conversation topics discuss the following prompts and questions with your partner. also ask further...
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Conversation topicsDiscuss the following
prompts and questions with your partner. Also ask further questions and see where the conversation
takes you.
Have you ever slept in class?
Are you an organized person? Discuss.
Define good music.
Name some things you should get around to doing.
Discuss.
Discuss the benefits
anddrawbacks
of theseapproaches
to life.
Some people say
youth is wasted
onthe young.
Do youagree?
Describethe perfect pizza.
What?When?
With whom?
Sometimes time drags, sometimes it goes too fast. Discuss.
Name some good ways of making new friends. How can one lose friends?
Discuss the pros and cons of credit cards.
What can you do to conserve wildlife?
What did she find?
Is oneadultat 18?
In America
one becomes
of ageat 21.
Explainwhat
happeded.
What are the best ways of keeping our roads safe?
Does gaming dominate young people’s lives too much these days?
Whatmake of
carwould
youlike
to ownone day?
Why?
Should new drivers have a speed limit of 80 km/h for a full year (the way it used to be)?
What is it that
counts:is it
the looksor
the music?
Give advice to someone
who iseasily
offended.
What did he mean by this?
Discuss.
Talk about the role of coffee in your life.
Discuss.
How does the moon affect Earth and its inhabitants?
What’s your favourite Beatle-song?
They say if women ruled the world, there wouldn’t be wars. Discuss.
How doyou
get to sleepwhen
the demonscome?
What do you do with your old clothes?
How is informationtechnologychangingthe way
teachers teachand
students learn?
What is itabout
celebrities’livesthat
interests peopleso much?
Is thereanything
you regretdoingor not
having done?
What do you think about this business idea?
Talk about bands
whose music used to be
goodbut
who havenow lost
their form.
Which song do you like to sing?
Talk aboutpeoplewearing
earphonesin
different situations.
Who is your favourite composer of classical music and why?
What’s yourBlues Name?
Do you ever getthe Blues?
What do you dowhen
you’re down?
Could you go back to one of these older models of mobile phones?
Talk about Finns and their pets.
Are youhappywith
school foodthese days?
Are you still dead set on getting a dog?
What are your plans after graduating from senior high school?
How does this fact make you feel?
What are some of your favourite summer activities?
Why is the man wearing a paper bag over his head?
Talk about you and shoes.
Discuss.
Your task: Develop ordinary toilet paper as a product so that it will sell more. Any ideas?
Talk aboutchocolate.
Which celebritywould you liketo meet
andwhy?
Talk about relationships.
What’s the right time to move away from your parents’ house?
How widespread is this kind of thinking today?
What’s your secret to getting up early in the morning?
Some people are agoraphobic (=afraid of open spaces or claustrophobic (closed spaces). Name
some other common fears.
Discuss.
Share with your partner your experiences of sitting in detention.
Discuss.
Describe a healthy diet to your partner.
Discuss.
Discuss.
…and Finnish students say they don’t ’like it’ in Finnish schools. Please
elaborate on this.
Share your thoughts on Barack Obama with your partner.
Talk about why London is an interesting city.
Why are horror movies so popular?
Why is it so nice to kick these guys’ asses?
Do youneed
one ofthese?
Discuss.
Tell us about the instrument that you play.
Why aresome people
angry atMc Donald’s?
Should senior citizens
get to live
in their ownhome
or should they
be putin
a home?
Talk about this picture.
Talk about different kinds of addictions.
Pick fiveof the
adjectivesand
tell yourpartner
why theydescribe you.
Do you think there is life out there in space?
Why do women tend to leave the countryside?
Shouldthe use of
smart phonesbe allowed
in class?
Tell your partner about an interesting book that you’ve read lately.
Talk about yourbest
childhoodmemorieswith yourpartner.
Which do you appreciate more: a rewarding job or good pay?
How would you market Finland abroad?
Talk about you and candy.
Are theretoo many
cars in cities
today?How
about the
country-side?
Talk aboutyoung people
andwork.
Share your thoughts on climate change with your partner.
Coke or no Coke? Discuss.
Do you like to take part in competitions?
Discuss.
Discuss.
Talk aboutyour
favouritesmells
and whereyou can
smell them.
Name some ofyour bestexcuses.
Explain the situation.
Talk about facial surgery.
Name some other childhood favourites of yours.
Do peoplehave
guardianangels?
Name some other ways of getting chicks.