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Đây là tài liệu tham khảo rất hay dành cho các thí sinh chuẩn bị thi tiếng anh theo chuẩn châu âu (B2). Vì thí sinh có thể biết được cấu trúc đề và hiểu rõ giám khảo thường đặt các câu hỏi như thế nào để chuẩn cho bài thi của mình một cách tốt nhất.
SPEAKING TEST FOR B2 (TEACHER'S QUESTIONS) (Dành cho giáo viên) Time: About 12 minutes for each candidate Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - Which colors you like to wear? Why? - Do you send letters or e-mails? Why? - Is there anything else regarding the use of computers you would need to learn? Cue Card Describe a character of your personality Please say - Is it good or bad? - When can your character be useful? - How did you acquire it? Discussion - Do you think men are different from women in character? - Do you think a person can change his character? - Can it be that people won’t accept you because of your character? Interview - What is your name? - What you do? - What is the hardest part of your job? - Would you recommend this job to others? - Do you like to take pictures? - What was the last picture you took? - Do you think nowadays people take too many pictures? - Is there a special family portrait that you like a lot? Cue Card Describe a subject taught in your school? Please say - Who teaches it? - How is it taught? - What you learn from the class? Discussion - Is there any difference between the traditional and modern educational systems? - What are the pros and cons of the current educational system in your country? - Do you think it is necessary to give comment or criticism to teachers? Interview - Can you tell me your full name? - How you spend your weekends? - Where did you go on a holiday? - Do you want to go to that place again? - How often you use computers? - In what way you think computers have improved work efficiency? Cue Card Talk about things that can make you a bit angry Please say - What are they? - When and where are they happening, usually? - Why they make you angry? Discussion - When you think about it, you still feel angry? - Is it good to express emotions? - What are the disadvantages of hiding emotions? Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - What you like about your job? - What is the hardest part of your job? - Would you recommend this job to others? - Do you know your neighbors? - Did your neighbors help you in any way? - Would you prefer to have young or old people as neighbors? Cue Card Describe a shop that impressed you Please say - Where is the shop? - How did you learn about it? - What they sell? - Why were you impressed so much? Discussion - What things people buy for special occasions? - Are men or women better at shopping for special occasions? - Do you think that advertisements can make people buy things they not need? - Is there a difference between how young and old people shop? Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - Do you like reading books? - What kind of books you like to read? - Do you use a mobile phone often? - Do you call or send text messages? - What problems did you encounter using mobile phones? - Do you think that in the future we will use mobile phones more? Cue Card Describe something that you learned about another culture You should say - What did you learn? - What is the new culture? - How did you find out about it? Discussion - Is it easier to learn a language if you know about the culture? - Does visiting a different country make learning a language easier? - Does visiting another country help you learn your own culture better? Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - Do you live in a city, a town or a village? - Is it a nice place to live? - Is it good for young people? - Do you use the Internet? - Does everyone in your family use the Internet? Cue Card Talk about a program you watched on TV and learned something from Please say: - When and where did you watch it? - What was it about? - Why did you watch it? - What did you learn from the program? Discussion - Do you watch TV often? - Are there programs you can learn something from? - How does a person become famous? - What about the people who participate in reality shows? How they become famous? Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - Do you like your job? Why? - How did you prepare for this job? - Is it important to know foreign languages? - How many languages you speak? - What other language would you like to learn? Cue Card Talk about a wedding that you have recently attended Please say - Who got married? - Where did they get married? - How did you feel about this event? Discussion - Give examples of women’s role and responsibilities in different societies - Do you think responsibilities are shared equally between husband and wife? Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - Who you spend your spare time with? - What you usually do? - Do you prefer to spend it with friends or family? - What young people in your country in their spare time? - Do men have more spare time than women? Cue Card Describe a job that would suit you the most Please say - How did you come to know about this job? - Who can work in this field? - Why is this job useful? Discussion - Factories create a lot of jobs but they also create a lot of pollution How we to protect the environment? - Is it possible to protect the environment completely from pollution? Interview - What holiday destination you wish to visit? - Why would you choose to go there? - Have you already been there? - Would you go there again and why? Cue Card Talk about a very good student friend that you had during school Please say: - Who this friend was, - Why he/she was your good friend, - What did you together? Discussion - Are academic studies important? - Can a person with high school education excel in life or they need university education? - Do you think a person who is famous is well liked? Why? 10 Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - Did you grow up in a village or a city? - What are the advantages for young people in your village? - What you usually with friends? - Do you prefer to go out with your family or friends? Cue Card Describe an outdoor activity that you enjoy Please say - What activity is it? - Where and when you it? - Whom you prefer to it with? Discussion - When was the last time you did an outdoor activity? - Do you think computer games are good? - What are the drawbacks of computer games? - How can parents prevent children from these kinds of games? - Do you think schools can anything about this issue? - What about governments and the media, can they help? 11 Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - Did you grow up in a village or a city? - What leisure activities did you have in your village/city? - Do you think your village/city is a good place to live? - What are the advantages for young people in your village/city? Cue Card Describe an important historic place in your country Please say - What is the place? - Where is it located? - Why you think it is important? Discussion - What you think of the historic place in the future? - Will the government increase or decrease the safety guard? - What are the changes to the local people and economy? - What is the impact on the historic place by tourists? 12 Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - What you like about your apartment? - If there was one thing to improve in your apartment, what would that be? - Which school did you go to? - How did you commute between your home and school? - When did you first use the Internet? - Do you think computers are necessary in the future life? Cue Card Talk about a place of natural beauty that you would like to visit Please say - What and where is it? - How can you get there? - Where did you hear about it? - Why you like it? Discussion - Is tourism damaging places of natural beauty? - How can natural beauty be brought to the city areas? - Should the exploitation of natural resources be stopped? - Does getting close to nature help to be happy? 13 Interview - What is your name? - Tell me about your town - Why you like the place where you live now? - Is it a good place to raise children? - When did you first use the Internet? Cue Card Talk about your favorite restaurant Please say - Where is it? - What type of food is served there? - Why you like this place? Discussion - Why people eat out? - Is it healthy to eat out? - Is it a status issue to eat out? - What is your opinion about people with healthy eating habits? 14 Interview - What is your name? - Where you live? - Do you live in a town, a city or a village? - Do you like your city? Why? - Do you think your home town is good for young people? - While on holidays, with whom you prefer spending time: your friends or family? - Would you go back to the same place where you spent your last holiday? - What is the importance of email? - How often you send emails? - Do you keep your emails after reading them? - Do you think you will continue sending emails in the future? Cue Card Talk about a positive change in your life Please say - What was the change? - When did it happen? - Why you think it was positive? Discussion - Do people need changes in their life? - How changes affect people socially? 15 Interview - Where you come from? - What you like about your town? - Do you think there are many opportunities for young generation in your town? - Do you send letters or e-mails? - How you cope with letters? - Do you use computer or paper to write them? - Do you find it difficult to write a letter? Cue Card Talk about your closest friend Please say - When did you meet at first? - What you together? - Why is this person important to you? Discussion - Have you seen your friend recently? - Why people lose friends? - Why is it important to people to have friends? - If the trust between friends is lost, can people fix this situation? - How can parents and children stay friends? 16 Interview - What is your full name? - Where are you from? - What is your hometown like? - Will you prefer to go back to your country at older age? - What season you prefer? - Do you like cold or hot weather? Cue Card Talk about a product you have purchased recently that you are not satisfied with Please say - What was it? - What did you buy it for? - What is wrong with it? Discussion - Do you shop online? - Do you think people prefer shopping online or in real shops? - What items people prefer to buy online? Why? - What are the effects of online shopping on the society or local communities? - What is the difference in prices of items online and in shops? - Is cost an important factor in buying things online? 17 Interview - What room in your home you prefer? - What would you change in your home? - What you usually with friends? - How often you see them? - Do you prefer to go out with your family or with friends? Cue Card Describe a journey that you remember the most Please say - When was it? - Who was there with you? - Why you remember it the most? Discussion - Why people take long distance travels? - What is the impact of tourism on local communities? - Do you use public transport? - How could it be improved? - How you imagine public transport will change in the future? 18 Interview - What is your home town? - What was it like in the past to live in your home town? - How did the situation improve now? - What you think about dieting? - What you think about healthy food as opposed to fast food? - Is there a difference between healthy foods in the past and now? Cue Card Talk about your leisure time Please say - Where you spend it? - Whom you spend it with? - Do you enjoy spending it this way? Discussion - Are young and older generations using their leisure time differently? - How will people use their leisure time in the next 10 years? 19 Interview - Do you come from a big city or a small town? - Tell me about your home city - How close is the relationship between people in your community? - Do you think your community is safe for bringing up children? Why? Cue Card Talk about your best friend Please say - Who is your best friend? - How did you meet him/her? - Do you see him/her often these days? - Why is he/she your best friend? - Please describe his/her personality Discussion - Is friendship important to you? - Is friendship a problem at workplace? Why? - Why some friends break up? - What is more important: friends or family? Why? - Do you have a friendly relationship with your kids? 20 Interview - What’s your name? - What does your name mean? - Where you work? - What you like about your job? - Do you like to take pictures? - What was the last picture you took? - Do you think nowadays people take too many pictures? - Is there a special family portrait that you like a lot? Cue Card Talk about a city that you have visited Please say - What city is it? - Where did you go in the city? - What did you see? - Explain why you have chosen to visit this city Discussion - What is the relationship between tourism and economy? - Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of traveling abroad Speaking Test 21 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part Hometown: • Tell me about your hometown • What you like about your hometown? • Is there anything you don’t like about your hometown? • What would you change about your city? • Would you like to move to another city in the future? Newspapers & magazines • Which magazines and newspapers you read? • What kinds of article are you most interested in? • Have you ever read a newspaper or magazine in a foreign language? When? • Do you think reading newspaper or magazine in a foreign language is a good way to learn the language? Why/Why not? Part You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a restaurant that you enjoyed going to You should say: Where the restaurant was Why you choose this restaurant What type of food you ate in this restaurant And explain why you enjoyed eating in this restaurant Part • Why you think people go to restaurants when they want to celebrate something? • Which are more popular in your country: fast food or traditional restaurants? • Some people say that food in an expensive restaurant is always better than food in a cheap restaurant – would you agree? • What effects has modern technology had on the way food is produced? • How important is it for a country to be able to grow all the food it needs, without importing any from other countries? Speaking Test 22 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part Studies • Tell me about your studies • Where are you studying? • Why did you choose this college/university? • What you like about your studies? • Is there anything you don’t like about your studies? • What would you like to after your studies? Neighbours • • • • How well you know the people who live next door to you? How often you see them? What kinds of problem people sometimes have with their neighbours? How you think neighbours can help each other? Part You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Describe someone you know, or somebody famous, who has achieved great success You should say: Who they are and what they Where they come from: their background How they became successful And explain why you admire this person Part • • • How does present-day society measure the success of an individual? How can we ensure that more people achieve their aims in life? Would you rather be successful in your job or in your social life? • • How competitive relationships between people differ from cooperative relationships? In what ways has society become more competitive in the last twenty years? Speaking Test 23 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part Job: • • • • • Travel: • • • • • Tell me about your job./ What job you do? How long have you been doing this job? Why did you choose this job? What you like about your job? Is there anything you don’t like? Do you like traveling? Have you traveled a lot? Have your ever traveled outside your country? If you were going on a long trip, who would you prefer to go with? What places would you recommend to foreign visitors coming to your country? Tell me about some main destinations in your country Part You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe an idea you had for improving something at work or college You should say: When and where you had your idea What your idea was Who told you about your idea And explain why you thought your idea would make an improvement Part • Some people think that education should be about memorizing the important ideas of the past Do you agree or disagree? Why? • Should education encourage students to have their own new ideas? Why? • Should employers encourage their workers to have new ideas about improving the company? Why? • Do you think people sometimes dislike new ideas just because they are new? Why? • What is more difficult: having new ideas or putting them into practice? Speaking Test 24 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? 10 Where are you from? Part Your school days • What you remember about your first school when you were a child? • What was your favourite subject? Why? Different kinds of entertainment • What sort of television programmes you like watching? • How has television in your country changed in recent years? • Which you prefer: the cinema, the theatre or live music? Why? • Tell me about a popular form of public entertainment in your country Part You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a party that you enjoyed You should say: Whose party it was and what it was celebrating Where the party was held; who went to it; what people did during the party And explain what you enjoyed about this party Part You will be asked some questions about abstract issues and concepts related to the topic in Part • What are the main reasons why people organize family parties in your country? • In some places, people spend a lot of money on parties or events Is it true in your country? Do you think it is a good or bad trend? • What kinds of national celebration you have in your country? • Why you think some people think that national celebrations are a waste of government money? Would you agree or disagree with this view? Speaking Test 25 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part Hobbies • Do you have any hobbies? • What you in your free time? 11 • What hobbies/ leisure activities are popular in your country? • Is it important to have a hobby? • Which new hobby would you like to try? Language learning • What are your earliest memories of learning English? • What find difficult about English? • What you enjoy about learning it? • Which other languages have you studied? Communicating • How you keep in touch with your family and friends? • How have mobile phones changed the way people communicate? Part You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a present which you very much enjoyed receiving You should say: what is was who gave it to you what the occasion was and explain why you were so pleased to receive it Follow-up questions: Which you enjoy more: giving or receiving presents? Do you like presents to be a surprise, or you prefer to choose what you are given? Part • • • • • • On what occasions people in your country give each other presents? Do you feel the commercialization of gift-giving, e.g Christmas in certain countries, has gone too far? What is the role of charities nowadays? Which charity would you like to be able to give a lot of money to? Should rich countries give much more financial assistance to poorer ones? How can we encourage more young people to voluntary work abroad Speaking Test 26 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part Town and city: • What is your city like? • How long have you lived in this city? • What places you think tourists should see in your city? • Is there anything you don’t like about your city? Photography: • Do you like taking photographs? Is photography popular in your country? • What kinds of photographs you like looking at? • Would you prefer to buy a postcard or take a photograph of a new place? • Tell me about your favorite photo 12 Part You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a job you most like to have You should say: What this job would be Where you would work Which qualifications you would need And explain why you would like to have this job most Part • • • • Which types of jobs are most respected in your country? Do you think schools provide enough advice and support for future careers? What changes have there been in recent years in employment in your country? Do you agree that the amount of salary reflects the level of contribution to community the job makes? Speaking test 27 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part Food and eating: • What are your favourite foods? • Is there anything you never eat? • Where you normally eat and why? • What food would you recommend to tourists visiting your city? Flowers: • Do you like flowers? Do most people in your country prefer flowers or trees? • On what occasions people give flowers in your country? • Do any flowers have a special meaning in your culture? Is it also your favorite flower? Part You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe an advertisement that you have seen recently You should say What the advertisement was about Where you saw or heard the advertisement 13 How effective the advertisement was And explain how you felt about the advertisement Follow-up What’s the most popular form of advertising in your country? Would you like to work for an advertising company? Part • • • • • Is there too much advertising in mass media nowadays? Do you agree that advertisements for smoking and drinking alcohol should be banned? What role does advertising play in your society? How has advertising contributed to globalization? How might advertising change in the future? Speaking test 28 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part Colours • What’s your favorite color? • What can we learn about a person from the colors they wear? • Do any colors have special meanings in your country? Family • • • • • How big is your family? How often you spend time together? What you enjoy doing as a family? How you keep in touch with members of your family? Which family member you get on with best? Which you prefer: being the only child or having some siblings? Part You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a river, lake or sea which you like You should say: What the river, lake or sea is called Where it is What the land near it is like And explain why you like this river, lake or sea 14 Part • What people enjoy doing when they visit rivers, lakes or the sea? Why you think these activities are popular? • What are the benefits of going to the sea or to a swimming pool to enjoy yourself? What you think the disadvantages are? • How important is it for a town or city to be located near a river or the sea? • Have there been any changes in the number of jobs available in fishing and water transport industries? 15 [...]... country? Do you think it is a good or bad trend? • What kinds of national celebration do you have in your country? • Why do you think some people think that national celebrations are a waste of government money? Would you agree or disagree with this view? Speaking Test 25 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part 1 Hobbies... encourage more young people to do voluntary work abroad Speaking Test 26 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself What is your full name? Where are you from? Part 1 Town and city: • What is your city like? • How long have you lived in this city? • What places do you think tourists should see in your city? • Is there anything you don’t like about your city? Photography: • Do... form of advertising in your country? Would you like to work for an advertising company? Part 3 • • • • • Is there too much advertising in mass media nowadays? Do you agree that advertisements for smoking and drinking alcohol should be banned? What role does advertising play in your society? How has advertising contributed to globalization? How might advertising change in the future? Speaking test 28. .. • • Which types of jobs are most respected in your country? Do you think schools provide enough advice and support for future careers? What changes have there been in recent years in employment in your country? Do you agree that the amount of salary reflects the level of contribution to community the job makes? Speaking test 27 In this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself... You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a job you most like to have You should say: What this job would be Where you would work Which qualifications you would need And explain why you would like to have this job most Part 3 • • • • Which types... in your country changed in recent years? • Which do you prefer: the cinema, the theatre or live music? Why? • Tell me about a popular form of public entertainment in your country Part 2 You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a party that you enjoyed... Part 2 You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a river, lake or sea which you like You should say: What the river, lake or sea is called Where it is What the land near it is like And explain why you like this river, lake or sea 14 Part 3 • What do... river, lake or sea 14 Part 3 • What do people enjoy doing when they visit rivers, lakes or the sea? Why do you think these activities are popular? • What are the benefits of going to the sea or to a swimming pool to enjoy yourself? What do you think the disadvantages are? • How important is it for a town or city to be located near a river or the sea? • Have there been any changes in the number of jobs... Communicating • How do you keep in touch with your family and friends? • How have mobile phones changed the way people communicate? Part 2 You will have to talk about the topic for one or two minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make some notes to help you if you wish Here is your topic: Describe a present which you very much enjoyed receiving You should say:... during the party And explain what you enjoyed about this party Part 3 You will be asked some questions about abstract issues and concepts related to the topic in Part 2 • What are the main reasons why people organize family parties in your country? • In some places, people spend a lot of money on parties or events Is it true in your country? Do you think it is a good or bad trend? • What kinds of national ... Discussion - What things people buy for special occasions? - Are men or women better at shopping for special occasions? - Do you think that advertisements can make people buy things they not need?... Do you think computer games are good? - What are the drawbacks of computer games? - How can parents prevent children from these kinds of games? - Do you think schools can anything about this issue?... in a foreign language? When? • Do you think reading newspaper or magazine in a foreign language is a good way to learn the language? Why/Why not? Part You will have to talk about the topic for