Теми за разговор

WARM-UP

Could you tell me your 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?

HOMETOWN

Where do you come from?
Where do you live?
Where is your hometown?
What is your hometown like?
Do you like your hometown?
How often do you visit your hometown?
Are there any tourist attractions in your hometown?
What is there for a foreigner to do or see in your hometown?
Could you tell me something about the history of your hometown?
Has your hometown changed much since you were a child?
Do you think your hometown is a good place to bring up children?
How could your hometown be improved?
Is it easy to travel round your hometown? Is there good public transportation in your hometown?
Tell me about the neighborhood/part of town you live in.
What kind of street do you live in?
What is the weather like in your hometown?
What is your hometown known for?
What are the main industries in your hometown?
What problems does your hometown face?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in your hometown?
What is your favourite place in your hometown?

NEIGHBOURS AND NEIGHBOURHOODS

Do you like your neighbours?
Are neighbours usually close to each other in your country?
What is your neighbourhood like?
Do you think your neighbourhood is a good place for children?
How could your neighbourhood be improved?
Do you think it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbours?

WORK

What is your job?
Where do you work?
Why did you choose this job?
How long have you been doing your job?
Is it a popular job in your country?
Do you like your job?/Are you satisfied with your job?
Do you get on well with your colleagues?
What was your fist day on the job like?
What responsibilities do you have at work?
If you had a chance, would you change your job?/Are you willing to keep your job permanently?/Do you plan to continue doing this job in the future?
What’s your daily routine on a working day?
What is your ideal job?

STUDY

What do you study?/What is your major/area of specialization?
Where do you study that?
Why did you choose this subject?
Is it a popular subject in your country?
Do you like that subject?
Do you get on well with your classmates?
What was your first day in your present school like?
What are the main aspects of your major?
If you had the chance, would you change majors?
Do you plan to get a job in the same field as your major?
What is the education system like in your country?
What single aspect would you like to change in your school or university?
How is education helpful in shaping a person’s life?

HOME

Where is your home?
Do you live in a house or a flat?
Who do you live with?
Are there many rooms in your home?
What is your favourite room?
How are the walls decorated in your room?
What would you like to change about your home?
Do you plan to live there in the future?
What facilities are there near your home?
What is your neighbourhood like?
Do most people in your country live in houses?

DAILY ROUTINE

When do you usually get up in the morning?
Do you usually have the same routine every day?
What is your daily routine?
Do you ever change your routine?
Is your routine the same today as it was when you were younger?
Do you think it is important to have a daily routine?
Does your life change much from week to week?

EVENINGS

What do you often do in the evenings?
Do you do the same thing every evening?
Do you prefer to spend your evenings with family or friends?
Do you ever work or study in the evenings?
What is a popular activity for young people in your country in the evenings?
Do you do the same thing in the evenings as you did when you were younger?

LEISURE TIME

What is your favourite leisure activity?
What did you enjoy doing in your free time as a child?
Do you prefer to spend your free time with other people or alone?
What is a common leisure activity in your country?
Do you think leisure time is important?
Do most people in your country get two days off a week?
How has the way people spend their free time changed over the years?

FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Do you spend much time with your family?
Who are you closest to in your family?
Do you prefer spending time with your family or friends?
What do you like doing with your family?
What is your favourite memory with your family members?
In what way is your family important to you?
Is family important in your country?
In what ways have families changed over the past fifty to hundred years?
Should we rely heavily on our families or is it better to try to be independent?
Should husbands and wives have different roles within the family?
What responsibilities do parents have towards their children?
What responsibilities do children have towards their parents?
Who is your best friend?
Are you still friends with people from your childhood?
Do you have many friends?
What do you usually do with your friends?
Do you prefer one or two close friends or many friends?
How do you make friends?
What do you expect from a good friend?
Do you think friendships change when we get older? How?

NEWSPAPERS AND BOOKS

How do you usually get your news?
Do you often read newspapers?
What kind of news do you usually follow?
How do most people get the news in your country?
Do you think international news is important?
Do you often read?
What is your favourite kind of book to read?
Do you read e-books?
What books did you read as a child?
Do you think it is important to encourage children to read?
Do you think it is important for people to read a lot?
Are newspapers better for learning the news than listening to the radio or watching TV?
Do you think newspapers should be completely free to say what they want?
What do people enjoy reading in your country?
Do you think the media should be allowed to publish stories about the private lives of public figures?

BIRTHDAYS

Do you enjoy your birthdays?
Do you usually celebrate your birthday?
What did you do on your last birthday?
Can you remember a birthday that you enjoyed as a child?
Do most people celebrate their birthdays with a party in your country?
Which birthdays are considered important in your country?

HOBBIES

Do you have a hobby?
How much time do you spend on your hobby?
When did you develop this hobby?
What equipment do you need for it?
Do you think hobbies should be shared with other people?
Did you have a hobby as a child?
What hobbies are popular in your country?
Why do you think people have hobbies?

SPORT

Do you like sport?
What is your favourite sport?
Do you you often watch sport on TV?
Do you do a sport?
Are you good at it?
What do you do to keep fit?
What are the best ways to keep fit?
How often do you do it?
What equipment do you need for your favourite sport?
Did you do a sport as a child?
What is the most popular sport in your country?
How do most people in your country keep fit?
Do you think most people consider exercise a chore or they do it for fun?
Do you think that people in your country are less healthy than they used to be?
How can young people be encouraged to stay healthy?
Should the government intervene to force people to be healthier?

CHILDHOOD

Did you enjoy your childhood?
What is your first memory of your childhood?
Did you have a lot of friends when you were a child?
What did you enjoy doing as a child?
Do you think it is better for children to grow up in the city or in the countryside?

FOOD

What is your favourite food?
How often do you eat your favourite food?
Have you always liked the same food?
What types of food do you dislike?
Is food important to you?
Do you have a healthy diet?
What kind of foods are considered healthy?
What do you think of fast food?
Is take-away always unhealthy?
Will people depend on fast food more in the future?
What foods are popular in your country/region?
What is the staple food in your country/region?
What local dishes is your region famous for?
Do you enjoy cooking? Are you good at it?
Who taught you to cook?
Who did the cooking in your family when you were a child?
Do you think it is important to know how to cook well?
Do you think children should be taught cookery at school?
Do you prefer eating at home or in restaurants?
Do you think some people take dieting too far?
Are some people becoming obsessed with what they eat?

GOING OUT

Do you often go out in the evenings?
How often do you go out?
What do you like to do when you go out?
What type of places do you prefer to go to?
Do you prefer going out on your own or with your friends?
Do people in your country go out a lot?
Where do young people like to go out in your country?
How and where do people in your country usually socialise?
What kind of entertainment is popular in your country?

SHOPPING

Do you like shopping?
How do you feel about shopping?
What is your favourite shop?
Do you prefer shopping alone or with others?
What kinds of shops do you like?
Do you buy things online?
Do you think men and women have different attitudes towards shopping?
What don’t you like about shopping (online)?
Which is the most popular place to shop in your hometown?
What typical things can visitors to your country buy?
What can shops do to make shopping more pleasant for the customers?
Do people in your country enjoy going to open-air markets? Which type of open-air market (food/clothes/second-hand) is the most popular?
Do you think young people feel the same about shopping at markets as older people?
What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying things from shops rather than markets?
How does advertising influence what people choose to buy? is this true for everyone?
How have the recent changes in the way people live have affected their shopping habits?

MONEY

Is it a good idea to save money?
Do you think people are happier if they have money?

TV

Do you ofetn watch TV?
What sort of programmes do you watch on TV?
What is your favourite TV programme?
Do you ever watch foreign programmes or film?
What did you watch on TV when you were a child?
Do you think children should watch TV?
How many hours of TV do you usually watch?
What are the most popular TV shows in your country?
What did you last watch on TV?
Why do you think certain TV shows are so popular?

MUSIC

Do you like music?
What is your favourite type of music?
Did you like the same kind of music when you were younger?
When do you usually listen to music?
Can you sing?
Can you play a musical instrument?
Did you learn music at school?
If you could learn a musical instrument, what would it be?
What is your favourite musical instrument?
Do you think music is important?
What are the benefits of listening to music?

PETS

Do you have a pet?
Do you like animals?
What is your favourite animal?
What is a popular pet to have in your country?
Did you have a pet as a child?
Why do people have pets?

FESTIVALS

What is your favourite festival?
How do people celebrate this festival?
What is the most important festival in your country?
How do people celebrate this festival?
What special activities are associated with this festival?
What do you enjoy most about this festival?
Do you think festivals are important for a society?

MARRIAGE

What is the attitude towards marriage in your country?
At what age do people usually get married in your country?
Is divorce rate high in your country?

FILMS

Do you enjoy watching films?
What is your favorite film?
Who are your favorite actors?
How often do you watch films?

TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL

How did you get here today?
What is your favourite mode of transport?
Do you ever use public transport?
Is the public transportation system in your town efficient?
Do traffic jams occur in your hometown or in the town you live in?
What is the most common means of transport in your country?
Do you like the transport system in your country?
What changes in transportation have taken place in the past ceveral years in your country?
What is the difference between taking a bus and taking a train?
Do you like travelling?
Do you prefer to travel alone or with friends?
What do you usually do when you first arrive in a new place?
What are the benefits of travelling?
Why do so many people like travelling nowadays?
Do you think it is true that travelling broadens the mind?
Do you think young people and old people benefit differently from travelling?
How can you make sure you get the most from your travels?

TOURISM AND HOLIDAYS

Do a lot of tourists visit your country?
What do they usually do there?
How has tourism changed your country?
Is your country expensive for tourists to visit?
What are some famous landmarks in your country?
What do you do when you go on holiday?
What type of holidays appeal to you most?
Who do you usually spend your holidays with?
What is the ideal holiday destination?
Which countries would you most like to visit?
Which part of your country would you recommend to tourists?
Do you think you would like to work in the travel industry?
Why do people like to travel to different places in their free time?
How do you see tourism changing in your country in the future?
Why are historic buildings and monuments important to a city?
Is it better to keep old buildings, or build new ones?

ENVIRONMENT

Why is it important to protect the environment?
In what ways is the environment in danger in your country/region?

FUTURE PLANS

What do you hope to be doing this time next year?
What are you planning to do in the next five years?
How do you think you might use your English speaking skills in the future?
Would you ever consider moving to another country (to study/live) (temporarily/permanently)?
Are you someone who likes to plan for the future or do you prefer to let things happen?

WEATHER

What is the weather like today?
What is your favourite weather?
What is the climate/weather like in your country/region?
How many seasons does your country have?
Do you like the weather in your country/region?
Does the weather affect your mood?
How do rainy days affect your mood?
Does the weather in your country affect transportation?
What is your favourite season?
What do you like to do when it is hot?
What do you usually do in your free time in winter/summer?
Have you noticed any changes in teh weather in the last few years?

GAMES

Do you enjoy playing any games?
What kind of games do you play?
Do you think adults should play games?
What do children learn from games?
What kind of games did you play when you were a child?
What games are popular in your country?
What games were popular in your country when you were young?
Do you play any outdoor games?

CLOTHES

Are clothes important to you?
What kind of clothes do you usually wear?
Do you ever wear the traditional clothes of your country?
Where do you usually buy your clothes?
Have you ever worn a uniform?
Do most people/young people in your country follow fashion?
What kind of clothes do people wear to work in your country?
Are clothes expensive in your country?
Do you think people behave differently when they wear different kinds of clothes?

COLOURS

Do you have a favourite colour?
What are your country’s colours?
Do you think colours affect our mood?
Can you learn anything about a person from the colours s/he likes?
Do you like the same colours now as you did when you were a child?

FLOWERS

Do you like flowers?
What is your favorite flower?
When was the last time you gave someone flowers?
Do any flowers have a special meaning in your country?
Why do you think women like flowers more than men?

COMPUTERS

Do you often use a computer?
How do you usually get online? How often do you go online?
Do you prefer desktops or laptops?
What do you use your computer for?
How long have you been using a computer?
Do you think it is important to learn how to use a computer?
What do you use the internet for?
How often do you check your email/your social media profile?
Do you think children should be allowed unsupervised access to the internet?
Do you think computers help society?
How have computers changed the world?
How do you interact with your friends over the internet?

ART

Are you good at art?
Did you learn art at school when you were a child?
What kind of art do you like?
What makes a good painting?
Is art popular in your country?
What are the traditional art forms in your country?
Have you ever been to an art gallery?
Do you think children benefit from going to art galleries?
Do you think children should study art at school?
How can children benefit from studying art?
How has art changed in the last few decades in your country?

SMOKING

How do you feel about smoking in public places?
Do you think smoking should be banned in people’s homes?

HAPPINESS

What usually makes you happy?
What makes you unhappy?
Does the weather affect how you feel?
Do you think that people in your country are generally happy?

DICTIONARIES

Do you often use a dictionary?
What do you use dictionaries for?
What kind of dictionaries do you think are most useful?
Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning languages?
What kind of information can you find in a dictionary?

WEDDINGS

Have you ever been to a wedding?
Whose wedding was it?
Where was it held?
What clothes did people wear?
Describe the wedding ceremony?
What sort of gifts do people in your country buy for weddings?
What kind of clothes do the bride and groom usually wear?
What is the most common wedding tradition in your country?

PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER

What are the most important characteristics of your personality?
Would you like to be different?
Is your personality suited for your job?
In what ways has your personality changed over the years?
Are you more introverted or more extroverted?
Do you think you can change a major characteristic of your personality if you try? If you could change one aspect of your personality, what would that be?
What personality traits do you consider important in a good friend/a boss/a partner/a good leader?
Do you think birth order accounts for differences in one’s personality?
What kind of people do you get along with?
How important is personality when you are choosing a spouse?
What is your best personality trait?