that the news about famous people in the media is true?
Would you like to be a famous person in the news?
Have you ever met celebrities face to face?
Collecting things
Do you collect anything?
Why do some people like collecting things?
Is collecting a popular pastime in your country?
What kind of items do people collect in your country?
Why do you think people like having collections?
Where do they keep the things they collect?
What are the benefits of collecting?
Colours
What is your favourite colour?
What is the most popular colour in your country?
Do you think colours influence you?
Do you think colours are important?
Were colours important to you when you were a child?
What colour car would you like to buy?
What colour clothes do you like to wear?
Do people in your country like to wear bright colours?
What are the differences between men and women's preference in colour?
What colour would you never use in your home?
What colour would you choose to paint the walls of your room?
Crowded places
Do you like crowded places?
How do you feel when you go to crowded places?
When was the last time you were in a crowded place?
What kind of places are often crowded?
Is there a crowded place near where you live?
Do many people like crowded places?
Why do you think some people don’t like crowded places?
Memory
Are you good at memorising things?
Have you ever forgotten something important?
What do you need to remember in your daily life?
How do you remember important thing?
What do you have to remember to do every day?
Is it easy for you to forget to do these things?
Money
Do you like money?
How do you save money?
What do you think about payment apps or mobile payments?
Do you use a credit card to buy things?
Do you think cash will still be popular in the future?
Music
Do you like music?
Do you often listen to music?
When do you listen to music?
How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
What kind of music do you like listening to?
When did you start listening to that type of music?
How do you feel when you listen to it?
Do you like listening to songs?
What kinds of music are popular in your country?
Is music an important subject at school in your contry?
Is it easy to learn music?
Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
Do/did you have music lessons at school?
Have you ever been to a musical performance or concert?
Did you often listen to music when you were a child?
Do you like listening to music at work?
Do many people like music?
Do people prefer to buy CDs or download music online?
Singing
Do you like singing?
Have you ever learned how to sing?
Do/did you have any singing classes at school?
Can many people in your country sing?
Do you think singing can bring happiness to people?
Social Media
Do you like using social media?
When did you start using social media?
Do you think you spend too much time on social media?
What kind of people do you like to be friends with on those websites?
What kind of social networking websites do you like to use?
Do your friends use social media?
What do people often do on social media?
What's the most popular social media in your country? // What kind of chatting apps or software do people in your country like to use?
Sunglasses
Do you often wear sunglasses?
Why do you wear sunglasses?
How often do you buy sunglasses?
Do you spend a lot of money on sunglasses?
Do you give sunglasses as gifts?
Have you ever lost sunglasses?
Video games
Do you play video games?
What kinds of video games do you like to play?
Is it good for young people to play video games?
Would you watch others play video games?
Do you think people spend too much time playing video games?
Do you prefer playing video games alone or with others?
Topics and questions January – April 2024
Chatting
What do you like to talk about with your friends?
Have your discussion topics changed since you were a child?
Do you like chatting with friends?
What do you usually chat about with your friends?
Do you prefer to chat with a group of people or with only one friend?
Do you prefer to communicate fce-to-face or via social media?
Do you argue with friends?
Clothes
What clothes do you like to wear?
What kind of clothes do you never wear?
Do you wear the same clothes on weekdays and weekends?
What colour clothes do you like?
Do you prefer to wear comfortable and casual clothes or smart clothes?
Do you spend a lot of time choosing clothes?
Coffee and tea
Are tea and coffee popular in your country?
Do people like tea or coffee nowadays?
Do you prefer to drink tea or coffee?
Do you like tea and coffee?
Do you often drink coffee and tea?
Films
Do you like to watch films?
What kinds of movies do you like best?
How often do you go to a cinema to watch a movie?
Did you usually go to the cinema when you were a kid?
What was the first film that you watched?
Do you like to watch movies alone or with your friends?
Do you like to go to the cinema with your friends?
Do you prefer foreign films or films made in your country?
Fishing
Is fishing popular in your country?
Do you like eating fish?
Have you ever been to a place where there are lots of fish around you?
Have you seen any movies with lots of fish?
Why do people go fishing
Geography
Do you like geography?
Do you think geography is useful?
Have you ever wanted to travel to a country because its geographical location?
Have you ever studied geography at school?
Do you want to be a geographer in the future?
Gifts
Have you ever sent handmade gifts to others?
How to choose a gift?
What kind of gifts are popular in your country?
What’s the best gift you have ever received?
What do you give others as gifts?
Do you like to give expensive gifts?
How often do you buy gifts for other people?
Why do people give gifts?
Have you ever received a gift which you didn’t like?
Helping others
Do you usually help people around you?
How do you help people around you, such as neighbours, family and friends?
Do your parents teach you how to help others?
Did your parents help you a lot when you were young?
Maps
Do you often use maps?
How often do you maps on your phone?
When was the first time when you used a map?
Did you learn to use map when you were a child?
Do you prefer electronic or paper maps?
Musical instruments
Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
What musical instruments do you enjoy listening to the most?
Is music an important subject at school in your country?
Do you think every child should learn to play a musical instrument?
Noise
Do you like to stay in a place with a lot of noise?
Do you think there is too much noise in today’s world?
Is making noise one of people’s rights?
Do you mind noises?
Do any noises bother you?
What type of noise do you come across in your daily life?
Are there any sounds that you like?
Robots
Are robots important?
Would robots affect people’s lives?
How can robots affect people’s lives?
Are you interested in robots?
Would you like robots to work at your home?
Do you want to take a car in which robot is a driver?
Running
Do you like running?
Where do you run?
Where do you go running?
How often do you run?
Do you go running a lot?
Transportation
What's the most popular means of transport in your hometown?
How do you go to work/school?
Will you use public transport more in the future?
Will you drive more in the future?
Are there any traffic problems in your area?