Lesson 1: Travel

1. How many countries have you been to?

2. Where did you spend your last vacation? What did you do?

3. When you were a child, did your family take trips? Would you always go to the same place or different places?

4. When you are travelling, do you try to speak the local language?

5. Have you ever taken a package tour? If so, tell about this experience?

6. What type of accommodations do you usually stay in when you travel?

7. Where will you go on your next vacation?

8. Describe the best trip you ever took. Where did you go? Who did you travel with? What did you do?

9. Describe the worst trip you ever took. Where did you go? What made it a bad trip?

10. What three countries would you most like to visit? Why?

11. Do you prefer winter vacations or summer vacations? Why?

12. Would you like to take a cruise? Why or why not?

13. Have you ever hitchhiked? If so, where were you and how was this experience?

14. What three countries would you least like to visit? Why?

Lesson 2: Learning Languages

1. What languages have you studied? How well can you read, write and speak each of them?

2. Which language do you think is the most difficult to learn? Why?

3. Do you think it's ever possible to speak a language like a native? Explain your reasons.

4. What do you find most difficult to learn in English?

5. Why do you want to improve your English? For example: work, travel, pleasure.

6. In what major ways is English grammar different from the grammar of your native language?

7. What's the best way to learn a language?

8. Do you like to listen to music in other languages? Do you make an effort to understand the words?

9. Have you ever had a friendship with someone who spoke a different language? What language(s) did you use to communicate? How did it affect your relationship?

10. How do people who come from different regions of your country speak differently?

11. Are some languages more beautiful to listen to than others? If so which? Are there any languages that you really don't like the sound of? Why?

12. How is your personality different when you speak another language? For example, are you more or less outgoing?

13. At what did you begin studying a second language? Do think age affects a person's ability to learn a new language?

14. Do you think you learn more English inside or outside the classroom? What do you on your own to improve your English?

15. How often to you read in another language? What kinds of things do you read? Why?

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Lesson 3: Music

1. How popular is live music in your country? When was the last time you went to a concert or live show?


2. What types of music do people listen to in your country? Is there any type of music that you can only hear in your country?


3. How many CDs do you own? What kind of music do you have the most of?


4. What musician would you most like to meet? Why?


5. Why do you think English language music is so popular? Can a band be a worldwide hit if they don't sing in English?


6. Do you ever like to listen to loud music? When?


7. Do you think CDs will ever become obsolete? What will replace them?


8. What kind of music do you like? Is there any kind of music that you can't stand?


9. Do you play a musical instrument? What instrument? Did you take lessons?


10. Do you listen to music on the radio? How often? Do you have a favorite station? Why do you like this station?


11. Do you prefer music in English or in your own language? Why?


12. Do you like to sing? Have you ever sung karaoke?

Lesson 4: Food

1. What's your favorite dessert? How often do you eat it?

2. What's the last meal you cooked for yourself? How do you make it?

3. Describe an everyday meal from your country and tell how to prepare it.

4. What foods do you think are most romantic? Why are they romantic?

5. In your opinion, which countries have the best cuisine? The worst? Why?

6. When did you last go a nice restaurant? What did you order?

7. Do you think you have a generally healthy diet? What have you eaten so far today?

8. If you visited countries where people ate the following foods, would you try any of them: monkey, snake, dog, insects? Why or why not?

9. What's a big holiday in your country? What foods do people typically eat on this holiday?

10. What's the strangest thing you've ever eaten? Where were you? Why did you eat it? Would you eat it again?

11. What foods do you eat when you feel sick or depressed?

12. Do you think a vegetaian diet is better than a diet that includes meat? Why or why not?

13. When you are eating dinner at a friend's house, do you ever ask for seconds? Do you accept seconds if they're offered?

14. Are there any foods that you would not eat as a child that you now like? Why do you think this is?

Lesson 5: Adventure

1. If you could go back to another time and place, what time and place would you choose and why?

2. Have you ever picked up a hitchhiker? If so tell about it.

3. Tell about a road trip that you've taken.

4. Would you want to climb Mt. Everest? Why or why not?

5. Do you consider yourself an adventurous person? Why or why not?

6. What's your favorite adventure story, movie, or book? Tell about it.

7. Do you have any tatoos? If so, tell about how you got them. If not, would you ever consider getting a tatoo? Why or why not?

8. If you were offered a trip on the space shuttle, would you go? Why or why not?

9. Have you ever tried any of the following: bungee jumping, snowboarding, parachuting, hanggliding? If so, tell about it.

10. Have you ever moved to a place far from your family and friends? If so, where did you go and why?

11. What's the most exciting thing you've ever done? Tell about it.

12. What countries (other than your own) would you like to live in? Why?

Lesson 6: Dating and Ralationships

1. What qualities are most important to you in a partner? For example, intelligence, sense of humor, money.

2. If you cheated on your partner, would you tell him or her? Why or why not?

3. Describe a perfect romantic evening.

4. How old were you when you went on your first date? Who was it with? Where did you go and what did you do?

5. Would you ever consider using the personals to find a date? Why or why not?

6. Have you or anyone you've known ever met someone over the Internet? Do you think that these types of relationships can be successful? Why or why not?

7. Do women usually work after getting married in your country? Why or why not?

8. Would you like to have a boyfriend or girlfriend who was a lot more attractive than you?

9. Would you move to a place far from your family and friends to be with the person you loved? Why or why not?

10. Is it common for couples to live together before marriage in your country? Would you want to live with someone before marriage? Why or why not?

11. Would you continue to date someone you really liked if your parents did not like this person? Why or why not?

12. Do you know anyone who has had an arranged marriage? Do you think marriages based on love are more successful than those that are arranged?

13. (TO A GIRL) Would you ask a man out? Why or why not?
(TO A GUY) Would you like it if a woman asked you out? Why or why not?