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The document provides a long list of potential conversation topics for English language learners, including: - Common topics like family, friends, home, food, holidays, jobs, hobbies, health, and travel. - More complex topics like adoption, advertising, relationships, social issues, news and media. - Guiding questions under each topic to spark discussion, such as asking about personal experiences and opinions. - The list appears to be intended as a resource for teachers to select from when facilitating conversation practice in ESL/EFL classes.

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Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom AccidentsatHome Adoption Advertising Advice Age:Youth & OldAge Airplanes AmusementParks Anger Animals&Pets AnnoyingThings Arguing Art The Art of Conversation Bags and Purses Baseball Basketball Beach Beauty& Physical Attractiveness Behavior Birthdays Body Language Books& Reading Bullfighting Business Cars & Driving Celebrities Change Charity Cheating Childbirth Childhood Children Chores Cities Classrooms Cloning Clothes& Fashion College Colors/ Colours Comics Community Commuting Complaining Computers Conflict Corruption Countries Creativity Crime Culture Cultural Shock& AdaptingtoCanada Dangers Dating Death & Dying Food & Eating Free Time & Hobbies Friends Fruits & Vegetables Future Gambling Garage sale Gardening Gay Community Gender Roles Generation Gap Gestures Getting to Know Each Other Gifts Goals Going to a Party Gossip & Rumors Habits Happiness Have You Ever ... Health Healthy Lifestyle Hobbies Holidays: Holidays April Fool's Day Christmas Halloween Saint Patrick's Day Thanksgiving After a Vacation Valentine's Day Home Homeless Hometowns Homework Honesty & Truthfulness How Long...? How often do you...? Humor If You Were...? Immigration Internet Inventions Job Interview Jobs & Occupations Jokes Languages Leaders & Leadership Learning a Foreign Language My Life so Far Likes & Dislikes Living Arrangements & Dream House Love, Dating & Marriage Machines Makeup, Lotions & Skin Care Plagiarism Plans Police Politics Pope John II Possessions Poverty Prejudices Privacy Procrastination Race Religion House Renovation Restaurants & Eating Out Nursing Homes & Retirement Communities Retirement Russia & the World Safety Inside & Outside of Home School Science & Technology Secrets Self-employment Service Industry Silly Questions Single Life Sleep Smoking Social Problems Social Networking Sports Standardized Exams Stereotypes Stress Super Heroes in Comics Supernatural, Ghosts & Superstitions Talk About Four Things Talk About Three Things Teachers Teenagers Telepathy Telephones Television Tell me about...? Terror Texting Time Tipping Trade Fairs, County Fairs & Industrial Exhibitions Traffic Accidents Transportation Trauma Travel Tsunami Two Unemployment
Diets Disabilities&Handicaps Disaster DisasterPreparation Discrimination Dogs & Cats Do You Wish...? Dreams Drugs Earthquakes Easter Education Encouragement EnglishLiterature &Books Englishstudy Entertainment Environment&Pollution EverydayQuestions Eye Contact Facebook Fads & Trends Faith& Faithlessness Family Family& AlternativeLifestyles FamousPeople Fashion Favorites Fears Feelings FilmsinYour ownLanguage Fire Safety FirstDates Manners Marriage Martial Arts Meaning of Life & Reasons for Living Meeting People Memory Midlife Crisis Mind, Body & Health Money & Shopping Motivation Movie Industry Movies Moving to Another Country Music Names Neighbor Complaints Neighborhood News New Media New Year's Day New Year's Resolutions Dreams,Daydreams & Nightmares Olympics Body Painting Parenting Going to a Party Planning a Party Personality Photography The Unexplained United States University Moving to the United States About the United States United States Geography United States Leadership Vegetarian Volunteer Work War Weather Weddings Weekends What if...? What would you...? When did you first...? When was the last...? White Lies Who is the greatest...? Wishes World Peace Would you ever...? Would you rather...? Drills Are You Good At ...? Days of the Week How do you...? Home accidents What is the most dangerous thing in your home? How can your home be made less dangerous?  What is the most dangerous thing in your home for a child? How can it be made less dangerous?  What is the most dangerous thing in your home for an elderly person? How can it be made less dangerous?  What dangers can be found in the kitchen that can cause accidents?  What can be done to prevent kitchen accidents?  What can a parent do to childproof a kitchen?  What dangers can be found in bathrooms that can cause accidents?  What can be done to prevent bathroom accidents?  What can a parent do to childproof a bathroom?  What dangers can be found outside the home in the yard that can cause accidents?  What can be done to prevent yard accidents?  What can a parent do to childproof the yard?  What other dangers can be found in a home in bedrooms, laundry rooms, garages, and living areas?  What can be done throughout the house to prevent accidents?  What can a parent do to childproof the different rooms of the home?  Where at home would you put your first aid kit? o What would you have in it?
 Where are these items found in a house, why could they be dangerous, to whom could they be dangerous, and what could someone do to lessen the danger they present? o hot pan/pot o hot curling iron o knife o window o iron o medicines o gasoline o pool o insecticides o natural gas o balcony o toilets o staircase o stove/oven o stool/ladder o yard tools o fireplace o cellar /attic o bathtub o bad dog o tall pieces of furniture o swing set / playground o very clean glass sliding door o electronic equipment o cleaning supplies o lake/retention pond o loose carpet on slippery tile floor o glass table or sharp edged table o hairdryer o bric-a-brac  What do you need to do if... o you cut your finger preparing food? o you fall down and can not move a limb? o your child drinks a poisonous liquid? (discuss syrup of ipecac) o the toilet is flooding the bathroom? o a pan on the stove is on fire? o a neighbor's dog is growling at you? o our child falls off a chair and is bleeding?  What is the phone number for the police?  How do you call an ambulance?  What is the phone number for poison control? Adoption  What is adoption?  Do you know anyone who was adopted as a child?  Do you know anyone who has adopted a child?  What are some of the reasons people choose to adopt?  What is the difference between domestic and international adoption?  What are the views of adoption in your country?  How would someone interested in adopting a child go about doing so?  Where do children available for adoption come from?  What happens to children that are not adopted?
 How do you go about adopting a child?  Would you want to adopt a boy or a girl? Why?  Do you think brothers and sisters should be separated in adoptions?  Are adoptions common in your country?  What are some organizations that help with adoptions?  Should you tell the child that he or she was adopted? If so at what age? Or when?  Should adopted children have the right to know their biological parents?  Should families with birth children also adopt?  Is the real parent the birth parent or the adoptive parent?  Should adoptions be between children and families of the same race and or culture?  How or should the adoptive parents maintain the adopted child's cultural identify?  In your country are the legal rights of an adoptive child different from that of a birth child?  What are the legal consequences of adopting a child from a different race or country?  Why don't more people adopt children?  What makes a family, genetics or environment?  Do you support an open adoption policy where the birth parents can choose to be involved in the child's life?  Do you believe there is discrimination within the adoption organizations?  Do you think a person should be able to adopt a child of a different race?  Should a gay or lesbian couple be allowed to adopt a child?  Should there be an age restriction for the adoptive parents?  Should a single man or woman be able to adopt a child?  If you were to find out that you were adopted and not really from the country where you are a citizen, which nationality would you hope would be your true mother country? Why?  When is the right time for a child to be told that he/she was adopted?  Do you think it is preferable to adopt or to use artificial reproduction technology?  Would you agree to an open adoption or closed adoption? Why?  What is an open adoption?  Would you want to find your birth family? Why or why not?  Should prospective parents in adoption cases be required to do a parenting course?  Are there any risks when adopting a child?  Do you think biological parents should always have a right to keep their identity secret from the children they give up for adoption? Why or why not?  Do you think people who have been adopted should always have the right to find out who their birth-parents are?  How would you feel if a child you had adopted wanted to search for his or her birth parents?  Do you think that adopted children should feel especially loved and wanted?  Should people be allowed to adopt children of a different race and/or culture? o What are some good points and bad points of this kind of adoption?  How would you feel if you found out you were adopted? o What would you do?  Do you it is preferable to adopt or to use artificial reproduction technology?  If you had a choice, would you want to be adopted?  Should people be allowed to adopt children of a different race and/or culture? What are some good points and bad points of this kind of adoption?  How would you feel if you found out you were adopted? What would you do? Advertising  What is the most shocking advertisement you have seen?  What is the funniest advertisement you have seen? Describe it.  What makes an ad memorable?  What are the different types of advertising? (Eg. TV)  What types of companies choose each type?  Do you buy products because of advertising?  Do you find advertising persuasive?
 Why do you buy one product over another?  Should advertisers be allowed to advertise to children?  Should alcohol or tobacco companies be allowed to advertise? Why or why not?  What do you think of celebrity endorsements?  Which celebrities advertise which products?  Do favorite or annoying celebrities make you want or not want to buy a product?  Should there be advertisement-free zones?  Is there truth in advertising?  What kind of advertisements attract your attention?  Why is it necessary to advertise?  Do you think advertising should be allowed to interrupt TV or radio programs? What are the alternatives?  What is the best way to advertise to children? Adults? Seniors? etc..  Do you think advertising is too expensive?  What are some effective adverts you have seen lately (on TV, newspaper, etc)?  What are some ineffective adverts you have seen lately?  Can you remember an advertising campaign that caught your attention?  What are the different methods of advertising?  What is the most popular way of advertising?  Do you think that the Internet and cable/satellite TV have become more important than national TV for advertising products?  What do you think is the best way of discovering the tastes and interests of teenage consumers?  Can TV advertising be a force for good?  How easy do you think it is to influence children with advertising?  Do you agree with anti-consumerism organizations that the child will have watched 350,000 commercials by the time she graduates from high school?  Do you think the government has he right to ban advertising for junk food and soda during children's TV programs. What do you think about this? Why do you think they made this decision?  Do political parties in (country) use TV advertising? If so, should they?  When out walking or shopping in the city, do you accept advertising fliers or free samples that are offered to you?  What forms of advertising are there?  What would make an advertisement more interesting?  Can you buy something and get something for free in your country?  Do people use coupons where you live?  What is the most advertised product in your country?  What is the best form of advertising?  What gets you interested in an advertisement?  Describe an advertisement that you have seen or heard on the TV or radio. What was it about? How long did the commercial last? Did it make you want to buy the product?  What is the funniest commercial that you have seen? Describe it.  What differences can you notice between commercials from 10 or 15 years ago and commercials today?  Do you think ads influence the choices you make when you buy clothes?  Do you often buy a particular brand when you buy clothes?  Why do you buy this brand?  Does it give status to wear particular brands like Nike or Lacoste?  Do you sometimes want very expensive things which you or your parents can't afford?  Do you think ads influence the choices you make when you or your parents buy food?  What brand is the ketchup you or your parents buy?  Is it always the same brand? Why do you prefer this brand?  What brand is the toothpaste you or your parents buy?  Can you name three different ways of advertising? (For example, different media)  Do you think there are too many ads in television? Why/why not?  Do you know why some channels have ads and others not? If you do know explain.  Do you think there are too many ads in magazines? Why/why not?  Do you think there are too many ads in newspapers? Why/why not?  Think of an ad you think is good or funny and tell about it.  What kinds of ads do you like and why? What makes a good ad?  Do you think children or young people are easier to influence through ads compared to adults?
 Do you think it's ok to show ads aimed at children on television? Why/ why not?  When you watch TV, how much attention do you pay to the advertisements?  Which advertisements do you like most and which least? Why?  How would you advertise something you wanted to sell?  What are the harmful and the beneficial effects of advertising?  Do you think that ads create a desire for more and more material possessions?  Do you think that commercials on TV are annoying because they interrupt programs or do you think that many ads are more amusing that the programs on TV?  Do you think advertising is too expensive? What are the different methods of advertising? Advice  I want to quit smoking. What should I do?  I won 100,000 dollars and I don't know how to spend it. What should I do?  I gained a lot of weight in last few years. I want to lose at least 10kg. What should I do?  I have just lost my job. I haven't told my husband/wife yet. How should I tell him/her?  I found a wallet which had 2,000 dollars in it. How should I spend it?  My son doesn't want to go to school. He says that his teacher and all other students hate him. What should I do?  My child wakes up very often in the middle of the night. He sleeps usually during the day. I haven't had any good sleep for weeks. What should I do?  I have a headache. What should I do?  I hate working. What should I do?  I feel sad. What should I do?  I want to protect the environment but I don't know how. What should I do?  I am always late. What should I do?  I keep losing my credit card. What should I do?  I have a red nose. What should I do?  I am new in this city. I would love to meet some people. What should I do?  I want to get rich quickly. What should I do?  I need a car but I don't have enough money. What should I do?  I want to be a cool man. What should I do?  My girlfriend left me. I feel depressed. What should I do?  My husband doesn't help me with house chores. What should I do?  Have you ever self-published something? What are some good ways to publish your writing independently?  If you have a lot of things to get done in one week, how do you manage? What advice would you give someone who is very busy?  My girlfriend/boyfriend is seeing another man/woman. I saw a message in his/her mobile phone. What should I do? Age: Youth & Old Age  Are young people generally more selfish than their parents and grandparents? o Does age make you more aware of and caring for others?  Should adults try to teach young people lessons, such as the dangers of drinking too much, taking drugs or catch the AIDS virus, or should they leave them alone to find out about these things themselves? o What are the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches?  What do you think is the best age to be? o Explain your opinion.  Most countries give young people rights as they reach a certain age. For example, British people can legally make love or fight for their country at the age of 16; they can drink, vote and drive a car when they are 18. o Do you think that any of the age limits need changing?
 Some people think you should give something to society before you have the right to join it. o Should young people have to do some form of military or community service by law?  Should people of between 50 and 55 be forced to retire from their jobs in order to make way for younger workers?  If people are still able to (and want to) work, should they have to retire when the reach a certain age? o Explain your opinion.  In most countries the legal retirement age for men is five years older than for women, even though women live longer than men on average. o Why do you think this is? o Is this fair, or should it be changed?  Are there many things that the old can teach the young or are they hopelessly out of touch by the time they reach a certain age? o What things were you taught by your older family members? o How have they been useful to you in your life?  In most countries, compulsory education is targeted at five to sixteen year olds. o Would it be better to offer it to pensioners who want to learn rather than young people who prefer not to be in school? Explain your opinion.  In Russia, China and many other countries, there is a tradition of choosing leaders who are quite advanced in years. o Do you think that older people make better leaders? Explain your opinion.  One of Britain's best-ever leaders was William Pitt, who became Prime Minister when he was 24 and remained in power for 18 years. o Could this ever happen in your country? Why/why not?  Many elderly people have disabilities which limit their mobility. o Do buses, shops and public buildings in your country provide easy access for the disabled or are your towns and cities designed mainly for the young and able-bodied? Why is this?  Should the elderly be expected to pay for residential care out of their own savings or should appropriate accommodation and nursing be provided by the tax payer? Explain your opinion.  Some people say that men age better than women, and remain attractive longer. Do you agree? Explain your opinion.  Some people say that men never grow up, they just get bigger. Do you agree? Explain your opinion.  Some people say that young women are usually two to three years more mature than young men. Do you agree? Explain your opinion.  In most countries women live an average of five to six years longer than men. Why do you think this is?  In some countries having children is considered a way of "investing in the future", and young people are expected to give money to their parents when they get a job, and then to care for them when they retire. o What are the good points and what are the bad points about this system?  Many countries are facing the problem of an "aging population", i.e. there will soon be more old people than young people. o What problems will this cause? o What can be done to prepare for them?  What do you think is the ideal age for each of these stages of your life: (Explain your opinion.)  What age do you want to live to?  How do you feel about your parents growing older?  If your parents could no longer care for themselves, would you let them live with you or put them in a nursing home?  Are you afraid of getting old?  What is your ideal old age to live to?  Do you prefer to live in the retirement home or live with young people?  Should parents continue to finance their children after the children are 18?  Where do you wish to live when you are old?  Where do you see yourself when you are 70 years old?  Should older people spend their money on themselves, or save it for their children to have after they die?  Where do you wish to live when you are old?  What advice would you give to an older person who wants to feel young?  Some people say that youth is a state of mind, do you agree?
Airplanes  How old were you when you went on your first flight? o Where did you go?  Do you like to travel by airplane?  What was the longest flight you have ever taken?  What seat do you prefer: window, center or aisle?  What are three things you're supposed to do before the flight takes off?  What do you like to do during the flight? o Does the plane provide anything to do to pass the time?  What are some movies you remember seeing on the plane?  What do you do when you experience turbulence?  Have you ever met anyone or established any relationships during a flight?  What should be done with obese people who practically take up two seats?  Can you sleep during the flight?  Have you ever seen a female pilot? o Why do you think that most pilots are men?  Would you like to be a flight attendant? o What are the benefits and /or downfalls?  Are most flight attendants female? o Is being a flight attendant considered a good job in your country? What do you think are the qualifications?  Are planes really safer than cars? ( A British study shows that flying is 176 times safer than walking, 15 times safer than driving and 300 times safer than a motorbike.)  Would you rather have a younger, more beautiful/handsome flight attendant or an older, more experienced one?  What are the advantages of traveling by airplane? o What are the disadvantages?  Do you know someone who is afraid of flying in an airplane?  What questions should you ask when buying airplane tickets?  What is a group rate?  What is a charter flight?  What arrangements should you make for pick-up at the airport?  What things can you see in an airport?  What questions do they ask you when you check-in at the airport?  What questions do they ask you when going through immigration and customs at the airport?  Have you ever seen an airplane crash?  Have you ever seen terrorists on the plane?  Have you ever met an annoying person during a flight?  Have you ever had an accident during a flight?  Have you ever work as a flight attendant?  Do you only fly one airline?  Do you think budget airlines are safe?  Do you like to fly? Why or why not?  What is the smallest airplane you have ever been on? How small was it?  Do you prefer to fly in big planes or small planes? Why?  Would you like to learn how to fly? Why or why not?  Do you think being a pilot is a good job? Why or why not?  Have you ever gone sky-diving? Why or why not?  Have you or someone you know ever been in a plane crash?  What would you do if you were on a plane that was crashing?  Do you like to watch movies or TV about airplane crashes? Why or why not?  Do you enjoy the foods on airplane?
 What arrangements should you make for pick-up at the airport?  What things do you see in an airport?  What questions do they ask when you check-in at the airport?  What questions do they ask when going through immigration/customs at the airport?  How much baggage do you take with you?  What items should not be included in your hand baggage?  What documents do you need for international travel?  What airline do you prefer using?  How was the service on your last flight?  Do you like airline food?  Would you pay money for airline food?  Do you enjoy talking with strangers on an airplane?  Do you enjoy takeoff / landing?  What are some airplane disaster movies? o Why do you think they are popular?  How do the pilot and the co-pilot navigate their planes?  What is a boarding pass?  When do you pay for airport tax?  Where can you hang your coats after boarding an airplane? 5. What do you do when you get blocked ears during take off / landing?  What do you do before take off / landing?  Where can you smoke while traveling by plane?  What do you do when you need a flight attendant's assistance?  How can passengers reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis? Amusement Parks  Have you ever visited an amusement park? o If so, what was it called? o Where was it?  What has been the best amusement park you have ever visited? Why?  What was your favorite ride or activity? Why?  What was your worst ride or activity? Why? o Was it expensive?  If you were to recommend an amusement park, which one would you recommend and why?  What rides or activities would you recommend?  How regularly do you visit amusement parks?  Can you think of an amusement park ride or activity that would be both enjoyable and popular?  Are you afraid of going on scary amusement park rides?  Do you know of anybody who hurt themselves or died at an amusement park?  Even though you may have been terrified by a particular ride, would you go on it again?  What are some famous amusement parks near where you live? o Have you been to them? o How much does it cost to enter? o What rides is this amusement park famous for?  Do you have any plans to go to an amusement park in the near future? Anger  What causes anger?  Are there different types of anger?  What are various ways people respond to anger?  Is anger ever justified? If so, how can we determine whether it is?  Is anger ever a good thing? If so, when? Why?
 Is anger ever a bad thing? If so, when? Why?  Are there better and worse ways to respond to one's own anger?  How do you decide what to do when you get angry?  Do you think men and women show their angry differently?  What makes you angry?  When was the last time you got angry? o Tell us about it.  What do you usually do when you get angry?  What are the situations that make you angry?  What are the physical effects of getting angry? (e.g blood pressure...)  Is getting angry an effective way of dealing with problems? Animals & Pets o Do youhave a pet? o How oldisit? o Where didyouget itfrom? o Who takescare of it? o What doesitlooklike (color,breed,etc.)? o What do youfeedit? o Do youplay withit? o What isit's name?How didyouchoose thisname? o Doesit knowanytricks or understandanywords? o If you don't have a pet,whynot? o Wouldyoueverconsidergettingapet? o Didyou growup withpetsinyour home? o What are the pros andcons of keepingapet? o What isthe bestpetto own? o What are some animalsthatlive inyourcountry? o Are there animal rightsgroupswhere youlive? o Are you afraidof snakes?What isthe biggestsnake youhave seen? Are there anypoisonoussnakesinyour country? o Are you frightenedof spiders?Whatdoyoudo if yousee one? o Can youname some endangeredspecies? o Have you everriddenahorse? o Are there birdsor squirrelsinyourneighborhood? o Do youknowsomeone whoownsanunusual pet? o Do youthinkit isacceptable totestcosmeticsonanimals? o How doyou feel aboutthe use of animalsformedical research? o Do youthinkit isokay to eatmeat?Do you know anyvegetarians? o Is there anykindof meat youwouldnoteat? o What kindof meatshave you eaten? o Have you everbeentoa zoo? o Are there lawsabouthuntinginyour country? o What do youthinkof hunting?Wouldyoueatan animal that you killedyourself? o Do youthinkit's okayto free animalsthathave beenincaptivityall theirlives? Whyorwhynot? o Do youthinkpeople shouldbuyandwearfurcoats? o Do youthinkthat animalsdream? o Have you everbeenbittenbyadog? Have youbeenstungby a bee? o Have you everbeentoa farm? What animalsdidyousee there? o Have you everbeentoa horse race? o Have you evereatenrabbitmeat? Have youeatenoctopus? o Have you everseenadog that helpspeople,suchasone to assista blindpersonora policeman? o If so, whatdid younotice aboutthe dog? o How doyou thinkthatdog was trained? o What animalsdoyouthinkare cute? o What animalsdoyouthinkare ugly?
o What can childrenlearnbyhavinga pet? o What isthe largestanimal youhave everseen? o Why dosome people notlike pets? o What can people learnfromanimals? o Doesfeedingananimal bringyouhappiness? o If you sawa strangerdrowning,andyoualsosaw yourpetdrowning,andyoucouldonlysave one,whowould yousave? What wouldmostpeople choose? o Can people be tooattachedtotheirpets? o Do youthinkanimalshave souls? More Questions o Do youthinkit isright to keepwildanimalsincaptivityall there life o Is itmorallyrightto spenda lotof moneyonpets,ratherthan helpingpeople inneed? o Why are pets,not people usedformedical research? o What isyour favorite animal? o Have you everhada pet? o What kindof pet wouldyoulike tohave inthe future? o Have you everbeentothe zoo? What animalsdidyousee there? o Have you everbeenona farm?What animalsdidyousee there? o Do youeverbirdwatch? o Do youthinkpeople shouldwearfurcoats? o Shouldanimalsbe keptina zoo? o Do youknowany endangeredspecies? o Do youconsideryourself ananimal lover? o Do bats helppeople? o What animal islikedtobe petted? o Do youthinkthe most importantthingbywhichpsychopathscanbe recognizedistheirattitudetoward animals?Explainwhy. o Do youthinkit isa goodpatterningeneral tojudge people bytheirattitude towardanimals? Explainwhy. o What kindof animalsdohumansride? o Are you afraidof snakes? o Are you frightenedof spiders? o Are your pet(s) healthy? o Can youride a horse? o Do youevergo birdwatching? o Do youevertalkto your pet?If so, whatdo you say? o Do youhave a cat? o Do youhave a dog?If so,what's yourdog's name? o Do youhave any pets?  If not, wouldyoulike tohave a pet?  Have you everhada pet? o Do youknowanyone whohas a horse? o Do youknowanyone whokeepstheirdogintheirhouse? o Do youlove yourpet? o Do youpreferdogsor cats? o Do youtalk to yourpet sometimes? o Do youthinkit isacceptable totestcosmeticsonanimals?  How doyou feel aboutthe use of animalsformedical research? o Do youthinkit isokay to eatmeat?  Is there anykindof meat youwouldnoteat? o Do youthinkit isright to keepwildanimalsinazoo? o Do youthinkthat animalsdream? o Do your petshave special behaviorproblems?  How doyou deal withthose problems? o Have you everbeenbittenbyadog? o Have you everbeenbittenbyasnake? o Have you everbeentoa farm? o Have you everbeentoa zoo? What animalsdidyousee there? o Have you evereatenrabbitmeat?
o Have you evergambledona horse race? o Have you evergivenyourpeta bath? o Have you everhada pet?/ Have youeverhad any pets? o Have you everriddenahorse? Howabout a camel? o Have you everseenabullfight? o Have you everseenadog race? o Have you everseenadog that helpspeople,suchasone to helpa blindperson?  If so, whatdid younotice aboutthe dog?  How doyou thinkthatdog was trained?  Have you everseena"therapydog?" o How longdoyou thinka dog can live withoutfood? o How manybirdsdo youknowthat can't fly? o How manylegsdoesa spiderhave? How abouta squid? o How manynational animal preservesdoyouhave inyourcountry?  Are there any animal preservesaroundhere? o How manypetshave youhad? o How manypetshave youraisedand whatare they? o How manyzooshave you beento? o How muchdoesit cost to keepyourpet? o If you couldbe an animal,whatwouldyou(choose to) be? Why? o If you don't keeppets,pleaseexplainwhy? o Is isright tokeepanimalsina zoo? o Is itharmful fora dogto travel in cabinon a airline underthe seatwhere yourcarry-onbagsgo? o Petsare consideredtobe aburdento mostof the city dwellers. Towhatextentdoyouagree? o Some people thinkthatpeopleshouldn'twearanimal furs.Do youagree?Whyor why not? o Thinkof some people youknow.Whichanimalsdotheyresemble? o What animal doyou thinkisthe funniest? o What animal doyou thinkisthe strangest-looking? o What animal doyou thinkmakesthe bestpet? Why? o What animal would youlike tobe? (Whichanimal...?) o What animalsare symbolsof yourcountry? o What animalsare youafraid of? (...scaredof?) o What animalsdoyouthinkare cute?  What animal doyou thinkisthe cutest? o What animalsdoyouthinkare scary? o What animals doyouthinkis the mostdangerous? o What are some popularpets? o What are the mostpopularpetsin yourcountry? o What are the pros andcons of keepingapet?  (Whyare there somany people whoare willingtosacrifice theirtime andmoneytoraise apet?) o What can childrenlearnbyhavinga pet? What are some thingsa childcan learnbyhavinga pet? o What do youthinkof animalsbeingraisedincaptivity? o What isone of your favorite animals?  Why doyou like it?  Do youhave one fora pet? o What isthe difference betweenapetanda wildanimal? o What isthe mostunusual petyouhave everseen? o What isyour favorite animal?  Why isit yourfavorite animal?  Wouldyoulike keepitasyour pet,whyor whynot? o What joydoesyour petbringyou?  Are you the one whotakescare of iteveryday?  How doyou take care of it?If you don't take care of it, whodoes? o What kindof animal wouldyoulike tobe? o Do bats make goodpets? o What animalslike tobe petted? o What kindof dog do youhave?
o What kindof masterwouldyoulike tohave if you were a pet? o What particularanimalshave become famousinyourcountryforsome special skill oraccomplishment? o What wildanimalscanyousee aroundhere? o Whenwas the lasttime youwentto a zoo? o Where isthe nearestzooto your house?  How oftendoyouvisitthat zoo?  Whenwas the lasttime youwentthere?  How muchdoesit cost to getin? o Why dopeople have pets?/Whydo people keeppets? o Wouldyourecommendthatotherskeeppetssimilartoyours? o Shouldwe feedourpetsunhealthybuttastytreats?  What's more important,theirhealthortheirhappiness? o In youropinion,whydosome people like tohave unusual pets? o Do youthinkdogs shouldbe bannedormuzzled? o Wouldyouwant to see aggressive dogsmuzzledorbanned? o In yourcountry,what kindof dog lawsare there?If dogs are man'sbestfriend,asthe sayinggoes,isbanning dogsa friendlyact? o What isa safari?  Wouldyougo on a safari? o Have you everhurtan animal?  Was it intentional orunintentional? o Do youknowof any websitesforpeople thatwanttokeepanimalsaspets?  How aboutwebsitesforpeople whoare againstanimal rights?  Do youthinkkeepingananimal asa pet isa violationof thatanimal'srights? o Do youknowany animalsthatyou thinkare beingtreatedbadlyorunfairly?  If so, howdo youthinkyoucan help? o What do youthinkwouldanimalssayabouthumansif theycouldmake a documentarymovie abouthumans? o What isa breed? o What breedscanyou name? o What doesAKCstand for? o What isa standardfor a dog breed? o What isdog intelligence? o Whichdog breeddoyou thinkisthe mostintelligentandwhichthe dumbest? o What isthe role of an Alphadogin a pack? o Do youthinkit isa goodpatterningeneral tojudge people bytheirattitude towardanimals? Explainwhy. o Do bats helppeople? Annoying Things  What annoys you about living where you live now?  What annoys you about taking trains to work?  What annoys you about driving a car?  What annoys you most about living at home with your family?  Do you think you have habits that annoy other people?  Does it annoy you when people kiss in public?  Do you get annoyed when someone cuts in front of you when you are waiting in line?  What are some new pet peeves you have as a result of recent technology (i.e. cell phone use)?  What annoying habits does your best friend have?  Does smoking bother you?  Do you get annoyed when other people display bad manners? Give some examples.  What is the most annoying thing for you?  What is the most annoying thing about your partner?  Do you annoy people with some of your habits?  What is something that your parents do that annoy you?  Can annoying someone be a good thing?  If something is annoying you, what do you usually do?
 What are some things that annoy you that don't annoy your best friend?  How do you change annoying habits  What are some things that car drivers do that annoy you?  Can you think of some things children do that annoy adults around them?  What does pet peeve mean? o What is your pet peeve?  Does it annoy you when people don't use the right punctuation?  What kind of people annoy you?  Who is the most annoying person you know? Why?  How do you inform someone they are being annoying  Do you think other people find you annoying? Why?  Who is the most annoying celebrity? Why?  Which is more annoying, being caught in the rain without an umbrella, or finding out you don't have enough money to pay for something you really need?  Is there anything about your teacher that annoys you? What will you do about it?  Does it annoy you when people don't use the right punctuation?  Do you think it is annoying if people can't or don't speak your language?  Which is more annoying, being caught in the rain without an umbrella, or finding out you don't have enough money to pay for something you really need?  Why do people get annoyed?  Do bandaids on ladies feet annoy you?  What's the most annoying thing about your partner?  What's the most annoying catchphrase or cliche you can think of?  Is it worse to be ignorant or annoying?  What annoys you about yourself?  What do people do on the subway that annoys you?  What do people do on the bus that annoys you?  What do people do on the street that annoys you?  Does it annoy you when people snore? Arguing  Do you feel bad after you have an argument?  What are some reason why people argue?  What does your family argue about?  How do you avoid arguments?  Do you think it is best to argue or just walk away? Shy?  Do you get along with argumentative people?  Are you passionate about your beliefs?  Do you ever try to impose your beliefs on others?  Do you at times enjoy "playing the devil's advocate" (debating for the fun of it)?  Do you get along argumentative people?  Are you passionate about your beliefs?  Would you describe yourself as an argumentative person?  What other adjectives would you associate with an argumentative person?  In your opinion is being argumentative a positive trait or a flaw?  Are you easily persuaded in an argument?  Do you ever try to impose your beliefs on others?  Do you at times enjoy "playing the devil's advocate" (debating for the fun of it)?  Have you ever taken part in a debate? Did you have to defend an opinion that wasn't your own? If so, was it easy? Did it make you re-evaluate your own views?  How do you feel when someone disagrees with everything you have to say?  Do have a "butinski"in your family? Do you tend to but in?  At work do you often voice your opinions on controversial issues? If so, what kind of reception do get?  Do you steer clear of some touchy topics or do you get a kick out of provoking others?
 How do you feel when you have a hunch someone's not paying attention to what you have to say? Do you raise your voice? Do you get nasty?  How do you grab someone's attention when you're making a point? What can you do to lose it?  Are hand gestures useful in an argument?  Do you think it's disrespectful to argue with your elders?  Do you often feel patronized in an argument?  What do you say when someone is being condescending? Art  Are you a good painter?  Can you draw pictures well?  Do you believe what art critics say?  Do you consider yourself a good artist?  Do you enjoy your art class at school?  Do you like modern art?  Do you like paintings?  Do you like sketching?  Do you like to visit art museums?  Do you like wood carving?  Do you prefer using water colors or oil paint?  Do you think it is proper to call nude paintings art?  Do you think music and dancing are forms of art?  Do you think of cartoons and comics as art?  Do you visit museums when you go to another city?  Have you ever been to any famous art museums?  Have you ever visited an art museum?  What art form do you like best?  What art museums have you visited? o Which did you like the best? Why? o Which did you like the least? Why?  What famous painters do you know? What are they famous for?  What is art?  What is the longest time that you have spend on a painting?  What is your favorite art web site?  What would life be like without art?  When was the last time you went to an art museum?  Who are some famous artists in your country?  Who is a famous potter in your country?  Who is the most famous artist in your country? What kind of art does he do?  Who is your favorite painter?  Do you enjoy taking photographs?  What things do you like to photograph?  Do you consider photography an art form?  Why do artist like to draw women's figures?  Why do you enjoy art?  Why is art important?  Why do people become professional artists?  Have you ever participated in any art competitions?  Have you ever been jealous of someone else's artwork?  Do you find Picasso's work astonishing or weird?  Do you have a favorite painting? o If so, what is it? o Why do you like it?  Do other people ever compliment your artwork?
 Do you have a sketchbook? o If so, how often do you use it? o What kind of sketches do you make?  Do you feel proud after finishing a work of art?  Do you think graffiti is art? Do you agree with this statement? Graffiti is a form of art; a form of expressing one's mind.  Do you like to doodle? o What kinds of doodles do you make? o Where and when do you doodle?  Have you ever gone to an exhibition?  Do you know any art galleries? Are there any in the place where you live?  Were you interested in art when you were young?  In your opinion, is design an important part of culture?  Can you tell me the name of a fashion designer you know?  Is design a great importance in your daily life?  The famous artist and designer William Morris said that you should not have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful'. Discuss.  Do you know any art gallery? Is there any in the place where you live?  Were you interested in art some years ago? and now?  Have you studied any pictorial movement?  Has design a great importance in your daily life  Is your work figurative or abstract?  What is your medium of choice?  What influences your work?  If you could buy a great work of art, what would it be? (style, title, artist's name...)  Do you think performance art should be considered art?  What do you think of shock art?  Have you ever seen performance art?  Have you ever seen shock art?  Does art imitate life?  Are movies a form of art? The Art of Conversation  What makes it easy to talk to someone? o What traits do you look for in a conversation partner?  Tell about your favorite types of conversations to have? o What do you talk about? o How do you know the other person?  Who is the best conversationalist that you have ever met? o Why are they such a great conversationalist?  Have you ever had a great conversation with a complete stranger? o What made it so great? o What did you talk about? o Where were you?  What is your role in a conversation? o Do you dominate? o Do you subordinate?  What percent of a conversation do you spend talking? o Have you ever tried to consciously change your conversational style? o What did you change?  What are some good habits you have in conversation?  What are some bad traits you have in conversations?
 Who communicates better: men or women? o What makes their style better? o What makes it worse?  Do you like to flirt? o How do you flirt? o What do you say?  On a scale of 1-10, how do you rate your conversational skill with the opposite sex? Explain.  How do conversations between men and women differ?  Do you like to argue? o What do you like to argue about?  Do you always want to be right? o What types of arguments do you hate to lose?  What topics should you avoid when talking to a stranger? o To a Swiss person? o To a Japanese? o To an American?  What topics are taboos for your culture? o What topics are taboo for you personally?  Why do people like to learn bad words in another language?  What do people do that drives you crazy in a conversation?  How do you feel about talking on the phone? Why?  Do you think that some conversations are easier to have on the phone? <ul  Face to face? </ul   What types of conversations, and why?  What are some topics that you can't stand to talk about? Why?  Do you have better conversations when you are drinking?  How do your conversations change after you have been drinking?  Have you ever said something to someone that you wish you hadn't said?  What was it? Explain.  If you could relive any conversation of your life, what would it be? Why? Explain.  How do you feel about being frank? Explain.  How do you feel about blunt people?  Is there such a thing as being too honest? Explain.  In your experience, which country's people are the easiest to talk to? Explain.  Which country's people are difficult to talk to? Explain.  If you could have the voice of any famous person, whose voice would you want? Why?  How do you feel about conversations with people older than yourself?  Are there any older people who you have conversations with regularly?  Who are they?  Some people like to talk about things, and some people like to do things.  What kind of person are you? Explain.  If you could have a conversation with any famous living person, who would you talk to?  What would you talk about?  Why would you want to talk about that? Explain.  If you could have a conversation with a famous deceased person, who would you talk to?
 What would you talk about, and why?  Do you like to eavesdrop on other people's conversations?  What kind of questions do you like to overhear? Where do you listen?  Have you ever spied on anyone? o Have you ever recorded a phone call or conversation? Why? o Would you ever do it? Explain.  If you had to choose, would you rather marry a partner who is handsome/beautiful and sexy, but who is a terrible conversationalist, or a partner who is a wonderful conversationalist, but who is less-attractive-than-average? Explain.  What was a difficult conversation you had to have in your life?  How did it turn out?  What made it hard? Explain.  Would you like to be a salesman, a teacher, a reporter?  Would you like to have a career that requires you to talk to a lot of people? Why?  Which career?  How can you improve your conversation skills? Explain. Bags and Purses  Do you always carry a bag or purse? o What do you have in your bag or purse? o How heavy is your bag or purse? Have you lost it before? o Has it been stolen?  What do you usually carry with you?  What things do you use every day?  What things are important to carry with you?  Do you always carry a bank card?  Do you always carry money?  How much money do you usually carry on you?  Do men carry billfolds in your country?  Do women carry a purse or handbag in your country?  Is it a custom in your country for men to carry or hold the woman's purse or bag?  Will guys hold their wife's and/or girlfriend's purse or bag where you live?  Do men carry bags or purses in your country  What if you see a guy carrying a purse or woman's bag, would you think he is gay?  What do you think a president would carry on their person?  What are essential (necessary) items to take with you when you leave the house? Baseball  Have you ever played baseball?  Do you know the rules of baseball?  Do you like baseball?  Are you interested in baseball?  How many players are on a baseball team?  What position do you think is the most difficult?
 Who is your favorite baseball player? Why do you like him?  Does baseball look like a fun game to you?  What qualities do you think of baseball player needs to be good?  Do they have professional baseball teams in your country?  How much does it cost to watch a professional baseball game?  Would you rather watch baseball at a stadium or on television?  What is your favorite baseball team? Why?  Do you follow professional baseball?  Are there any baseball players from your country playing in the USA?  Do you think baseball will ever be a worldwide sport like soccer?  What are the differences between baseball in America and baseball in your country?  How much does it cost to attend a pro game in your country?  What kinds of food are sold at baseball stadiums in your country?  Does your country have a minor league?  Do you think young players aspire to be a pro in their home country or make it to the American Major Leagues?  Are there recreational baseball teams in your country?  Do children have easy access to baseball in your country?  Do people play softball in your country?  Are there women's baseball teams in your country?  Do you consider baseball to be a slow game?  Do you think the playoffs are more exciting than the regular season?  Do you think baseball will ever be a worldwide sport like soccer?  How does a kid make it to the pros? Basketball  Are you interested in basketball?  How many players are on a basketball team?  What are the positions on a basketball team?  How long is a basketball game?  Who is your favorite basketball player?  Why are basketball player usually tall?  Can short people be good basketball players?  Have you ever played basketball? How was it?  Do you follow professional basketball?  Have you ever been to a professional basketball game?  Are there any basketball players from your country in the NBA?  Describe the abilities that a good basketball player must have.  What is needed to play basketball with your friends?  What basketball teams do you follow? What is interesting about this team to you?  What are the skills of your favorite basketball players?  What is the difference between a basketball team and a basketball league?  Who is number one star player now in the NBA? Do you like his style of playing? Why?  Which parts of the body can players play the ball with?  How many people can play in a game of basketball?  When the ball goes out of bounds what happens?  When the ball stuck between the ring and backboard, what happens?  When a team scores a goal where is the ball placed for a restart?  Which sports uses a court to play a game on?  Which sports uses a field to play a game on?  Who invented the indoor game which we call it basketball?  In which years did James Naismith invent basketball?  What nickname do Americans give to the ring of basketball?  When the ball goes out of bounds, what should the referee do?
 When the violation occurs, what should a referee do?  What is the height of the basket?  Who was known as the greatest player in the world?  In which city did the first basketball game play in 1891? Beach  When was the last time you went to the beach? Where did you go?  What do people do at the beach?  Can you swim? o When did you learn to swim? o Who taught you to swim? o What kind of swimming suit do you wear?  Have you ever been night-swimming?  Are there any problems with jellyfish, sharks or stonefish at your local beach?  Have you ever played sports on the beach? o Which sports have you played o ? How are they different from non-beach versions of the sport?  Have you ever collected seashells? o Can you describe a shell that you have collected? o What did you do with the shells that you collected?  What sort of animals live at the beach?  Have you ever been fishing on the beach? o What did you catch? o What did you use as bait?  What is the "tide"? o Why is there a tide? o What is a "rip tide"?  Have you ever been on a sail boat or a row boat?  Have you ever used a surf board or body board?  Do you like to suntan?  Do you think sunblock is important?  Have you ever been to a famous beach?  What do you wear to the beach?  How do you keep your wallet safe while you are swimming?  Is erosion a problem at your local beach?  Is pollution a problem at your local beach?  Should people be able to own a beach or part of a beach?  Why is beachfront land so expensive? o Why do so many people want to live there? o Would you like to live there? o What are some dangers of living on beachfront property  Do you prefer a calm sea or do you prefer big waves?  Should dogs be allowed on the beach? o Should dogs have to be kept on leashes at the beach?  Should cars be allowed on the beach?  What do you think of people who swim in the nude?  Is there a nude beach near where you live? o What do you think about nude beaches? o Would you ever want to swim in the nude? o Have you ever gone to a nude beach? o What do you think of topless swimming?  Which is your favorite beach?  Are there life guards at the beaches in your country?  Do you think that people should be allowed to drink beer or other drinks with alcohol on the beach?
Beauty and Physical Attractiveness  Who do youthinkisthe most beautiful personinyourcountry?  Who do youthinkisthe most beautiful personalivetoday?  Who wasthe mostbeautiful personinhistory?  Who isthe most attractive inyour family?  Doesbeautyaffectone'ssuccessinlife?  Is itbetterto be physicallyattractive orintelligent?  Is itbetterto be physicallyattractive orwealthy?  Is beautyrelatedtopower? o Can youthinkof anyone whoisina positionof powerthatisnot physicallyattractive?  Do people spendtoomuchtime andmoneyonbeauty?  How muchtime shouldbe spentonmakingyourself lookbettereachday?  Who wouldyousayis beautiful thatothersmaybe wouldn't?  Do youthinkpeople shouldhave cosmeticsurgerytoenhance theirlooks? o If so what isthe minimumage whensomeone shouldhave plasticsurgery? o How popularisplasticsurgeryinyourcountry? o What isthe mostpopularfeature forcosmeticalteration? o Do youthinkself-esteemaffectsbeauty? o Do youthinkbeautyaffectsself-esteem?  How importantisbeautyinyourdailylife?  Have you evernoticedanyone everfeelingpressuredtobe more beautiful?  What do youthinkof the proverb,"beautyisinthe eye of the beholder?" o Do youhave any proverbsor idiomsfromyourcountry that relate tobeauty?  What do youthink"beautyisskindeep"means?  What are some beautytipsthatyou couldshare?  Do youthinkpeople withmanytattooscanbe beautiful? o How manytattoosare too many? o Wouldyouevergeta tattoo? o Do youhave a tattoo?  Do youthinkpeople withmanypiercingscanbe beautiful? o What kindof bodypiercing,if any,doyou feel are acceptable? o What kindof piercing,if any,doyou feel are unacceptable?  What personalitytraitisthe mostimportantforinnerbeauty?  How doyou define beauty,usingyourownwords?  Wouldyoueverdate someone whowasnotconventionallyattractive?  What makesone personmore attractive thananother?  Do youthinkpeople fromdifferentcountriesthanyousee attractive the same way?  Is there someone famousthatisconsideredbeautiful,thatyouthinkisnot?  Are beautypageantsgoodor bad?  Shouldchildrenbe enteredintobeautypageants?  Do youthinkone genderor groupworriesmore aboutbeautythananother?  Wouldyouwant yourchildrentobe beautiful ortalented?  What are some of the drawbacksof beingbeautiful?  What do youthinkaboutplasticsurgery? o Wouldyoueverhave plasticsurgery? o If so, whatwouldyouchange?  What do youthinkof celebritieswhogetplasticsurgery?  Do youthinkit's necessarytohave plasticsurgeryif youare famousinorderto be successful?  Do youthinkskincoloraffectswhetherapersonisregardedas beautiful ornot?  Do youthinkthat fairerskinmakesyoumore beautiful?  What are some advantagesof beingbeautiful?  What makessomeone beautifulinyourcountry? o What differsbetweenthatideaandthe Americanideaof beauty?  What do youthink"beautyisskindeep"means?  How manydifferentadjectivescanyouthinkof to describe abeautiful womanorahandsome man
What do these English expressions mean?  Prettyis as prettydoes.  Beautyis inthe eye of the beholder.  Beautyis onlyskindeep.  What you see iswhatyou get. Behavior  What is good behavior? What is bad behavior?  Were you well-behaved as a child? o Why do some children seem naturally well-mannered, while others seem difficult? o Were you a well-behaved child? o How do you raise well-behaved children?  What influences you to make good choices?  Have you ever not tolerated someone's behavior? o Is there any behavior that you would not find acceptable? o What are some examples of bad behavior? o What is he worst behavior you have seen?  Would you teach your child to "hit back" at school if somebody hit him?  How can we teach our children good behavior? Are words or example more important?  Are you influenced by what you see on TV? Or by what you read?  Do friends influence you? o Can you influence your friends? o Is it important to surround yourself with good people? o How can friends have a bad influence on you?  Can music influence your behavior?  Is it important to only watch wholesome TV shows and only read good books?  How has the media affected society? Has TV made society better or worse?  How does religion influence people's behavior?  Do you care what other people think of you?  Do you care about the private behavior of a politician? o Can you judge a politician by how he behaves toward his family? o Do you give up your private life when you become a politician?  Should people behave differently with friends than with family? Do you treat people who are close to you better than strangers, or vice versa?  Does the behavior of well-known people, such as celebrities and politicians, affect how average people behave?  Does economic status affect people's behavior? For example, are people more generous if they have more money?  Who do you admire? Do you try to be like this person (or people)?  Are there historical figures you admire?  Who is affected by your behavior?  In what ways have the choices of others affected you?  Does your happiness depend on the behavior of others?  Should you always be on your best behavior?  Will we be judged for our behavior? Do you believe in a God who punishes bad people and rewards good people?  Does it always pay to be good?  How do you act when you are happy? Do you like being around happy people?  Should people act on their feelings? If you are in a bad mood, can people around you tell?  Do you believe we have a moral obligation to act happy, even if we do not feel happy?  Is it possible to change one's behavior?  Have you changed anything about your behavior?
o Have you started good habits? o Have you broken bad habits? o What are some ways to change your behavior?  Do you set goals to improve yourself?  What behaviors are expected from children towards their parents?  Do the clothes you wear affect your behavior? Should school teachers wear casual clothes?  What behaviors are expected from university and college students?  Should corporal punishment be illegal?  Are bad people bad because of circumstances or choices? What about good people?  Do you think there is such a thing as an evil person, or just a sick person?  Can bad behavior lead to crime?  Should parents be held responsible for their children's behavior?  What would you do if you saw somebody else's child behaving badly in public?  Should some parent give medicine to their children to calm them down?  Can you think of a behavior that is 'good' behavior in one culture and a 'bad' behavior in another culture?  How would you behave in a hospital?  What is the strangest thing you have ever done?  Should children be punished in public?  What kind of punishment do you think is the most effective ?  What does "misbehavior" mean?  What can we do to prevent or discourage it  Is there a behavior considered a 'good' behavior in one culture and a 'bad'  behavior in another culture? If yes, give examples.  Can we teach our children good behavior?  How can we teach our children good behavior?  How do children acquire good behavior?  What would you do if your child behaves badly in public?  What would you do if you saw somebody else's child behaves badly in public?  Would you spank (To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment) your child for bad behavior?  What would you do if you saw somebody spanking their child behaves for bad behavior?  What should you do with a child who has very bad behavior?  Would you teach your child to "hit back" at school if somebody hits them?  How should we punish children who commit crimes?  What behavior is not acceptable among friends?  How should movie stars behave in public?  Is it OK to show negative types of behavior when you are angry?  What behaviors make you feel good?  What behaviors make you feel angry?  Should children be encouraged to ask questions in class?  How can teachers stop "bullying" at school?  Have you ever got embarrassed by your friend's/girlfriend's/husband's misbehavior?  What is the right behavior to use in a job interview?  How should you behave when you see someone you don't like?  What is good behavior?  What is the right behavior to use in a restaurant? o At school? o At a party?  Can you think of a behavior that is 'good' behavior in one culture and a 'bad' behavior in another culture?  Can we teach our children good behavior?  How can we teach our children good behavior?  How do children acquire good behavior?  Would you spank your child for bad behavior?  What would you do if you saw somebody spanking their child for bad behavior?  Is it acceptable for parents to spank their children?
Birthdays  How are birthdays celebrated in your country?  What are some birthday traditions you know of from other countries?  How do you like to celebrate your birthday?  What is your best birthday memory?  What is your worst birthday memory?  Have you ever had a surprise birthday party for yourself or someone else?  What is the best birthday gift you have ever received?  What is the worst birthday gift you have ever received?  What are some things you like to do for your birthday?  When is your birthday?  Did your parents give you birthday parties when you were a child?  In your opinion, What is the best time of year to have a birthday?  How do people you know celebrate turning 40?  Do you think getting older (40, 50, 60) is depressing for people, or a happy occasion?  What do you think is the best age?  Do you like going to work on your birthday?  Did you like going to school on your birthday when you were a child?  Have you ever had a surprise party?  Whose birthday do you always remember?  Among your close friends and relatives, whose birthday is coming up next?  About how many birthday gifts or cards do you send or give to people each year?  Have you ever forgotten someone's birthday that you should have remembered?  Do you know any famous people's birthdays? (Are any the same as yours?)  Do you know of any big events that happened the year you were born?  What is the best birthday gift you have ever received?  What is the best birthday gift you have ever given?  What is the worst birthday gift you have ever received?  What is the worst birthday gift you have ever given?  If you are in your teen years, tell how old you will be in twenty years time and say whether you look forward to that age or does it scare you.  If you could celebrate your own birthday the way you wanted, what would you do? o Where would you like to go? o How many people would you invite?  Would you rather celebrate your birthday with just your relatives or just your friends?  Do you remember what gifts you received on your last birthday?  What would you like to get most for your birthday this year?  Is the cost of a present important to you?  What kind of gift do you usually prepare for your friend's birthday? o Your mother's? o What about for other family members?  Which is a better present, a well-chosen gift or money?  Are birthdays really important?  How do you celebrate your birthday? Body Language  Why do you think body language is important?  How do you use body language in your daily life?  How does body language help you to communicate?
 How does your native culture use body language? What kind of body language do you use at school? What are some examples of body language that boys use? Women? Boys? Girls? Children?  What actions are threatening?  What actions are friendly?  What actions are not allowed?  What "new" body language have you seen since coming to your new country? did those actions confuse you?  How does eye contact differ from your native country to your new one?  How can you misinterpret someone's body language?  Do you try to use body language when you communicate in English? Books and Reading  What is your favorite story?  Who is your favorite author?  Who is your favorite character?  What is your favorite genre? o Action o Mystery o Suspence o Detective o Science Fiction o Children's books o War o Non-fiction o Travel books o Self-help books o History o Biography o Autobiography o Gothic o Classic Literature o Modern Literature  What is the longest book you have ever read? o How long did it take you to read it?  Have you ever belonged to a book club? o What books did you read?  What is the funniest book you have ever read?  The saddest? o The strangest?  How many books have you read in your life?  Is there a time in your life when you read all the time?  How many hours do you spend reading in a week?  Have you ever been to a book signing or met an author?  Do you have any ideas for a story for you to write?  Do you read books based on recommendations?  What are some of the books that were recommended to you?  Were you ever given a bad recommendation?  Did it change your opinion of the person who recommended the book?  What books have you recommended for other people?  How often do you go to the library?  How many books do you check out at a time?  How do you choose the books you are going to read?  How important is the cover of the book.  Do you watch the movie that came from a book?  Most people say the book is better than the movie. Is this true for you?
 Did you enjoy reading books in school?  What was your favorite book growing up?  Is there a book that you have read more than once? o What was the title? o How many times did you read it?  Is there a book you just couldn't finish? o What was the title?  What is your favorite time of day for reading?  Where is your favorite place to read?  Do you listen to music while you read?  Do you often read book before go to bed?  What factors are important to you when choosing a book to read? o Reviews? o A Recommendation from a friend? o The front cover?  What was the last book that you read?  What is your favorite book of all time?  Have you ever read a book and then watched the movie? Which was better? Why?  Who is the most famous writer from your country? o Have you read any of their books? o Do you think that they are overrated?  What genre of book do you enjoy most?  Have you ever tried to read a book in English?  Do you think that it is more valuable to read a book than to watch television?  Have you ever lent books to your friends and never got them back?  Do you think that the internet and television will eventually make books obsolete? Bullfighting  Have you ever seen bullfighting?  Which countries are famous for bullfighting?  Can you explain what happens at a bullfight?  Why do some people find bullfighting a wonderful spectacle?  Why do some people call bullfighting cruel?  What happens the bulls after they killed?  Can women be bullfighters?  If you don't want to ban bullfighting, would you impose restrictions on who watches this kind of sport?  Do you know anything about "bull-running" in Pamplona, Spain?- would you like to take part in this? Why?/ Why not?  Would you ban bullfighting in Spain?  Do you think bullfights, cockfights, dogfights, fish fights and the likes should be banned? Why?  How do you gamble on bullfighting? Business  Could I ask you some questions about your business?  When did you start your business?  Are you only a service provider?  Do you have any service expansion plan?  Do you have international presence?  Do you think recession is affecting your business?  What is the strength of your employees?
 Do you have any challenge in manpower retention?  Who is taking care of your human resources department?  What is so special about your business?  How do you motivate your employees?  Do you provide transport facility to employees?  Do you have any play ground / gym in your company?  Do you take of everything personally?  Do you have any program like employee of the month or employee of the year?  How many branches do you have in overseas?  What one quality in your people really affect your business?  Will you give any special benefit to your employees?  How often do you travel abroad?  Do you really believe in innovation?  Where from do you get inspiration for growth?  Do you think every company should prepare budget for income and expenses?  What is the governing principal of your business?  Do you take any assistance for technology improvement?  Do you think technology is must to grow your business?  Do you invite outside consultants to train your people?  What do you feel about growth of your company?  Do you want to give any message to the people?  What one thing can transform business to a higher level? Cars and Driving  How old were you when you first learned to drive? o Was there anything difficult about learning to drive?  Can you drive a car?  Can you drive a manual shift car?  Do you have a car?  If so, what kind of car do you have? o Is it a standard (manual shift) or automatic shift? o Which do you like best, a standard or automatic shift car?  What are the advantages of owning a car?  What are the disadvantages of owning a car?  Are you a good driver?  Have you ever been in a car accident?  Have you ever been pulled over by the police? o What happened?  Have you ever driven a car in a foreign country? o If yes, which side of the road did they drive on? o Were the road signs different?  Are the drivers in your area where you live good drivers?  Do you know anything about repairing or maintaining a car? o What do you know how to do? o Where did you learn how to do this?  Do you enjoy repairing cars? o What are some things you do to maintain your car?  Do you prefer driving or riding public transportation?  What kind of car do you prefer?  Do you like drive at night?  Do you think cars should be banned from city centers?  What side of the road do you drive in your country?  Is drunk driving a problem in your country?  What kind of laws does your country have about drunk driving?
 What is the penalty for drunk driving in your country?  Have you ever been (or) do you know anyone who has been in an accident related to drunk driving?  Is jaywalking legal in your country?  Do people often jaywalk in your country?  Who taught you to drive?  How long did it take you to learn to drive?  What is the longest trip you have ever taken by car?  Have you ever broken down and been stranded on the side of the road? o Who helped you?  How do American drivers compare to drivers in your country?  What are the speed limits in your country?  On what occasions do you honk your car horn?  Is it acceptable to honk in your country  Are men better drivers than women?  Are women better drivers than men?  At what age can you get a licence in your country?  Do you think the age for driving should be raised or lowered?  Do you think driving lessons should be provided by high schools?  Should new drivers have a period of accompanied driving? o Or some kind of trial period?  Do you have a GPS (Global Position System)? o What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a GPS?  Does the type of car a person drives tell us about the person who drives it?  What can we tell or imagine about a person by looking at the car they drive?  What are the laws about seat belts in your country? o How are they different to this country?  Is your car air conditioned? o What are the advantages and disadvantages of air conditioning?  Do you have a GPS? o If yes, when do you use it? If no, would you like one? Why or why not?  What is the price of gasoline in your country? o Is it cheaper or more expensive than in this country?  Do you allow passengers to eat inside your car?  What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying a second-hand car?  Do you wash your car yourself or do you have it washed?  Do you think that there is a relation between global warming and cars?  Have you ever seen a "hybrid" car?  What do you know about "hybrid" cars?  Do you really think that car manufacturers are interested in global warming?  How often do you need to get your car repaired?  On what occasions do you honk your car horn? o Is it acceptable to honk in your country?  Do you like to drive or be driven?  Have you ever bribed a policeman in your country after he pulled you over?  Is it common for traffic cops to accept bribes?  How are the traffic laws in your country? o Are they strict or lax?  Do most people follow the rules of the road?  Is it easy to find parking?  Is parking expensive?  What should be done in order to prevent traffic congestion in your city?  Is there any kind of rules to avoid traffic congestions?  How do you feel about spending time in your car during rush hour?  Is car theft a big problem in your country?  Have you had your car stolen?  Have you had your radio stolen?  Is road side assistance common in your country?  Can you change a flat tire?
 Do you know anything about fixing a car?  Who taught you to drive? o Was it pleasant or unpleasant?  Have you ever broken down and been stuck on the side of the road? o Who helped you?  What do you think of international car-free days?  Can you recall any memorable car drive in your life?  What are the most frequent driving offenses?  What factors are responsible for railway crossing accidents?  According to insurance statistics women are better driver than men. o Do you agree?  What do you think of car pooling? Celebrities  Have you ever seen a celebrity in person? What did you do?  Which celebrity would you like to meet? What would you do if you could spend a day with this person?  Do you think famous people have the right to have a private life?  Do you think it's moral to sell your private life to the media?  Do you approve of people who become famous as a consequence of appearing again and again in the media and not because of having an artistic career?  What do you think of the paparazzi?  Why do you think there is such a high demand for gossip magazines and gossip TV programs?  What are the pros and cons of being a celebrity?  What do you think of fans and fan-clubs ?  Did you have any heroes when you were a teenager?  Why do you think adolescents need to have heroes?  Do you think being a celebrity automatically means the person is intelligent?  Do you think that there are times when the common man has an edge over a celebrity?  If you could influence people like a celebrity does, how would you use it for the benefit of the planet?  Which celebrity do you most admire and why ?  Would you like to be famous ? Why or why not ?  Do you think there is a relationship between beauty and celebrity ?  Can you name some famous people?  Do you know someone famous?  Would you like to be famous? Why?  Are famous people happy?  Would you like to be a celebrity?  Would you like to be a celebrity? Why would you be famous?  If you were a celebrity, would you take advantage of it to date some fans?  Should celebrities be role models?  Do you think being a celebrity automatically means the person is intelligent? Why? Why not?  Do you think celebrities write their own music?  Can you give some examples of when the common man has an edge over a celebrity?  What do you think of celebrities championing a cause? (e.g. - a cure for AIDS)  Do you think that some celebrities earn much more money than they deserve taking into consideration what they produce? Change  Have you made any recent changes in your life?  Do you think change is important?
 Do you ever get the urge to refurnish your whole house?  Do you rearrange the furniture in your house often?  Do you like to rearrange your room or living-room?  Do you think change is important in people's life?  Do you think it is possible for a cold hearted person to change?  Do you think that it is easy to mend our old ways?  Do you think it is easy to keep up with the times?  If you could change anything in your life, what would it be?  What is the most difficult change you have ever had to make?  Have you ever decided to get a tattoo?  Have you ever cut your hair really short?  What was the craziest change in appearance you have ever made?  What was the last major change you made in your life?  Have you ever decided to change the group that you usually hang out (spend time) with?  What is one thing that you think you will never change about yourself?  What is one thing you have tried to change, but couldn't?  If you won a million dollars what things would you change about your life?  What things would you keep the same?  Has a friend of yours ever made any major changes that you were proud of? o An alcoholic? o An unmotivated person? o A person who is stuck in their ways?)  Have you ever converted (changed) over to a different religion?  Have you ever changed over to a different political party.  Have you ever dumped a boyfriend or girlfriend? Was the change difficult?  Have you ever said no to a friend?  Have you lost a pet, or has a person ever passed away on you?  Have you ever quit your job?  Have you ever became depressed and stay indoors for long periods? How did you get out of your depression?  Have you ever had to change the way you speak, or the way you act? Why?  Have you ever decided to change the way you dress? If so, why?  Have you ever decided to change the way you eat, or your form of exercise? Charity  Have you ever worked for a charity? o How long did you work there? o Was it a well run charity? o Did you enjoy this work?  Do you give money to registered charities? (e.g. Red Cross, World Wildlife Fund, Green Peace) o Can you name some other registered charities?  Do you think having large charity organizations is a good idea? Why or why not? o What are some of the good points? o What are some of the bad points?  Do you think that locally run charity organizations are more effective?  Are there any charities in (your town/city)? o How about in (your country)? o What are they? Cheating  What is your definition of cheating?
 Have you ever cheated?  Why do you think that people cheat?  Have you ever cheated in an exam?  Have you ever been caught cheating on an exam?  If you had a chance to cheat now, would you take it?  In what situations do people usually cheat?  Have you ever been cheated on by somebody else?  Describe a time when you cheated and it helped you.  Do you think if people stopped cheating the world would be a better place?  What do you think of people who cheat in their relationships?  What do you think can be done to prevent cheating?  What are some things you can do to prevent cheating?  What would you do it you saw someone cheating at something. Childbirth  Have you ever had children?  Where were your children born?  How long were you in labor?  How much did your first child weigh?  Can you tell us about your pregnancy?  Were there any complications during delivery? What were they?  How much maternity leave did you take from work?  Was your husband in the delivery room during childbirth?  Did your husband take maternity leave from work? How long?  Do pregnant women in your country work?  Do women in your country give birth in a hospital or at home?  What is more common, natural birth or C-sections?  Who helps a new mother with the baby?  Do women in your country breastfeed their babies?  Do you think it is OK to breast feed in public?  Did you breast feed your children in public?  Were you breast fed as a child? Childhood  Didyou have a happychildhood?  What didyou like todowhenyouwere a child?  What didyou looklike?  Where were youborn?  Whenwere youborn?  How oldwere youwhenyoulearnedtoride a bicycle? o Didyou have yourown bicycle? o Do yourememberwhotaughtyouto ride a bicycle? o Didyou have a bad bicycle accident?  Who wasyour favorite teacher? Why?  What was yourfavorite subject? Why?  What was yourfavorite game? o Who didyouplayit with? o Who gave it to you? o Whendid you like toplayit?  Do yourememberanythingaboutyourpersonalitywhenachild?  Were yougood at makingfriends?
o How didyoumake friends? o Didyou have a lotof friends? o What didyou enjoydoingwithyourfriends?  What were some embarrassingsituationswhenyouwere achild?  Were youa goodstudent? o Didyou enjoygoingtoschool? o Didyou getgood grades? o Didyou enjoydoingyourhomework?  What didyou like aboutschool?  What didn'tyoulike aboutschool?  Who wasyour bestfriend? o How didyoumeetthisfriend? o What didyou dotogether? o Do youstill dothingswiththischildhoodfriend? o What otherthingscan youtell usabout yourbestfriend?  Were your parentssuperprotective? o At whatage couldyougo placesbyyourself? o Didyour parentsalwaystell youwhatto do?  Didyou playoutside? o What didyou like toplay? o How longdidyouplayoutside aday? o Couldyouplayoutside all yearlong?  Didyou playon the streets? o Was it dangeroustoplayinthe streets? o What kindof thingsdidyou doin the streets? o Didyou everhave an accidentwhile playinginthe streets? Whathappened?  Whenyouwere a child,whatdidyou wantto grow upto be? Didyouwant to be a motheror father? A firefighter?A doctor? A scientist?  Can yourememberspecificthingsfromyourchildhoodclearly? o How oldwere youat the time of your firstmemories?  What kindof fooddidyour like? o Didyou usedto eatanythingor were youa pickyeater? o What foodsdidyoulike eating? o What foodsdidn'tyoulike toeat? o Didyou have any foodsyouhated?  What was yourfavorite toywhenyouwere achild? o Who gave youthistoy? o Didit have a name? o Do youstill have it?  What was yourworstpunishmentasa child?  Where didyougrow up?Did youmove frequently?If so,why?  Who tookcare of youwhenyouwere little? A parent?A grandparent?A nanny?A daycare center?  How are you similartoyourparents? How are you different?  Describe the firstmemoryyouhave of goingto school.  Do youthinkchildrentodayeattoo muchfast foodanddon't playenoughsports?  What childhooddiseasesdidyouhave?  Didyou have any nickname? Tell usaboutit.  Were youafraid of anything? What?  What were yourfavorite cartoonsandTV shows? Sentences  Whenplayingagame... o You alwayswantedtowinand if youdidn'tyou cried. o You changedthe rulesjustto win. o You stoppedplayingif youwere losing.  Whensharingyour stuff... o You neverlentanythingbutyouwantedtoborrow thingsfromthe others. o You lentyourstuff butyou alsohad to borrow fromthe others. o You lentthingstothe other childrenandtheyneverlentyouanything.
 On yourbirthday,you'dlike toreceive... o toys o clothes o thingsforschool  Whengoingto school... o Your motherhad to take youto school and youalwayscriedbefore gettingthere. o You had noproblemgoingandsoonstartedtalkingto friendsdecidingwhatyou'ddoat at school. o You wentto school butnobodytalkedtoyoubecause you'danswernothingandlookat people withanangry face. Children  Were there many children in your family?  How many children do you have. How many would you like to have.  Do you enjoy being around children?  When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?  What are the positive or negative things about being a child?  Do you think that children are different today from the time when you were child? Or from 50 years ago? 100 years ago?  What is most annoying or amazing thing about children?  What is the most important thing that we need to teach children?  Do you think that children are naturally good? Why or why not?  What were some important experiences that you had when you were child which shaped you as a person?  Why do you think children commit violent crimes?  Do you think children are more violent today than they used to be? Why?  What was your favorite game when you were a child?  Do we have to answer children's questions even if they are inappropriate ones?  Is it better to err on the side of strictness or leniency with children?  Who should be primarily responsible for taking care of children? Wife? Husband? Grandparents? Relatives? Day-care center?  What are the most important lessons to teach young children at home? Older children?  Is childhood the best time of life?  Who raised you? Your parents or grandparents or another family member?  Are you close to your parents? Do you get along well with your parents?  What did your family like to do together when you were a child?  What are your fondest childhood memories?  What are your earliest childhood memories?  What were your favorite games as a child?  How did you play as a child?  Who was your best childhood friend?  What was the most important lesson your parents taught you?  Should children be paid for household chores?  Can you remember doing anything that got you into trouble? What was it? How were you punished?  Should children be spanked? Why or why not?  What was your favorite toy?  What was your favorite toy as a child?  Do you think children today are under more pressure?  Do you think parents today have less time for their children?  Do you think video games are a bad influence on children?  Do you think children watch too much television?  Do we have a responsibility to correct children when their parents aren't around and they are misbehaving?  Do you think it is important for children to learn English and their family's native language? Why?  How do you think children can learn through play ?  What are basic children's rights?  At what age should discipline be introduced to children?  Can you tell when a child is being honest or trying to get away from something? How?
 Did you have any accidents at home as a child? If yes, what happened?  What's something children do that you'd like to be able to do it too?  What's the cutest thing you think children do?  What's a bad thing you think children do?  What kind of games do you like to play these days with children?  Do you agree that children nowadays are smarter then the children from some decades ago used to be?  What are you never going to allow, or have never allowed, your children to do?  Is there a best time to have children? o If yes, when do you think that is?  When is it OK for little girls to wear makeup?  What do children use their cellphones for? o Will you give one to your children? o After what age? Chores  How does your family decide who does various chores around the house?  Can you name some chores that need to be done everyday?  What chores are your responsibility?  Which chores do you not like to do.  How do you decide on your children's chores?  Do you get paid for doing chores?  What is something you hate doing when you get home?  Do you like to clean up your room?  Do you wash the dishes in your house?  Do you wash clothes for your family?  Do you do the ironing the clothes?  What are some chores you do outside your house?  Can you think of some dangerous chores that you can't do?  If you could buy only one of this two things, would you choose a dishwasher or a washing machine?  How long do you think you could live without a maid or someone to help you in the house?  Do you like to go to the supermarket?  Have you ever had an empty fridge for a long time only because you were too lazy to go grocery shopping?  What kind of products does your family buy on the Internet?  If you could have a robot to do all your chores, what would you choose for it to do?  What chores do you do that your parents didn't have to do when they were growing up?  What are some chores that your parents have to do around the house?  Do your grandparents help with chores? Cities  Why do you like living in the city?  What are some of the advantages of living in a city?  What are some of the disadvantages of living in a city?  Do you know the neighbors who live near you?  What's your favorite city? Why?  What city do you live in? o What part of this city do you like the best? o Can you describe the city?  What aspects of life in the city would you complain about?  What do you think should be done to improve living condition in cities?  What are some differences between living in the city and living in the country?
 What size city is best to live in? Why?  What are the names of two big cities in Europe?  What are the names of two small cities in Europe?  Would you prefer to live in a really old historical city, or a really new modern city?  If you had grown up in a different city, how would your life have been different?  Did you grow up in the city or in the country?  Would you enjoy designing a new city ?  Do you walk alone at night in your home city?  Would you want to be the mayor of your city? o What would you do? o How would you change things? o Do you think you could make big changes in your city?  Would you want to be a member of the city council of your city?  What monuments of your city do you consider the most impressive? Why?  Do you like modern cosmopolitan architecture?  How would you describe the architecture of your city?  Which cities do you feel safe in?  Which cities have the best bus services/taxis/metro?  How can we make our cities safer places to live?  Do you think that each city should have their own laws or could all cities share the same general laws?  What would you do if you were in charge of a city? How would you improve it?  Do you know if your city has a disaster plan for earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, etc? o If so, what is the plan? o In your opinion, is it a good/sufficient plan? o What changes would you make?  Do all the cities in your country or the U.S. have the same educational system?  Can you suggest some good tourist sites to visit in your city?  Does your city have a professional or semi-professional sports team? o How many teams are there? o What are sports? o What are the team's names? o Do you go and watch some of these sports? How much does it cost? o Do some of these teams win championships?  What are you doing to reduce the amount of pollution in your city? o Does your city have any laws about dealing with pollution? o Do you follow them? o How do you sort garbage in your city? o Do you recycle on a regular basis?  If you had grown up in a different city, how would your life have been different?  Would you enjoy designing a new city?  Can you name two cities in twenty different countries around the world?  Do you think some cities are becoming too large? Why?  What are some tourist attractions in your city?  What are some historical places in your city? Have you visited them?  What's the most prestigious university in your city?  What are the major problems in your city? o What are some long term problems? o What are some recent problems? o What is your city doing to solve these problems? o What do you think should be done to solve them ? o What are you doing to help solve these problems?  Where's the trendiest area in your city? Do you enjoy going there?  who are some famous personalities from your city?  What would you do to improve some aspects of your city?  Which city's sports team do you cheer for?  Is your city very cosmopolitan?  What are some cosmopolitan cities around the world  What is the most important part of a city?
 Who is the local government head in your city?  Which cities would you like to visit in your home country?  Which cities would you like to visit around the world? Classrooms  What do you like about your classroom?  Do you think the teacher should assign seats to students?  What kind of classroom setting is the best for you?  What are five things you like about your classroom?  What are five things you don't like about your classroom?  What are five things you would like to change in your classroom?  What equipment for teaching is in your classroom?  Do you like classroom with fixed desks or movable desks? Why?  How much time a day do you spend in a classroom?  How much time a day do you spend in a classroom looking out the window?  Do you enjoy changing classrooms for different classes?  What is the ideal seating plan or arrangement in a classroom?  Is there any air conditioning in your classroom?  Is your classroom a nice place to study?  Do you like the location of your desk in your classroom?  Do you think that smart students always sit down in front?  Is it good to have only one teacher? Homeless Homeless  What do youknowabout beinghomeless?  Doesyour cityhave a large homelesspopulation?  Have someone youknowbeenhomeless?  Doesyour countryhave manyhomelesspeople?  What do youthinkcan done to helphomelesspeople?  Have you done volunteerworkinyourcommunity?  Do youthinkit's acceptable forchildrentoworklate at nightsellingflowersandsinging? o Do youthinkthese childrenneedtobe outdoingthis,orare theyjustearningextramoney? o What do youthinkwill happentothese childreninthe future?Dotheyhave a future?  Do youthinkthere shouldbe more helpforbeggars,homelessandpoorpeople inyourtownor city? o How aboutin yourcountry?  Do youthinkyour townor cityshouldmake a place for beggarsand homelesspeople togo,like ahomelessshelter? o Do youthinkit wouldreduce the amountof beggarsandhomelesspeople onthe street? o Do youthinkit would encourage people tobe lazy? o What are some reasonsthatthese people wouldnotwanttouse such a shelter?  If your townor city wasto have a homelessshelter,whoshouldrunthisplace? o Who shouldpayforthis place? o Shouldanybodybe allowedtogoto thisplace?  Do youthinkthe governmentshouldgive moneytohomelesspeople? o How aboutjoblesspeople? o If you thinkthe governmentshouldgive money,abouthow muchmoneydoyouthinkshouldbe given? Beggars  Do yougive moneytobeggarsor homelesspeople?Whyorwhynot?
o How doyou knowif a beggar isa real beggar? o If you give moneytobeggarsor homelesspeople,abouthow muchdoyou give? o Do youthinkbeggarsshouldworkon theirown? o Wouldyouoffera beggara jobto helpyouaroundyou house?  Wouldyourather give moneytobeggarsor buskers?(Buskersare peoplewhoentertainyouonthe streetformoney, e.g.musicians)  Wouldyourather give moneytobeggarswhohave a disability,olderbeggars,beggarswithbabiesorchildbeggars? Why?  Doesyour countryhave rich beggars?  Have you heardof storieswhere peoplebegformoneybutinfact theyare rich? Tell usabout it?  Doesit make youfeel goodtogive moneytobeggars?  Do yougive moneytobeggarsto helpor to make youfeel goodaboutyourself?  Do yougive moneyor doyou give things:e.g.clothes,food,etc.?  Do youchoose the kindof beggarsyougive moneyorthingsto? e.g.oldmenplayingmusical instruments,small childrenroamingaround,adultscarryingachild.  In yourcountry,is there a syndicate behindbeggars? Cloning  What iscloning?  What are the advantagesof cloning?  What are the disadvantagesof cloning?  Do youthinkanimalsshouldbe cloned?  Do youthinkvegetablesshouldbe modified?  What are the ethical concernsaboutcloning?  Are you againstor infavor of cloning? Why?  How doescloningaffectourlives?  Can youname some animalsthathave beencloned?  What do youthinkabouteatingthe meatfrom clonedanimals? Clothes & Fashion  About how much money do you spend on clothes a year?  Do you like shopping for new clothes?  Do you often buy new clothes?  Do you prefer to go shopping or just browse? Why?  Do you think men should be allowed to wear skirts?  What piece of clothing do you spend your money on the most? Why?  Do you read fashion magazines?  Do you sometimes wear a hat?  Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes? o Do you think it is important to be in fashion?  Do you wear jewelry? o If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear? o How often do you wear jewelry? o What is your most valuable piece of jewelry?  Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?  Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you wore last year?  Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?  Have you ever made your own clothes? o If so, what did you make? o Do you often make your own clothes?  How many pairs of gloves do you have?
 What are some of the strangest fashions you have seen?  What colors do you think look good on you?  What colors do you think look good on your mother?  What did you wear yesterday?  What do you think of body piercing? o Do you have pierced ears? o Do you know anyone with a pierced nose? o Would you ever pierce your tongue?  What do you think of people who dye their hair green?  What do you think of women who wear high heel shoes? o Do you think high heel shoes are bad for a person's health?  What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?  What is your shoe size?  What kind of clothes are in fashion now?  What kind of clothes do you usually wear?  What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?  What's your favorite color for shoes?  When was the last time you got dressed up? o Why? o How often do you get dressed up? o Do you like to get dressed up?  Where are some good stores to buy clothes in this area?  Where do you usually buy clothes?  Would you like to be a fashion model? Questions on Styles, Clothing and Fashion-based Stereotypes  What would you think of a women who cut off all her hair and went around bald as a fashion statement?  What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?  What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts?  Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us ?  What do you think of people who always and only wear black?  What do you think of people with tattoos? o Do you have a tattoo? o Do you know someone with a tattoo?  What do you think of people with body piercing? o Do you have pierced ears? o Would you pierce other parts of your body?  What would you think of a high school student who always wore very conservative clothes?  What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to express yourself?  What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?  Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to America for a visit?  Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy? o In what ways do you dress differently?  If you went out with a group of high school friends, would you dress differently then if you went out with your grandmother and her friends?  In what ways does your Grandmother dress differently then you?  When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or grandfather?  Would you ever wear dreadlocks? o What do you think of the people who wear them?  Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids. o Did anyone look at you differently because of it?  Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color?  What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the people who choose to were glasses?  What do you think about women who don't wear earrings?  What do you think about men who wear earrings? o What do you think of women who do?  Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up?
o When is a person wearing to much make-up? o What do you think of men who wear make-up?  Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earrings or other accessories?  Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?  What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your country?  What do you think of men who where tights?  What do you think about secondhand clothes? o Why do you think people buy secondhand clothes? o Have you ever been to a store that sells secondhand clothes? o Have you ever bought secondhand clothes? o Would you buy secondhand clothes?  When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right now? Why did you choose it?  What would you think if the mother of the groom wore black at a wedding? o What would you think if a bride wore red? o Should a bride's dress be long or do you think it could be the length of a regular skirt?  What items of clothing do you consider provocative in this country? o What types of clothing are provocative in your country? o Do you ever dress this way?  What do you think of men wearing high heels?  What do you think of women wearing high heels?  Why is it acceptable for women to wear men's clothing, but not for men to dress in women's clothing?  Is there a stigma attached to people who buy no-name (no brand) clothing?  Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?  Have you ever bought imitation brand clothing?  What traditional clothes do people from your country wear? o When do you wear them? o Are they comfortable?  In your country do children have to wear school uniform? o Did you wear a school uniform? o Do you think wearing uniforms is a good idea?  What would you do or feel if you were refused entry to somewhere because of what you are wearing?  Do you think dress codes should be adhered to if requested on an invitation?  What would you wear to meet royalty or the President of your country?  Would you go to a fancy dress party? Why or why not?  How much do you spend getting ready to go to school? Work? Out with friends? To a party? o Do the times vary much?  What traditional clothes do people from your country wear?  When do you wear them?  Are they comfortable?  Do you think there's a difference between" fashion " and "style" ?  How often do you go clothes shopping? o Where do you like to go? o Who do you like to go with? o How much money do you usually spend? o Would you bring your husband/boyfriend with you when you go clothes shopping?  What do you like to shop for the most?  Where is your favorite shopping centre?  What is your favorite brand?  Are you a shopaholic?  Do you go to many shops before buying one particular item or do you just buy the first one you find?  Do you spend a lot of money on clothes your clothes?  Which type of clothes do you "collect"?  What's your favorite piece of clothing? o How much did it cost? o Where did you buy your favorite piece of clothing?  Have you ever felt uncomfortable with what you wear?  Did your parents ever make you wear something you didn't like?  Do you like to go shopping during the sales?
College  What is the name of your college or university?  How many students go to your college?  Is your college coed?  How many subject are you taking this semester?  Who is your favorite teacher?  How did you decide which college to attend?  What is your typical day at college like?  What are three big differences between your college life so far and your high school days?  What is your major? Why did you choose your major? Do you have any regrets?  What is the most difficult class you have taken so far?  Have you ever pulled an all nighter? What was the situation?  Have you participated in a college festival? o Talk about your experience. o Do you think this style of festival is held in Western countries? Why or why not?  Are you a member of any student groups? Which ones? What do you do? Are you satisfied with what's happening with your group(s)?  Are there some professors that you can learn from more easily than others? o What are the qualities that make you want to study for a certain professor?  What are the top three changes you would like to see happen at your university?  What do you think of student government? o Are you now or have you ever been part of it? o Do you think it's worthwhile? o Does participation in student government bring any benefits to the participants? What?  What are the top three things you hope to get out of (get as a result of) your university days?  In the West, one of the most valued parts of college life is independence. o Are you more independent from your parents now than you were in high school? o Name some things you can do now that you weren't allowed to do in high school. o Are you as independent now as you would like to be?  Talk about relations between upperclassmen and freshmen. o What kinds of things do freshmen have to do for "initiation?" o What other things do upperclassmen do to freshmen? o Were you a victim of "hazing" by upperclassmen? Talk about it.  What's the most difficult class you have taken so far?  Are you a member of any student groups (circles or club)? o Which ones? o Are you satisfied with what's happening with your group(s)?  Are there some professors that you can learn from more easily than others? o What are the qualities that make you want to study for a certain professor? o Perhaps is it just a matter of class rules and homework demanded?  What do you think of student government? o Are you now or have you ever been part of it? o Do you think it's worthwhile? o Does student government do anything important? o Does participation in student government bring any benefits to the participants? What? For Students who have Graduated from College.  What is your fondest memory of your college experience?  What is your worst memory of your college experience?  Were there any subjects that you just couldn't seem to master?  Were you a good student or did you slack off and procrastinate?  Did you have any college romances?  What was the hardest thing about going to college?
 If you could have done something different with your college life, what would you have done differently?  Where did you get the money to attend college?  Do you feel it is necessary for young people to attend college these days? o What happens to people who just stop after high school or even quit high school?  Do you wish your college had a better sports program? Colors  What's your favorite color? o Has your favorite colorchangedasyou've grownolder?  Do youhave a colorthat you hate? o If so, whatis it? o Why doyou hate it?  Do youthinkcolors affectyour mood? o How doesredmake youfeel? o How doesgreenmake youfeel? o How doesblue make youfeel? o How doespurple make youfeel? o How doesblackmake youfeel? o How doeswhite make youfeel? o How doesyellow make youfeel? o How doesbrownmake youfeel? o How doesgreymake youfeel? o What do youthinkof orange?  Do youthinkdifferentcultureshave differentmeaningsforcolors? o What do the differentcolorsmeaninyourculture?  Do youassociate any colorswithspecificitems, numbers,orlettersnotusuallyassociatedwithcolor?  Can youthinkof differentidiomsorexpressionsinvolvingcolor? o What's a "black andwhite"matter. o What doesitmean to"see red"? o What doesitmean to"feel blue"? o What doesitmean to"be yellow"? o What's a "black tie affair"? o What doesitmean tobe "blacklisted"? o What doesitmean tobe "the blacksheepinthe family"?  How manycolorsare inthe rainbow? Whatare they?  What colorsare on yournational flag?  What's the bestcolor fora car? o What's the bestcolor fora house? o What do youthinkisthe bestcolorfor lensinsunglasses?  What's the color forpassion? o What's the color forhatred? o What's the color forhappiness? o What's the color forsadness? o What's the color foranger? o What's the color fordeath? o What's the color forjealousy? o What isthe colorof envy? o What's the color forcowardice?  What color ismoneyinyourcountry?  Do youknowanyone whois colorblind? o What colorsdo mostcolor blindpeople notsee?  Do youthinkanimalscan see color?  What doesblack-sheepof the familymean?  Do youdream incolor?  How wouldyoucompare the feelingyougetwatchingamovie inblackand white towatchingitin color?  What color clothesdoyoulike towear?
o What colorsdo youthinklookgoodon you? o What color shoesdoyoulike towear?  What do youthinkisthe strangestcolorfora car? o How abouta house? o How aboutclothing? o How abouthair color?  Do youknowanyone whohas dyedtheirhaira strange color? (...anunnatural hair colorsuch as blue ormultiple shades?)  Have you everseenapetdog or cat withdyedfur?  Do youthinkdifferentcolorshave differentmeanings?If so,whatdo different colorsmean?  Do the color blinddreamincolor? o Do youthinkpeople whoare colorblindcan dreamincolor?  What color inkdoyou like usingthe most? o What isthe meaningof writingwithblackink? o What isthe meaningof writingwithgreenink? o What isthe meaningof writingwithredink? o What isthe meaningof writingwithblue ink?  What color of paperyou like mostif youwantto write a lettertoyour friendsorlovedones?  What isthe colorof the bedspreadonyourbed?  What isyour leastfavorite color?  What color toothbrushdoyouhave? o Doeseveryone inyourfamilyuse adifferentcolortoothbrush?  What color towelsdoyouuse?  What color are the curtainsinyour bedroom?  What doesitmean whensomeone sayshe'sfeelingblue?  What doesitmeanswhensomeone saystheyare greenwithenvy?  wWhatdoesit meanswhensomeonesays"youlookgreenatthe gills"?  What doesitmean whensomeone says"Iwassomad I was seeingred"?  What doesitmean whensomeone says"he wasblackasan ace of spades"?  What ispinkeye?  We are not sure what thismeans,butit wassubmitted. o What doesitmean whenyousee the colorof a rainbow inyoureyes?  What wouldyouthinkof life withoutcolors? o What do youthinklife wouldbe likewithoutcolors? o How wouldlife change? o What thingswouldn'tchange? o Are color blindpeoplecompletelyblindtoall colors?  Do youthinka person'sfavorite colorwillalwaysbe his/herfavoritecolor? o Do favorite colorschange throughoutlife?  Have you evertriedto inventanewcolor? o Try it rightnow:try to thinkof a colorthat doesn'texist,one you'dlike tosee. o What doesitlooklike? o (Note:Itisphysicallyimpossible toconceiveof acolor that isn'ta shade of a colorthat alreadyexists,but studentswill enjoytryingforafewminutesandthe impossibilityof itmakesforgoodconversation.)  What doesthe blacksheepof the familymean?  Do youlike lightordark colorsbetter?  Whichcolors doyou have to mix toget green? Orange?Purple?Black?Gray?  What expressionsinclude colorswhendiscussingillness?(ex.,white orpale,pinkeye,blackandblue forbruises, yellowfever)  What expressionsinclude colorsandfeelings?(ex.Ifeel blue,Greenwithenvy,Redwithrage,Turningred,Black circlesunderthe eyes,Youare turningblue (withthe cold))  What do the colorsin yourhome country'sflagrepresent?  What isthe mostmemorable inadvertisementsorcommercialsforyou? (ex.the music,colors,movement,message)  What does"a picture iswortha thousandwordsmean"?  Thisword isusedwhentraveling:Iboughtaticketon the redeye flight. Whatmightthismean? Comic Books
 Do youlike comics? o Do youlike Americancomicbooks? o Do youlike comicsfromothercountries? o Do youlike fantasycomics? o Do youlike funnycomics? o Do youlike realisticcomics? o What do youlike aboutcomics? o What comicsdo youlike? o What comicsdo youlove? o What comicsdo youhate?  Do youplay anyvideogamesbasedoncomicbooks?  Have you watchedanyanime? o Have you readany Japanese manga?  Have you readany comicsin English?  How are comics differentfromone countrytoanother? o How are comic booksdifferentinthiscountryfromthose inyourcountry?  How have comicschangedover time?  How manycomicsdo you reada week? o How muchtime do youspendreadingcomics?  How oftendoyouread comics? o How oftendoyouread comicsinEnglish?  Shouldcomicshave a ratingsystemlike the movies(G,PG,R)?  What comicshave you readin English?  What can you learnfromcomics?  What ismore importanttoyou,the story or the pictures?  What isthe bestcomicbookyou've everread?  What type of comic appealstogirls? o What typesappeal toboys? o What typesappeal toadults?  What was the lastcomic bookyouread?  Can yourememberthe firstcomicbookyouread?  Where do youusuallyreadcomicbooks?  Who do youthinkreadscomicbooks?  Do youthinkboysread more comic booksthangirls? o Why doyou thinkmore ___ (boys) readcomicsthan ___ (girls)?  Do youthinkpeople inthiscountryreadmore comic booksthanin yourcountry?  Who has bettercomicsDC or Marvel?(Or askabout twoothercomic bookpublishers.)  Why are comics so popular?  Why dopeople like to readcomics?  Why doyou thinkHollywoodmakessomanymoviesfromcomicbooks?  Why don'tmore people readcomicbooks?  Are comic booksbetterthan(regular) books?  At whatage isa persontoooldto readcomics?  Do violentcomicsmake peoplethinkmore aboutviolence?  Cost o Abouthowmuch do youspendoncomics ina month? o How muchdo you spendoncomicbooks? o How muchshoulda comic bookcost? o Is collectingcomicsagoodinvestment?  Who isthe worst comicbook character?  Whenyouread comics,whois more interestingthe heroorthe villain?  Who isyour favorite villain?  Who wouldyourarch enemybe?  Superheroes o Who wouldwinafightbetweenBatmanorSuperman? o Whichsuperherois mostlike you? o What qualitiesdoyouneedtobe a superhero? o Who isthe the mostpopularsuperheroinyour country? o What superheroshouldhave a movie made abouthim/her? o Who isthe most popularcomicbookhero inyourcountry?
o What real life personcouldbe asuperhero? o If you couldmake your ownsuperherowhatwouldhisor hername be?  What wouldhissuperpowerbe? o Do we needmore superheroes?  If you couldhave one superpowerwhatwoulditbe?  What isthe bestsuperpowertohave?  What are some complaintsthatsome parentshave aboutcomicbooks?  Why dopeople like toreadcomicbooks? Community  What do youlike aboutyourcommunity?  How didyoudecide onyourcommunity?  What do youthinkshouldbe changedinyourcommunity?  How can youhelpyourcommunity?  How manyof yourneighborsdoyouknow?  Are there oldpeople livinginyourcommunity? Tellme aboutthem.  Are there little childreninyourcommunity? Tell me aboutthem.  What do the people inyourcommunitydoforrecreation?  What do youthinkisthe mostimportantthingaboutcommunity?  Doesyour communityhave special daystogettogether?  Doesyour communityhave meetings?  Is there a neighborhoodwatchprograminyourcommunity?  Wouldyoulike toraise your childreninacommunitylike yours?If yes,tell me why.If no,tell me why?  Is yourcommunityafraidof strangers?  How can youlive ina communityandmaintainyourprivacy?  Doesyour communitywelcomestrangers?  Have you everhelpedaneighbor? Commuting  How doyou commute toyour school or yourplace of work?  How far doyou travel andhowlong doesittake you?  How doyou travel?Isit expensive? Isittiring?  What are some of the reasonswhypeople commute?  Wouldyourather workin a nearerplace?  If you workfar from yourhouse,whyhave youchosentocommute a longway to work?  Wouldyouevertravel betweencountriesorstatesinorderto keepabetterjob? Why or whynot?  In yourviewpoint,whatare the advantagesanddisadvantagesof commuting?  If you didn'thave any relativesorwife/husband,wouldyoutravel abroadforwork? Whyor whynot?  Wouldyoulike tolive abroad? Whyor whynot?  If you movedtoanothercountry,what thingswouldyoumissaboutwhere youlive now?Whichoneswouldyoube gladto get awayfrom?  Are there certainprofessionswhichrequirecommuting?  Wouldyougive up yourjobif youhad to commute frequently?  Wouldyouaccept a job thatrequirescommutingtwohoursa dayone way? Complaining  Is italwaysnecessary tocomplain?  Whenis itappropriate tocomplainina restaurant?  What do youthinkof the saying,"The customerisalwaysright."?  What do yousay to someone tocomplainaboutbadservice inastore or restaurant?  Have you evergottenangryat a worker ina store or a restaurant?  What are some reasonswhywe mightneedtocomplainina store or restaurant?
 What are some reasonswhyyouwouldnotcomplainaboutbadservice?  Do youpreferto make a complaintoverthe telephone orinperson?  Whenis itnecessarytowrite a letterof complaint?  Is itcommon inyourcountry to complainaboutbadservice? Computers  Are you computerliterate?  Are you connectedtothe Internet? o Do youaccess the Internetwithyourcomputer? o Can youaccess the Internet fromyourhome? o What isyour favorite "news"site? o What Internetsitesdoyouvisitregularly?  Can yourmotherand fatheruse a computer?  Do youhave a computer? o Do youhave a computerat workand at home? o Do youhave a laptopor a desktopcomputer? Doyouhave both? o Do youuse yourcomputerwhenyoudo homeworkforschool? o Have you everstudiedEnglishusingyourcomputer? o How manytimeshave youupgradedyourcomputer? o How powerful isyourcomputer? o What companymade your computer? o What kindof computerdo youhave? o What size isyourcomputerscreen?  What do youthinkisthe bestsize tohave? o Where do youuse your computer? o Where inyour roomis yourcomputer? o Why didyoubuy yourcomputer?  Do youhave a digital camera? o Do yousendphotosby email? o What kindof picturesdoyou take withyourdigital camera?  Do youhave a scanner? o What kindof scannerdo you have?  Do youhave a webpage? o What's the URL? o Whendidyou start it? o How muchtime didit take to make? o How muchtime do youspendkeeping itupdated?  Do youknowany computerprogramminglanguages? o How manycomputerprogramminglanguagesdoyouknow? o Whichlanguagesdoyou know? o Whichlanguage doyou use the most often?  Do youread computermagazines? o Whichcomputermagazinesdoyouread?  Do youuse a computer? o Are you goodat usinga computer? o Are you still usingyourfirstcomputer? o Didyou learnto use a computerinhighschool? o Do youknowhow to type well? o How oftendoyouuse a computer? o What are some of your favorite computergames? o What do youuse a computerfor? o What operatingsystemdoyouuse? o What software doyouuse the mostoften? o Whendidyou firststart usinga computer? o Who taughtyou to use a computer?  Do youuse chat rooms?If so, whatchat rooms do youuse and whodo youtalk to?
 Do youuse e mail? o Do youuse e mail everyday? o Do youwrite e mail inEnglish? o Have you eversentan e mail to yourteacher? o How manye-mailsdoyougeta day? o How manye mailsdoyousenda day? o How manytimesa day doyou accessyour e mail? o What's your e mail address? o How manye mail addressesdoyouhave?  Do youhave a Facebookaccount? o How oftendoyouaccess it? o How oftendoyouupdate it. o How manyfriendsdoyouhave? o How manyhoursa daydo you spendlookingatit?  Do youwant a more powerful computer?If so,whatcomputerdoyou want?  Doesyour familyhave acomputer?  How fastcan you type?  Have you evertakena course at school where youuseda computer?  Have you triedMac-OS,WindowsandLinux?  How doyou studyEnglishwithyourcomputer?  How doesemail work?  How manypeople inyourfamilycanuse a computer?  How muchdidyour firstcomputercost?How much didyoulast computercost?  How muchdoesit cost bybuy a computer? o What's the leastexpensive computer? o What's the most expensivecomputer?  How muchdoesyour Internetservice providercost? o WhichISP doyou use?  If you couldbuya newcomputer,whatwouldyoulike tobuy?  If you had lotsof money,whatkindof computersystemwouldyoulike tobuy?  What isthe difference betweensoftware andhardware?  Whichdo you like better,alaptopcomputerora desktopcomputer?  What isyour favorite website?  Do youevervisitEnglishwebsites?  Do youthink our liveshave beenimprovedbycomputertechnology? o Thinkof a fewexamplesof howcomputershave aneducational oranentertainmentvalue. o Couldyoudo withoutthem?  What ismultimedia? o What are the componentsandthe elementof multimedia?  Whendidyou firstgeta computer? o What kindof computerwas it? o Abouthowmuch didit cost? o Do youstill have it? o Do youstill use it?  Do yourememberthe firsttime youusedacomputeror the Internet? o What didyou thinkaboutit?  How longhave there beenpersonal computersinyourcountry? o Whendidthe average personstart usinga computer?  Can yourparentsoperate a computer? o How dotheyuse theircomputer? o Do youchat withyourparents? o What kindof computerdo theyuse? o Do theyenjoyusingtheircomputer?  Can yourchildrenuse a computer?  Do youthinka computercan bringushappiness?  Do youhave a computer?  Do youknowany computerlanguageslike CorC++?  What isconfigurationof yourPC?  How oftendoyouperforma backup? o What kindof backup methoddo youuse?
o What kindof backup mediadoyouuse?  What are some goodthingsabouthavinga computer?  What are some badthingsabouthavinga computer?  Doeshavinga computermake life more complicatedorlesscomplicated?  What computergameshave youplayed? Whichare your favorites? o Whichdo you thinkare not sointeresting?  Do youuse chat roomsand instantmessaging? o Whichonesdo youuse? o Why doyou use them? o What are some thingstothinkaboutwhenusingthem? o Why can these be dangerousforyouand yourkids?  What do youdo whenyourcomputerdoesn'tworkproperly? o Do youhave more thanone computer? o Can youdo everythingyouneedtodowhenyourcomputerisbroken?  Do youhave a webpage? o Didyou make yourown webpage? o What ison thiswebpage? o Why doyou thinkpeople have webpages? o What wouldyoulike toadd toyour webpage?  Do youknowwhat a blogis? o Do youhave one?Why/ whynot? o Why dopeople have blogs?  What do youthinkaboutfile sharing?  On the Internet,youcansay whateveryouwant. Isthat true? o Is ita goodor a badthing? Why? o What isartificial intelligence? Conflict  What isconflict?  Whenyousee the word "conflict",whatdoyouthinkof?  What causesconflict?  Is conflictinevitable?  Is conflictalwaysnegative?  How can conflictsbe resolved?  What wouldyouconsidertobe a constructive approachtoconflict?  What wouldyouconsidertobe a destructive approachtoconflict?  Doesthere have to be a winneranda loserof a conflict?  What happenstopeople whoare involvedinconflicts?  What conflictsare goingon aroundthe world?  What conflictsexistinyourlife?  How doyou deal withconflicts?  Can violentconflictsbe solvedwithviolence?  How can the worldbe peaceful whenothercountriesare nottryingto bringpeace?  Can conflictsatwork place affectthe efficiencyof one'swork?  Is itpossible toavoidconflicts?  Doesit solve anything?  Have you everusedthird-partymediation? o If so, didyouuse a professional,orafriend?  What was the experience like?  Didit helpresolve the conflict?  Wouldyourecommendthisapproachto others?  Are there any kindof conflictsinthe family?  What kindof conflictsoccur ina family?
 Is there anyconflictinyourfamily?  Didyou experience anykindof conflictinyourfamily?  How can conflictsinthe familybe solved?  What strategiesdoyouknowto solve conflictsinthe family?  What kindof conflictsappearat school? o Why are there conflictsatschool?  What shouldteachers,parentsandpupilsdotoavoidandsolve suchconflicts?  What conflictscouldhappeninaneighborhood?  Why are there conflictsamongneighbors?  What shouldneighborsdotoavoidandsolve conflicts?  Shoulda conflictbe solvedstraightawayorwhenwe calmdown? Corruption  What kindsof corruptionare there?  Has corruptionaffectedyourlife?  Why doyou thinkpeople are corrupt.  Can corruptionbe a good thing?  How doyou reduce corruption?  Whichcountrieshave a lotof corruption?  What can you doabout corruptioninyourcountry?  How doyou remove corruptworkersfromtheirjobs?  What isthe largestbribe youhave paid?  Can corruptionbe a good thinginsome societies?  What wouldyoudo if yourbosstellsyouthat at Christmasitis usual toreceive small presentsfromlocal companies?  Wouldyouaccept a free ticketfora football match,afree drinkbyvirtue of your position?  What wouldyoudo if youreceive acomplaintfroma citizenof anattemptedbriberyfromapolice officer?  Do youthinkcorrupt police officersare natural-borncriminals?  Do youknowa corruptioncase?  Do youthinkdisciplineisfairwithinthe police?  How are you goingto preventcorruptionandmisconductinthe groupthat youcommand?  Is corruptionwithinthe police aresultof lowpay?  Have you everheardof a drug-relatedcorruptioncase?  Do youthinkpolice unionsplayagoodrole in the preventionof corruption?  Is corruptioneverjustifiable?  Have you everreceivedabribe?  Have you everbribedsomeone?  Do youknowsomeone whohasbeenbribed?  Is briberyabig probleminthe countrywhere youlive?  Will youaccept a dinnerinvitationfrom animportantbusinessmanof yourcity?(He hasgood connectionsinthe council andyou nephewisunemployed.)  Wouldyourevertto briberyif yourlife wasat stake?If yourchild'sor one of yourfamilymembers'lifewas threatened?  Is there a sumof moneythatmightpersuade youto"lookthe otherway"? Countries  What countrywouldyoulike tovisit?  What countrywouldyoulike tolive inandwhy?  What countrywouldyoulike toworkin?  What countryhas the most interestingcustoms?  What countrywouldbe funto work in?  Wouldyoulike towork ina tropical country?  Wouldyoulike towork inAntarctica?
 Wouldyoulike tolive where there isalwayssnow?  Wouldyoulike tolive where there isdesertandhotweather?  What countriesinEurope have youvisited?  What countrieswouldyounotlike tovisitandwhy?  What countryin Asiawouldbe a greatplace to live?  Is yourcountry the bestplace foryou to live?  What isspecial aboutyourcountry?  What festivalsandfeastsdoesyourcountryhave?  Wouldyoulike togo and live inanothercountry?  What countrieswouldyoulike totravel tofora vacation?  How wouldyoutravel tosee yourcountry?  How wouldyoutravel the world?  What countrieswouldyoutravel toif youwere to doa worldtrip?  Whichcountry getsthe most snowfall andwhy?  What country/countriesneighbor(neighbor) yourcountry?  What are some similaritiesanddifferencesbetweenyourneighboringcountryandyourcountry? Creativity  What iscreativity?  Do youconsideryourself acreative person? Why?  What issomethingcreative thatyouhave done?  Is creativityagoodthing? Why or whynot?  What are some waysthat a personcan be creative?  Is takinga riskpart of creativity? o Do youlike totake risks? Give anexample  Do youoftenask questionthe waythingswork?  Do youlike toimprove things?  What are some creative waystoentertainchildren?  Can youthinkof a device thatwouldmake people'slifeeasier?  How doesself-confidence affectaperson'screativity?  Can someone whoinitiallyseemstolackany abilityforacertainform of art develophiscreativityandfinallycometo masterit? o Have you heardof anysuch case? o Do youknowanyone whois personallyanexample of this?  How doesearlyexposure todiverse stimuli,andhisinvolvementincreativeactivitiesaffectachild'sfuture creativity?  Do youbelieve thatnatural genetical featuresinahumanbeingare absolutelydeterminanttotheirfuture creativity, or is interactionandengagementintoself-expressionandinteractionwiththe worldmore influential thanthis?  How doesa person'sstandardof living,involvingsuchthingsasdiet,exposuretochemical orotherformsof pollution, active versussedentaryliving,differentformsof addiction,oranyotheraspectsyou may thinkof,affectthem biologicallyregardingtheircreative capacities?  Doesthe educationsysteminyourcountryencourage creativity? How?  Do youthinkcreativitycomeswith time andthoughtoryou are born withcreative talent?  What creative activitiesdidyoudoas a child?  What are some incentivesforcreative peopleinthe workplace?  What isa creative businessthatyouwouldlike tostart?  Who are some of history'smostcreative people?  In whichprofessional fielddoyouthinkpeople are mostcreative?e.gscience  Do youoftenanswerquestionsbyexplaininghow thingswork?  Can youthinkof devicesthatwouldmake people'slife easier? Crime
 Are some parts of thiscity consideredmore dangerousthanothers? Whichparts?  Are there any placesyouare afraidto visitbecause of the highcrime rate? If so,where?  Are there problemswithdrugswhere youlive?  Are you apprehensive aboutwalkingoutside afterdark?  Do youalwayslockyour house? Howaboutyour car?  Do youbelieve thatpublicexecutionswoulddetercrime? If so,how?  Do youdrinkand drive?  Do youknowanyone whohas beenmugged?  Do youknowsomeone whohasbeena victimof a violentcrime?  Do youthinkabortionisa crime?  Do youthinkgun control isa goodidea? Explain.  Do youthinkpeople whouse illegal drugsshouldbe putinjail?  Do youthinkpolice TV dramas are realistic?  Do youthinkpolicemanshouldbe allowedtocarryguns?  Do youthinkthat capital punishmentisagoodidea? Whyor whynot?  Do youthinkthat punishmentforviolentcrimesshouldbe the same forjuvenilesandadults? Why/whynot?  Do youthinkthat the deathpenaltywouldpreventcrime inyourcountry? Whyor whynot?  Do youthinkthat the legalizationof narcoticswoulddecrease the crime rate?  Do youthinkthere are anylegal drugsthat shouldbe illegal?  Do youthinkthere isa linkbetweendrugsandcrime?  Do youthinkprostitutionisacrime?  Do youthinkthere will be more orlesscrime inthe future?  Do youthinkyour countryisa safe place to live? Whyorwhynot?  Do youwalkalone at nightinyour home city?  Doesprisonhelprehabilitate criminals?Shouldit?  Have you everbeenthe victimof acrime?How aboutothersin yourfamily?  Have you everdone anythingillegal?If so,whatdidyoudo?  Have you everhadanythingstolen?  Have you everseenacrime? o Have you everwitnesseda crime?  Have you everstolenanything?  How can youpreventthingsfrombeingstolen? o How can youavoidhavingthingsstolenfromyou?  If a personstealsaloaf of breadbecause he needstofeedhisstarvingfamily,shouldhe be punished?  Is childabuse a probleminyourcountry?  Is drunkdrivingacrime where youlive?If so,whatis the punishment?  Is iteverO.K.to breakthe law? If so,when?  Is prisonan effective punishment? Whyorwhy not?  Is there a problemwithorganizedcrime and/organgswhere youlive?  Is yourhometownconsideredsafe?  Under whatsituationswouldyouthinkof committingacrime?  What are some thingspeople candoto protectthemselvesfromcrime?  What are some thingsthatare legal thatyou personallythinkshouldbe illegal?  What crimesdo youthinkwill decrease inthe future?  What crimesdo youthinkwill increase inthe future?  What crimeshave youheardabout recentlyinthe news?  What do youthinkisthe worstcrime a personcouldcommit? Why?  What do youthink of the deathpenalty?  What isa gang? o What gangs existinthiscountryandin yourhome country? o What are the characteristicsof these gangs?  What isthe punishmentformurderinyourcountry?  What isthe punishmentforstealinginyourcountry?  What kindsof crime are mostcommonin yourcountry? What are the penaltiesforthese crimes?  What kindsof crimesare increasing?  What kindsof crimesdo youthinkcan be prevented? How?  What makessome people becomecriminals?Isitpoverty,upbringing,lackof education,unemploymentorsomething else?  What weaponsdopolice carryin thiscountry?How aboutyourhome country?  What wouldyoudo if youhearda burglarinyour house?
 What's your opinionaboutthe deathpenalty?  Why doyou thinkcrime ismore prevalentinsome societiesthaninothers? o Why isthere more crime insome countries?  Why doyou thinkpeople steal things?  Do youthinkcorporal punishmentisnecessary?  Who decideswhatisandisn'ta crime?  Do youthinkthat "corporate criminals"are sufficientlypunishedfortheircrimes?  Do youthinkthat police dramascan teachpeople how seriouscertainactionscanbe?  Is a personbornas a blankpage or doeshe have some thingspredeterminedlikevulnerabilitytocrime?  Shouldadulterybe consideredacrime?  Why dopeople commitcrimes?  What can be done aboutgun/knife violence?  Do youthinkyour cityis a dangerousplace tolive in? o Do yousee a lot of crime happeningaroundyou? o What kindof crime is it? Shoplifting?pickpocketing?Etc?  Have you everwitnessedacrime?If "yes"tell usaboutit.  Have you everwitnessedactsof vandalism? o What do youthinkisthe maincause of vandalism? o How can we fightvandalism ?  Do youthinkgraffiti isvandalismorart?  Have you everbeenrobbed? o How didithappen? o Didyou reportto the police? o Didtheyhelpyou?  Do youagree that terrorismisthe evil of the 21st century? o What are the roots of terrorism? o What act of terrorismterrifiesyoumostof all?  Is briberyacrime? o What spheresare corruptedmostof all inyour country? Police?Education?Medicine? o What isthe bestwayto fightcorruption?  What isyour attitude tothe deathpenalty? o Is there a deathpenaltyininyourcountry? o If you thinkitshouldexist,whatkindof criminalsshouldbe sentencedtodeath?  Whichpunishmentismore severe,the deathpenaltyorlife imprisonment?  What do youthinkisan adequate punishmentforanadolescentwhohascommittedaseriouscrime? Murder? Burglary?Car theft?Rape?  Is piracya great probleminyourcountry? o Do youconsiderpiracyto be a crime? o Is itpossible togetridof piracy?  What isintellectualproperty? o Can youthinkof some examplesof stealingintellectualproperty. o Do youthinkit isa seriouscrime?  What do youknowabout the mafia? o How doesthe mafiaaffectyourlife? o How doesthe mafiamake money?  Have you evernoticedsomeonestealinginastore? o What were youractions?  If your friendhascommittedaseriouscrime, how wouldyouact? o Wouldyoureport tothe police ornot?  Do youagree that everythingthatisnotprohibitedbylaw isallowed?  Is downloadingmusicorvideosacrime?  What's the difference betweencopyrightinfringementandtheft?  What isthe difference betweencrime andsin? Culture  What are some thingsthatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,...
 What do youthinkisinterestingaboutyourculture?  Do youknowmuch aboutyour ownculture?  Whenpeople fromothercountriesthinkabout yourculture,whatdotheyusuallythinkof?  In yourculture isit polite tobe straightforwardanddirectwhenyoutalkto someone? o To whomis itOK and to whomisit notOK?  What has surprisedyouwhenyou've metpeople fromothercountries?  Have you lookedatInternetpagesfroma differentculture?If so,how were theydifferentfromthose of yourown culture?  What do youlike aboutyourculture?  What don't youlike aboutyourculture?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfromolderpeople?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfrompeople inthisculture?  Are there manypeople of differentculturesinyourcountry?Are youfriendswithany?  Have you everfeltconfusedbythe actionsof someone fromanotherculture? o If so, tell me aboutit.  How are your language teacherswhoare not fromyourcountry differentfromyourotherteachers? o How are theythe same?  Who inyour culture doyou admire most?  What your culture are youmost proudabout?  Why doyou thinkculture isimportant?  If you couldchange one thingabout yourculture,whatwoulditbe?  Wouldyoueverconsidermarryingordatingsomeone fromanotherculture?  Wouldyoueverconsiderlivingpermanentlyinacountryotherthan yourhome country? Why or whynot?  What doesitmean tobe polite inyourculture?  What isconsideredrude inyourculture? o Is there anythinginthisculture thatisconsideredrude that maynot be consideredrude inyourculture?  If a groupof people justcame toyour countryfromoverseas,whatadvice wouldyougive them?  What othercultureshave youmetpeople from?  What do youthinkisimportantwhenvisitinganotherculture?  Do youthink"wheninRome,doas the Romansdo" isalwaysgoodadvice? Whyor why not?  Have you everbeenina situationwhere youfeltyouhadto "doas the Romansdo"?  What culture besidesyourowndoyouadmire andwhy?  If aliensvisitedyourcountry,whatmightsurprise them?  Do youpray before eachmeal?  How doyou feel whenyouleave yourhome cultureandenterintoacompletelynew culture?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture hasgiventothe world?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture/countryhasadoptedfromanotherculture?  If you couldchoose three aspectsof yourculture to put ina "time box"for the future,whatwouldyouputinit?  What isculture shock?  Have you everexperiencedculture shock?  What isreverse,orre-entry,culture shock?  Have you everexperiencedreverse culture shock?  On whatoccasionsdo youexchange flowersinyourcountry?  On whatoccasionsdo youexchange flowersinyourcountry?  What are some things thatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,...  Do youknowmuch aboutyour ownculture?  What do youthinkisinterestingaboutyourownculture?  What do youlike mostaboutyour ownculture?  What do youlike leastaboutyourculture?  What doesitmean tobe polite inyourculture?  What isconsideredrude inyourculture?Isthere anythinginCanadianculture thatisconsideredrude inyourculture?  In yourculture isit polite tobe straightforwardanddirectwhenyoutalkto someone?TowhomisitOK and towhom isit not OK?  What has surprisedyouwhenyou've metpeople fromothercountries?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfromolderpeople?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfrompeople inCanada?  Are there people of differentculturesinyourcountry?Are youfriendswithanyof them?  What othercultureshave youmetpeople from?  Have you everfeltconfusedbythe actionsof someone fromanotherculture? If so,tell me aboutit.  How are your language teachersdifferentfromyourteachersinyourculture? How are theythe same?
 What are the five mostimportantvaluesof yourculture? (Forexample,Family)  What inyour culture are you mostproudabout?  If you couldchange one thingabout yourculture,whatwoulditbe?  Wouldyoueverconsidermarryingordatingsomeone fromanotherculture?  Wouldyoueverconsiderlivingpermanentlyinacountryotherthan yourhome country? Why or whynot?  Do youthink"wheninRome,doas the Romansdo" isalwaysgoodadvice?Whyor why not?Have you everbeenina situationwhere youfeltyouhadto"do as the Romansdo"?  What do youthinkisimportantwhenvisitinganotherculture?  If a groupof people justcame toyour countryfromoverseas,whatadvice wouldyougive them?  What culture besidesyourowndoyouadmire? Why?  If aliensvisitedyourcountry,whatmightsurprise them?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture hasgiventothe world?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture/countryhasadoptedfromanotherculture?  What are some thingsthatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,... Customs  What customsdo youpractice?  What are yourfavorite customs?  What customsdo youthinkshouldbe revised?  What customsdo youthinkshouldnolongerbe practice?  What customs(fromelsewhere)doyouthinkshouldbe includedinourculture? Cultural Shock and Adapting to Canada  Have you everbeenina situationwhere youfeltyouhadto "doas the Romansdo"?  What isculture shock?  Have you everexperiencedculture shock?  What isreverse,orre-entry,culture shock?  Have you everexperiencedreverse culture shock?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture hasgiventothe world?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture/countryhasadoptedfromanotherculture?  If you couldchoose three aspectsof yourculture to put ina "time box"for the future,whatwouldyouputinit?  On whatoccasionsdo youexchange flowersinyourcountry?  What are some thingsthatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,...  Do youknowmuch aboutyour ownculture?  What do youthinkisinterestingaboutyourownculture?  Whenpeople fromothercountriesthinkaboutyourculture,whatdotheyusuallythinkof?  What do youlike mostaboutyour ownculture?  What do youlike leastaboutyourculture?  What doesitmean tobe polite inyourculture?  What isconsideredrude inyourculture?Isthere anythinginCanadianculture thatisconsideredrude inyourculture?  In yourculture isit polite tobe straightforwardanddirectwhenyoutalkto someone?TowhomisitOK and towhom isit not OK?  What has surprisedyouwhenyou've metpeople fromothercountries?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfromolderpeople?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfrompeople inCanada?  Are there people of differentculturesinyourcountry?Are youfriendswithanyof them?  What othercultureshave youmetpeople from?  Have you everfeltconfusedbythe actionsof someone fromanotherculture? If so,tell me aboutit.  How are your language teachersdifferentfromyourteachersinyourculture?How are theythe same?  Who inyour culture doyou admire most?  What are the five mostimportantvaluesof yourculture? (Forexample,Family)  What inyour culture are you mostproudabout?  If you couldchange one thingabout yourculture,whatwoulditbe?  Wouldyoueverconsidermarryingordatingsomeone fromanotherculture?  Wouldyoueverconsiderlivingpermanentlyinacountryotherthan yourhome country? Why or whynot?
 Do youthink"wheninRome,doas the Romansdo" isalwaysgoodadvice?Whyor why not?Have you everbeenina situationwhere youfeltyouhadto"do as the Romansdo"?  What do youthinkisimportantwhenvisitinganotherculture?  If a groupof people justcame toyour countryfromoverseas,whatadvice wouldyougive them?  What culture besidesyourowndoyouadmire? Why?  If aliensvisitedyourcountry,whatmightsurprise them?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture hasgiventothe world?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture/countryhasadoptedfromanotherculture?  What are some thingsthatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,... Dangers  Have you beeninthe midstof dangerbefore?  What do youdo whenyoufeel someonemightbe followingyou?  If you are indanger,whatshouldyoudo?  If your life wasindanger,whowouldyoucall and why?  Can youexplainthe 'fightorflight'complex?  What makesyoususpiciousof someone?  What makesyoususpiciousof aplace?  Have you trieddoinganythingdangerousthatcouldriskyourlife?  Why are there still people wholovetododangeroussports?  Why are there people whostill live inadangeroussociety?  Do youthinkyour neighborhoodisdangerous?  Have you causedany dangerto otherpeople before?  What was the mostdangerousthingthatyou have done?  Why are the richfacinga lotmore dangerthan the poor or average people?  What time isthe most dangeroustime togo out?  Do youthinkthere are dangersinyourhouse?  What do youdo whenyousee someone indanger?  What do youdo whenyousee the back label of a productwitha dangersignon it?  What do youdo whenyoufeel thatsomethingmighthappentoyou?  Is there anemergencynumberyoucancall whenyouare in danger?  Can we stay awayfrom danger?  Are you a personthatworriesaboutnothingor everything?Give anexampleof somethingthatyouworry(or don't worry) about.  What dangersexistwhenyoudrive?Whenyoufly?Whenyoutake atrain?  What dangersexistforbabies?Forchildren?Foruniversitystudents? Forthe elderly?  Whencan a governmentbe adangerto itsownpeople?  What kindsof people inyourcommunityhave occupationsrelatedtodanger?  What countrydo you considerthe mostdangerousinthe worldandwhy?  Whichcity inyour countrydo youconsiderthe mostdangerousandwhy?  Do youthinkthat media(TV,movies,music) canbe dangerous? Why?  Have you beenina midstof dangerbefore?  Has your putyour life beenputindangerbefore forastranger?  Has your life beenputindangerbefore forastranger? Dating  Describe aperfectdate.  Describe the appearance of the personyouwouldlike todate?  Describe the characterof the personyouwouldlike todate?  Do you"go Dutch" whendating?  Do youknowwhat itmeansto 'go Dutch'?  Is itusual for people inyourcountryto 'go Dutch' if yougo out together?
 Do oldergirls/boyshave aproblemdating youngergirls/boys? o Do youngergirls/boyshave aproblemdatingoldergirls/boys?  Do youbelieve inlove atfirstsight? o Do youthinksome people knowthattheywill fall inlovewithsomeone the firsttime theymeet?  Do youknowwhat a 'blinddate'is?  Have you everbeenona blinddate?  Didyou everarrange a blinddate?  Do youdrive or take the trainwhendating?  Do youhave a boyfriend/girlfriend? o Where didyoumeetyourhim/her? o What doeshe/she looklike?  Do youthinkfairytalesinfluence our choice of a partner?  Have you everhada crushon someone?  Have you everhatedlovingsomeone?  Have your parentseverdisapprovedof anyof your relationships?  How oftenwouldyoulike togoout ondates?  How oldwere youwhenyouhadyour firstboyfriendorgirlfriend?  How oldwere youwhenyouwentonyour firstdate? o Where didyougo? o What didyou do? o Who didyougo with?  Is goingouton datesimportantforyou?  Is there a suchthingas a perfectrelationshipforyou?  If you couldgo out withanyone,whowoulditbe?  If you are a man,and a womanasksyoufor a date,do you feel youshouldpay,orthatthe womanshouldpay?  What are some popularplacestogo on a date?  What characteristicsdoyoulookfor ina girlfriendorboyfriend?  What do youconsidercheatingina datingrelationship?  What do youlike totalkabout whenona date?  What do youlookfor ina girlfriendora boyfriend?  What do youthinkmostpeople talkaboutwhendating?  What kindof clothesdoyou wearon a date?  What qualitiesare importanttoyouina boyfriendorgirlfriend?  What was the mostboringdate you've everbeenon?  What was the mostinterestingdate you've everbeenon?  What wouldyouconsider"the perfectdate"foryou?  Where isa goodpace to goon a date inthistown?  Where wouldyoulike togoon a date?  Wouldyoumindif your boyfriend/girlfriendwentouttopartywithoutyou?  Wouldyoupreferto go outwitha quietor a talkative person?  At whatage do youthinkthatdatingshouldbegin? o Do youthinkthere isany age whenapersonistoo oldto date?  Doesyour firstlove still holdaspecial place inyourheart?Doyou believe thathe orshe will alwayshave aspecial place inyour heart?  What isyour definitionof love?  Wouldyouwaiton a personyouwere datingfora longtime if theyjoinedthe army? o How aboutif theywentto prison?  What do youthinkaboutdatinga friend'sex-girlfriendorex-boyfriend?  Are there any superstitionsonmakingsomeone fall inlovewith you? o Have you heardof anysuccessful "love potions?"  Can youcontrol your partnerby playinggames?  Whenshouldyouintroduce yourboyfriend/girlfriendtoyourparents?(whenyoubegindating,afteryouhave been togetherfora while,onlywhenthe relationshipisserious) Why?  Do youlike tohave boy friendorgirl friendinyourschool or inyour classes?  Do youthinkit isright to continue seeingapersonif he hasnot introducedyoutohisfamilyyet?  How longdoesittake for datingto become a relationship?  Is itimportantto be punctual inyour firstdate? Why?  Wouldyoudressup for a firstdate?What clotheswouldyouwear?  What kindof place do youthinkis the ideal fora firstdate?Why doyou thinkso?  Do youthinkthat age difference isimportantwhendating?
 Wouldyoudate someone mucholderoryoungerthanyou? Why or whynot?  Wouldyourparentshave a problemif youmarriedsomeonemucholderoryoungerthanyou?Wouldit make a difference if thatpersonwere rich?  Do youlike toflirt?If so, whatdo youusuallydo? Where?Withwhom?Why?  Do youeversetyour friendsuponblinddates?If so,have you hadmuch success?  Do youthinkblinddatesare a good wayto meetsomeone special? Whyorwhynot?  What isan intimate relationshipforyou?  How doyou knowyouare ina relationship?  Do youhave any expectationsforyourpartner?  What isa perfectdate foryou?  Do youngergirls/boyshave aproblemdatingoldergirls/boys?  Do youthinksome people knowthattheywill fall inlovewithsomeone the firsttime theymeet?  Where didyoumeetyourhim/her?  What doeshe/she looklike?  How oldwere youwhenyouwentonyour firstdate?Where didyougo?Whatdid youdo? Whodidyou go with?  What kindof boy/girl doyoulike?  Do youthinkthere isany age whenapersonistoo oldto date?  Doesyour firstlove still holdaspecial place inyourheart? o Are you still incontact? o Wouldyoulike tosee yourfirstlove again? o Do youbelieve thathe orshe will alwayshave aspecial place inyourheart? o How aboutif theywentto prison?  Have you heardof anysuccessful "love potions?"  Have you everreturnedagiftto your boyfriendorgirlfriendandlaterfindoutthathe has givenittohis/hernew mate?  Whenshouldyouintroduce yourboyfriend/girlfriendtoyourparents? o Whenyoubegindating. o Afteryouhave beentogetherfora while. o Onlywhenthe relationshipisserious? o Why?  What kindof place do youthinkis the ideal fora firstdate? Why doyou thinkso?  Do youthinkthat age difference isimportantwhendating?  Do youconsiderwithholdinginformationfromyoursignificantotherlying?  Shouldyousleepwithyourfriends?  Do youlike tohave boyfriendorgirlfriendinyourschool orin yourclasses?  What do youthinkaboutinternetdating?  Do youknowanybodywhodoesinternetdating?  Have you heardof anysuccessful relationshipsthroughinternetdating? o Wouldyouconsidertryingityourself?  Have you evermetthe man/womanof yourdreamswhenyouwere onvacation? Death & Dying Maybe too sensitive for some groups, but many are extremely interested in how different cultures deal with death.  What causesdeath?  Are "LivingWills"available where youlive?  Are there special ritesorceremoniesperformedwhenapersondies?  Are you afraidof death?  Do youbelieve inlife afterdeath?  Do youoftenthinkof death?  Do youthinkthat there isanythingworthdying for?  Do youwant to knowthe date of yourdeath? Why or whynot?  How doyou cope withthe deathof someone special?  Is organ donationortransplantsanoptionwhere youlive?  Is physicianassistedsuicideanoptioninyourcountry?  Wouldyouconsiderphysicianassistedsuicide if youwere sufferingapainful dyingexperience?
 Is the deathof a lovedone consideredajoyful ora sorrowful occasion?  Is there anypersonyouwoulddie forinorder tosave? Who is it?  What are some wayswhichyoucan helpa familywhichhasjustexperiencedthe deathof a familymember.  What shouldyousayto someone whohaslosta lovedone?  What are yourbeliefspertainingtoa person'ssoul once theyhave died?  What do youthinkof suicide?  What do youthinkwould happenif there were nodeathforhumanbeings? o What do youthinkwouldhappenif peopleneverdied?  What happenstoa person'sremainsafterdeath? Cremation?Burial?Etc.  What isthe mourningprocess? o What isthe mourningprocess?  Where do we go when we die?  Wouldyouwant yourcrematedremainstobe part of a fireworksshow?  Who do youthinkwouldmournforyouafter yourdeath?  If you were ondeathrow,what wouldyourequestforyourlastmeal? o Who wouldyouwantto watch yoube executed?  If you couldchoose howyouwere goingto die,whatwouldyouchoose yourdeathto be?  What do youthinkof cryogenics? o Wouldyoulike tohave your bodyfrozen,sothat youcouldbe thawedoutandbrought backto life sometime inthe future? o Do youthink it will everbe possible?  If you had the optionof freezingyourbodyinhopesthatscience wouldsome daybe able tobringyouback to life, wouldyoudo it?  Why are so many people afraidof death,whenitisunavoidable?  What wouldhappenif youdied?  On account of your beliefsorsome otherreason,doyoulookforwardto dying?  Have you everhadto put a petto sleep?  Do youbelieve thatyouwill be bornagain?  Why isfacingdeatha difficultexperience?  How doesa personcope withdeathof a friendor lovedone?  What are some reactionstodeathof a friend?  How doyour national customssurroundingdeathreflectthe valuesof yourcountry?  What shouldyousayor notsay to a friendwhoisfacingdeath? o What shouldyousayor notsay to a friend whohaslosta friend?   What are funeralslike inyourcountry? o What are some funeral customsinyourcountry?  What isthe suicide hotline inyourcommunity?  Is there a suicide hotline inthe areawhere youlive?  Do youknowsomeone whohasdiedfroma trafficaccident?  Do youknowsomeone whohasdiedfroma from disease? o What was yourreaction? o How didyoufeel?  Whenhave youvisitedahospital?Whodidyouvisit?  What sights,smells,soundsdidyounotice whenyouvisitedthe hospital?  How didyou feel aboutyourvisit?  How can you helpsomeone whoisdying?  How do youtell someone thatsomeone theyknowhasdied?  What are some useful euphemismsfortellingsomeonethatsomeone theyknow hasdied?  What are some otherwordsfordeath?An example is"passedaway".  Do you believeinGod?  Do you thinkpeople shouldbe crematedorburied?  Has anyone close toyoueverpassedaway?
 What is grief?  Do you thinkthe grievingprocessisdifferentfordifferentages?  Have you knownsomeone whohadanextendedsicknessbefore death?  Have youeverlostsomeone close toyou?  Have knownanyone whohascommittedsuicide?  What wouldbe yourreaction?  What wouldyousayto that person'sfriends?  What is hospice?  Do youhave hospice servicesinyourcountry?  How quicklyissomeone buriedorcrematedafterdeath?  What expensesare involvedinburyingorcrematingsomeone?  What measuresare takeninyour countryto ensure thatno stigmaisassociatedwiththe burial of poorpeople?  Are coffinsdisplayedonthe streetentrance tofuneral parlorsinyourcountry?  Is it appropriate forfuneral directorstoadvertisetheirservices?  How can thisbe done?  If youwere giventhe chance to have someone die withyou,whowouldthatpersonbe?  How wouldyouwantto die?  Have youeverthoughtyou'dlike todie?  How doesitfeel whenyourlovedone diesandyouwere unable tosee themforthe lasttime?  Have youeverbeentoa funeral where afamilymember of the deceasedsungasong,reada letteror reada poem?  Have you everdone somethinglike thatatsomeone'sfuneral?  Wouldyou wantto knowif you were dyingandif so,wouldyouwantto know how longyouhad to live?  Wouldyouwant to knowthe exact day of your death?  If there were five of yourfriendsdrowning,whichone wouldyousave first?  If youare marriedor have a life partnerwouldyouexpectthemtomove onafteryoudie.  If so how longshouldtheywait?  Do you have hospice servicesinyourcountry?  Do you knowanyone whodiedfora fewsecondsorminutesbutcame to life again?  What do youthinkaboutthe storiesthese people tell?  Who has diedthatyou know?  Have youhad a pet die?  What is the worstway of dying?  What is the ideal wayto die?  Do you believeinout-of-bodyexperiences?  Are youafraidof losingone of yourrelativesall of asudden?
 Wouldyou like itif someone sungyouasong or reada poemaboutyou,or a letterto you,at yourfune ral?  What kindof funeral arrangementswouldyoumake foryourselfif youknew youwere dying?  How longdo youexpectyouspouse orlife partnertowaitbefore theymove onafteryourdeath?  Do you have a bucketlist?  What happenswhenisembalmed? Perhaps not a useful question, but it was submitted.  Wouldyou like todie? Diets  Have you everbeenona diet?  How doyou knowif youare fat?  What isthe bestwayto diet?  Do youthinkdietingcanbe dangerous?  Do youthinkfiberisimportantinyourdiet?  What kindof fiberisthe bestwhenyouare tryingto loose weight?  Do youthinkproteinisimportantina balanceddiet?  What isa goodsource of protein?  Do youthinkpeople whoare fatcan be happy?  Do youthinkpeople are ingeneral are gainingweightorloosingweight?  What kindof dietwouldyourecommendtoyourfriend?  What kindof dietwouldrecommendedforanolderperson(40's) anda youngerperson(teens)?  What isthe difference betweendietanda healthydiet?  Is there a difference betweenbeingthinandbeinghealthy? Whichone isbetter?  Do youthinkbeingslimequalsbeautiful?  Do youthinkthere ismore pressure nowforteensto lookslimmer?  In whatway can dietinfluence ourappearance andpersonality?

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Conversation questions

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    Conversation Questions forthe ESL/EFL Classroom AccidentsatHome Adoption Advertising Advice Age:Youth & OldAge Airplanes AmusementParks Anger Animals&Pets AnnoyingThings Arguing Art The Art of Conversation Bags and Purses Baseball Basketball Beach Beauty& Physical Attractiveness Behavior Birthdays Body Language Books& Reading Bullfighting Business Cars & Driving Celebrities Change Charity Cheating Childbirth Childhood Children Chores Cities Classrooms Cloning Clothes& Fashion College Colors/ Colours Comics Community Commuting Complaining Computers Conflict Corruption Countries Creativity Crime Culture Cultural Shock& AdaptingtoCanada Dangers Dating Death & Dying Food & Eating Free Time & Hobbies Friends Fruits & Vegetables Future Gambling Garage sale Gardening Gay Community Gender Roles Generation Gap Gestures Getting to Know Each Other Gifts Goals Going to a Party Gossip & Rumors Habits Happiness Have You Ever ... Health Healthy Lifestyle Hobbies Holidays: Holidays April Fool's Day Christmas Halloween Saint Patrick's Day Thanksgiving After a Vacation Valentine's Day Home Homeless Hometowns Homework Honesty & Truthfulness How Long...? How often do you...? Humor If You Were...? Immigration Internet Inventions Job Interview Jobs & Occupations Jokes Languages Leaders & Leadership Learning a Foreign Language My Life so Far Likes & Dislikes Living Arrangements & Dream House Love, Dating & Marriage Machines Makeup, Lotions & Skin Care Plagiarism Plans Police Politics Pope John II Possessions Poverty Prejudices Privacy Procrastination Race Religion House Renovation Restaurants & Eating Out Nursing Homes & Retirement Communities Retirement Russia & the World Safety Inside & Outside of Home School Science & Technology Secrets Self-employment Service Industry Silly Questions Single Life Sleep Smoking Social Problems Social Networking Sports Standardized Exams Stereotypes Stress Super Heroes in Comics Supernatural, Ghosts & Superstitions Talk About Four Things Talk About Three Things Teachers Teenagers Telepathy Telephones Television Tell me about...? Terror Texting Time Tipping Trade Fairs, County Fairs & Industrial Exhibitions Traffic Accidents Transportation Trauma Travel Tsunami Two Unemployment
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    Diets Disabilities&Handicaps Disaster DisasterPreparation Discrimination Dogs & Cats DoYou Wish...? Dreams Drugs Earthquakes Easter Education Encouragement EnglishLiterature &Books Englishstudy Entertainment Environment&Pollution EverydayQuestions Eye Contact Facebook Fads & Trends Faith& Faithlessness Family Family& AlternativeLifestyles FamousPeople Fashion Favorites Fears Feelings FilmsinYour ownLanguage Fire Safety FirstDates Manners Marriage Martial Arts Meaning of Life & Reasons for Living Meeting People Memory Midlife Crisis Mind, Body & Health Money & Shopping Motivation Movie Industry Movies Moving to Another Country Music Names Neighbor Complaints Neighborhood News New Media New Year's Day New Year's Resolutions Dreams,Daydreams & Nightmares Olympics Body Painting Parenting Going to a Party Planning a Party Personality Photography The Unexplained United States University Moving to the United States About the United States United States Geography United States Leadership Vegetarian Volunteer Work War Weather Weddings Weekends What if...? What would you...? When did you first...? When was the last...? White Lies Who is the greatest...? Wishes World Peace Would you ever...? Would you rather...? Drills Are You Good At ...? Days of the Week How do you...? Home accidents What is the most dangerous thing in your home? How can your home be made less dangerous?  What is the most dangerous thing in your home for a child? How can it be made less dangerous?  What is the most dangerous thing in your home for an elderly person? How can it be made less dangerous?  What dangers can be found in the kitchen that can cause accidents?  What can be done to prevent kitchen accidents?  What can a parent do to childproof a kitchen?  What dangers can be found in bathrooms that can cause accidents?  What can be done to prevent bathroom accidents?  What can a parent do to childproof a bathroom?  What dangers can be found outside the home in the yard that can cause accidents?  What can be done to prevent yard accidents?  What can a parent do to childproof the yard?  What other dangers can be found in a home in bedrooms, laundry rooms, garages, and living areas?  What can be done throughout the house to prevent accidents?  What can a parent do to childproof the different rooms of the home?  Where at home would you put your first aid kit? o What would you have in it?
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     Where arethese items found in a house, why could they be dangerous, to whom could they be dangerous, and what could someone do to lessen the danger they present? o hot pan/pot o hot curling iron o knife o window o iron o medicines o gasoline o pool o insecticides o natural gas o balcony o toilets o staircase o stove/oven o stool/ladder o yard tools o fireplace o cellar /attic o bathtub o bad dog o tall pieces of furniture o swing set / playground o very clean glass sliding door o electronic equipment o cleaning supplies o lake/retention pond o loose carpet on slippery tile floor o glass table or sharp edged table o hairdryer o bric-a-brac  What do you need to do if... o you cut your finger preparing food? o you fall down and can not move a limb? o your child drinks a poisonous liquid? (discuss syrup of ipecac) o the toilet is flooding the bathroom? o a pan on the stove is on fire? o a neighbor's dog is growling at you? o our child falls off a chair and is bleeding?  What is the phone number for the police?  How do you call an ambulance?  What is the phone number for poison control? Adoption  What is adoption?  Do you know anyone who was adopted as a child?  Do you know anyone who has adopted a child?  What are some of the reasons people choose to adopt?  What is the difference between domestic and international adoption?  What are the views of adoption in your country?  How would someone interested in adopting a child go about doing so?  Where do children available for adoption come from?  What happens to children that are not adopted?
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     How doyou go about adopting a child?  Would you want to adopt a boy or a girl? Why?  Do you think brothers and sisters should be separated in adoptions?  Are adoptions common in your country?  What are some organizations that help with adoptions?  Should you tell the child that he or she was adopted? If so at what age? Or when?  Should adopted children have the right to know their biological parents?  Should families with birth children also adopt?  Is the real parent the birth parent or the adoptive parent?  Should adoptions be between children and families of the same race and or culture?  How or should the adoptive parents maintain the adopted child's cultural identify?  In your country are the legal rights of an adoptive child different from that of a birth child?  What are the legal consequences of adopting a child from a different race or country?  Why don't more people adopt children?  What makes a family, genetics or environment?  Do you support an open adoption policy where the birth parents can choose to be involved in the child's life?  Do you believe there is discrimination within the adoption organizations?  Do you think a person should be able to adopt a child of a different race?  Should a gay or lesbian couple be allowed to adopt a child?  Should there be an age restriction for the adoptive parents?  Should a single man or woman be able to adopt a child?  If you were to find out that you were adopted and not really from the country where you are a citizen, which nationality would you hope would be your true mother country? Why?  When is the right time for a child to be told that he/she was adopted?  Do you think it is preferable to adopt or to use artificial reproduction technology?  Would you agree to an open adoption or closed adoption? Why?  What is an open adoption?  Would you want to find your birth family? Why or why not?  Should prospective parents in adoption cases be required to do a parenting course?  Are there any risks when adopting a child?  Do you think biological parents should always have a right to keep their identity secret from the children they give up for adoption? Why or why not?  Do you think people who have been adopted should always have the right to find out who their birth-parents are?  How would you feel if a child you had adopted wanted to search for his or her birth parents?  Do you think that adopted children should feel especially loved and wanted?  Should people be allowed to adopt children of a different race and/or culture? o What are some good points and bad points of this kind of adoption?  How would you feel if you found out you were adopted? o What would you do?  Do you it is preferable to adopt or to use artificial reproduction technology?  If you had a choice, would you want to be adopted?  Should people be allowed to adopt children of a different race and/or culture? What are some good points and bad points of this kind of adoption?  How would you feel if you found out you were adopted? What would you do? Advertising  What is the most shocking advertisement you have seen?  What is the funniest advertisement you have seen? Describe it.  What makes an ad memorable?  What are the different types of advertising? (Eg. TV)  What types of companies choose each type?  Do you buy products because of advertising?  Do you find advertising persuasive?
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     Why doyou buy one product over another?  Should advertisers be allowed to advertise to children?  Should alcohol or tobacco companies be allowed to advertise? Why or why not?  What do you think of celebrity endorsements?  Which celebrities advertise which products?  Do favorite or annoying celebrities make you want or not want to buy a product?  Should there be advertisement-free zones?  Is there truth in advertising?  What kind of advertisements attract your attention?  Why is it necessary to advertise?  Do you think advertising should be allowed to interrupt TV or radio programs? What are the alternatives?  What is the best way to advertise to children? Adults? Seniors? etc..  Do you think advertising is too expensive?  What are some effective adverts you have seen lately (on TV, newspaper, etc)?  What are some ineffective adverts you have seen lately?  Can you remember an advertising campaign that caught your attention?  What are the different methods of advertising?  What is the most popular way of advertising?  Do you think that the Internet and cable/satellite TV have become more important than national TV for advertising products?  What do you think is the best way of discovering the tastes and interests of teenage consumers?  Can TV advertising be a force for good?  How easy do you think it is to influence children with advertising?  Do you agree with anti-consumerism organizations that the child will have watched 350,000 commercials by the time she graduates from high school?  Do you think the government has he right to ban advertising for junk food and soda during children's TV programs. What do you think about this? Why do you think they made this decision?  Do political parties in (country) use TV advertising? If so, should they?  When out walking or shopping in the city, do you accept advertising fliers or free samples that are offered to you?  What forms of advertising are there?  What would make an advertisement more interesting?  Can you buy something and get something for free in your country?  Do people use coupons where you live?  What is the most advertised product in your country?  What is the best form of advertising?  What gets you interested in an advertisement?  Describe an advertisement that you have seen or heard on the TV or radio. What was it about? How long did the commercial last? Did it make you want to buy the product?  What is the funniest commercial that you have seen? Describe it.  What differences can you notice between commercials from 10 or 15 years ago and commercials today?  Do you think ads influence the choices you make when you buy clothes?  Do you often buy a particular brand when you buy clothes?  Why do you buy this brand?  Does it give status to wear particular brands like Nike or Lacoste?  Do you sometimes want very expensive things which you or your parents can't afford?  Do you think ads influence the choices you make when you or your parents buy food?  What brand is the ketchup you or your parents buy?  Is it always the same brand? Why do you prefer this brand?  What brand is the toothpaste you or your parents buy?  Can you name three different ways of advertising? (For example, different media)  Do you think there are too many ads in television? Why/why not?  Do you know why some channels have ads and others not? If you do know explain.  Do you think there are too many ads in magazines? Why/why not?  Do you think there are too many ads in newspapers? Why/why not?  Think of an ad you think is good or funny and tell about it.  What kinds of ads do you like and why? What makes a good ad?  Do you think children or young people are easier to influence through ads compared to adults?
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     Do youthink it's ok to show ads aimed at children on television? Why/ why not?  When you watch TV, how much attention do you pay to the advertisements?  Which advertisements do you like most and which least? Why?  How would you advertise something you wanted to sell?  What are the harmful and the beneficial effects of advertising?  Do you think that ads create a desire for more and more material possessions?  Do you think that commercials on TV are annoying because they interrupt programs or do you think that many ads are more amusing that the programs on TV?  Do you think advertising is too expensive? What are the different methods of advertising? Advice  I want to quit smoking. What should I do?  I won 100,000 dollars and I don't know how to spend it. What should I do?  I gained a lot of weight in last few years. I want to lose at least 10kg. What should I do?  I have just lost my job. I haven't told my husband/wife yet. How should I tell him/her?  I found a wallet which had 2,000 dollars in it. How should I spend it?  My son doesn't want to go to school. He says that his teacher and all other students hate him. What should I do?  My child wakes up very often in the middle of the night. He sleeps usually during the day. I haven't had any good sleep for weeks. What should I do?  I have a headache. What should I do?  I hate working. What should I do?  I feel sad. What should I do?  I want to protect the environment but I don't know how. What should I do?  I am always late. What should I do?  I keep losing my credit card. What should I do?  I have a red nose. What should I do?  I am new in this city. I would love to meet some people. What should I do?  I want to get rich quickly. What should I do?  I need a car but I don't have enough money. What should I do?  I want to be a cool man. What should I do?  My girlfriend left me. I feel depressed. What should I do?  My husband doesn't help me with house chores. What should I do?  Have you ever self-published something? What are some good ways to publish your writing independently?  If you have a lot of things to get done in one week, how do you manage? What advice would you give someone who is very busy?  My girlfriend/boyfriend is seeing another man/woman. I saw a message in his/her mobile phone. What should I do? Age: Youth & Old Age  Are young people generally more selfish than their parents and grandparents? o Does age make you more aware of and caring for others?  Should adults try to teach young people lessons, such as the dangers of drinking too much, taking drugs or catch the AIDS virus, or should they leave them alone to find out about these things themselves? o What are the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches?  What do you think is the best age to be? o Explain your opinion.  Most countries give young people rights as they reach a certain age. For example, British people can legally make love or fight for their country at the age of 16; they can drink, vote and drive a car when they are 18. o Do you think that any of the age limits need changing?
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     Some peoplethink you should give something to society before you have the right to join it. o Should young people have to do some form of military or community service by law?  Should people of between 50 and 55 be forced to retire from their jobs in order to make way for younger workers?  If people are still able to (and want to) work, should they have to retire when the reach a certain age? o Explain your opinion.  In most countries the legal retirement age for men is five years older than for women, even though women live longer than men on average. o Why do you think this is? o Is this fair, or should it be changed?  Are there many things that the old can teach the young or are they hopelessly out of touch by the time they reach a certain age? o What things were you taught by your older family members? o How have they been useful to you in your life?  In most countries, compulsory education is targeted at five to sixteen year olds. o Would it be better to offer it to pensioners who want to learn rather than young people who prefer not to be in school? Explain your opinion.  In Russia, China and many other countries, there is a tradition of choosing leaders who are quite advanced in years. o Do you think that older people make better leaders? Explain your opinion.  One of Britain's best-ever leaders was William Pitt, who became Prime Minister when he was 24 and remained in power for 18 years. o Could this ever happen in your country? Why/why not?  Many elderly people have disabilities which limit their mobility. o Do buses, shops and public buildings in your country provide easy access for the disabled or are your towns and cities designed mainly for the young and able-bodied? Why is this?  Should the elderly be expected to pay for residential care out of their own savings or should appropriate accommodation and nursing be provided by the tax payer? Explain your opinion.  Some people say that men age better than women, and remain attractive longer. Do you agree? Explain your opinion.  Some people say that men never grow up, they just get bigger. Do you agree? Explain your opinion.  Some people say that young women are usually two to three years more mature than young men. Do you agree? Explain your opinion.  In most countries women live an average of five to six years longer than men. Why do you think this is?  In some countries having children is considered a way of "investing in the future", and young people are expected to give money to their parents when they get a job, and then to care for them when they retire. o What are the good points and what are the bad points about this system?  Many countries are facing the problem of an "aging population", i.e. there will soon be more old people than young people. o What problems will this cause? o What can be done to prepare for them?  What do you think is the ideal age for each of these stages of your life: (Explain your opinion.)  What age do you want to live to?  How do you feel about your parents growing older?  If your parents could no longer care for themselves, would you let them live with you or put them in a nursing home?  Are you afraid of getting old?  What is your ideal old age to live to?  Do you prefer to live in the retirement home or live with young people?  Should parents continue to finance their children after the children are 18?  Where do you wish to live when you are old?  Where do you see yourself when you are 70 years old?  Should older people spend their money on themselves, or save it for their children to have after they die?  Where do you wish to live when you are old?  What advice would you give to an older person who wants to feel young?  Some people say that youth is a state of mind, do you agree?
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    Airplanes  How oldwere you when you went on your first flight? o Where did you go?  Do you like to travel by airplane?  What was the longest flight you have ever taken?  What seat do you prefer: window, center or aisle?  What are three things you're supposed to do before the flight takes off?  What do you like to do during the flight? o Does the plane provide anything to do to pass the time?  What are some movies you remember seeing on the plane?  What do you do when you experience turbulence?  Have you ever met anyone or established any relationships during a flight?  What should be done with obese people who practically take up two seats?  Can you sleep during the flight?  Have you ever seen a female pilot? o Why do you think that most pilots are men?  Would you like to be a flight attendant? o What are the benefits and /or downfalls?  Are most flight attendants female? o Is being a flight attendant considered a good job in your country? What do you think are the qualifications?  Are planes really safer than cars? ( A British study shows that flying is 176 times safer than walking, 15 times safer than driving and 300 times safer than a motorbike.)  Would you rather have a younger, more beautiful/handsome flight attendant or an older, more experienced one?  What are the advantages of traveling by airplane? o What are the disadvantages?  Do you know someone who is afraid of flying in an airplane?  What questions should you ask when buying airplane tickets?  What is a group rate?  What is a charter flight?  What arrangements should you make for pick-up at the airport?  What things can you see in an airport?  What questions do they ask you when you check-in at the airport?  What questions do they ask you when going through immigration and customs at the airport?  Have you ever seen an airplane crash?  Have you ever seen terrorists on the plane?  Have you ever met an annoying person during a flight?  Have you ever had an accident during a flight?  Have you ever work as a flight attendant?  Do you only fly one airline?  Do you think budget airlines are safe?  Do you like to fly? Why or why not?  What is the smallest airplane you have ever been on? How small was it?  Do you prefer to fly in big planes or small planes? Why?  Would you like to learn how to fly? Why or why not?  Do you think being a pilot is a good job? Why or why not?  Have you ever gone sky-diving? Why or why not?  Have you or someone you know ever been in a plane crash?  What would you do if you were on a plane that was crashing?  Do you like to watch movies or TV about airplane crashes? Why or why not?  Do you enjoy the foods on airplane?
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     What arrangementsshould you make for pick-up at the airport?  What things do you see in an airport?  What questions do they ask when you check-in at the airport?  What questions do they ask when going through immigration/customs at the airport?  How much baggage do you take with you?  What items should not be included in your hand baggage?  What documents do you need for international travel?  What airline do you prefer using?  How was the service on your last flight?  Do you like airline food?  Would you pay money for airline food?  Do you enjoy talking with strangers on an airplane?  Do you enjoy takeoff / landing?  What are some airplane disaster movies? o Why do you think they are popular?  How do the pilot and the co-pilot navigate their planes?  What is a boarding pass?  When do you pay for airport tax?  Where can you hang your coats after boarding an airplane? 5. What do you do when you get blocked ears during take off / landing?  What do you do before take off / landing?  Where can you smoke while traveling by plane?  What do you do when you need a flight attendant's assistance?  How can passengers reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis? Amusement Parks  Have you ever visited an amusement park? o If so, what was it called? o Where was it?  What has been the best amusement park you have ever visited? Why?  What was your favorite ride or activity? Why?  What was your worst ride or activity? Why? o Was it expensive?  If you were to recommend an amusement park, which one would you recommend and why?  What rides or activities would you recommend?  How regularly do you visit amusement parks?  Can you think of an amusement park ride or activity that would be both enjoyable and popular?  Are you afraid of going on scary amusement park rides?  Do you know of anybody who hurt themselves or died at an amusement park?  Even though you may have been terrified by a particular ride, would you go on it again?  What are some famous amusement parks near where you live? o Have you been to them? o How much does it cost to enter? o What rides is this amusement park famous for?  Do you have any plans to go to an amusement park in the near future? Anger  What causes anger?  Are there different types of anger?  What are various ways people respond to anger?  Is anger ever justified? If so, how can we determine whether it is?  Is anger ever a good thing? If so, when? Why?
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     Is angerever a bad thing? If so, when? Why?  Are there better and worse ways to respond to one's own anger?  How do you decide what to do when you get angry?  Do you think men and women show their angry differently?  What makes you angry?  When was the last time you got angry? o Tell us about it.  What do you usually do when you get angry?  What are the situations that make you angry?  What are the physical effects of getting angry? (e.g blood pressure...)  Is getting angry an effective way of dealing with problems? Animals & Pets o Do youhave a pet? o How oldisit? o Where didyouget itfrom? o Who takescare of it? o What doesitlooklike (color,breed,etc.)? o What do youfeedit? o Do youplay withit? o What isit's name?How didyouchoose thisname? o Doesit knowanytricks or understandanywords? o If you don't have a pet,whynot? o Wouldyoueverconsidergettingapet? o Didyou growup withpetsinyour home? o What are the pros andcons of keepingapet? o What isthe bestpetto own? o What are some animalsthatlive inyourcountry? o Are there animal rightsgroupswhere youlive? o Are you afraidof snakes?What isthe biggestsnake youhave seen? Are there anypoisonoussnakesinyour country? o Are you frightenedof spiders?Whatdoyoudo if yousee one? o Can youname some endangeredspecies? o Have you everriddenahorse? o Are there birdsor squirrelsinyourneighborhood? o Do youknowsomeone whoownsanunusual pet? o Do youthinkit isacceptable totestcosmeticsonanimals? o How doyou feel aboutthe use of animalsformedical research? o Do youthinkit isokay to eatmeat?Do you know anyvegetarians? o Is there anykindof meat youwouldnoteat? o What kindof meatshave you eaten? o Have you everbeentoa zoo? o Are there lawsabouthuntinginyour country? o What do youthinkof hunting?Wouldyoueatan animal that you killedyourself? o Do youthinkit's okayto free animalsthathave beenincaptivityall theirlives? Whyorwhynot? o Do youthinkpeople shouldbuyandwearfurcoats? o Do youthinkthat animalsdream? o Have you everbeenbittenbyadog? Have youbeenstungby a bee? o Have you everbeentoa farm? What animalsdidyousee there? o Have you everbeentoa horse race? o Have you evereatenrabbitmeat? Have youeatenoctopus? o Have you everseenadog that helpspeople,suchasone to assista blindpersonora policeman? o If so, whatdid younotice aboutthe dog? o How doyou thinkthatdog was trained? o What animalsdoyouthinkare cute? o What animalsdoyouthinkare ugly?
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    o What canchildrenlearnbyhavinga pet? o What isthe largestanimal youhave everseen? o Why dosome people notlike pets? o What can people learnfromanimals? o Doesfeedingananimal bringyouhappiness? o If you sawa strangerdrowning,andyoualsosaw yourpetdrowning,andyoucouldonlysave one,whowould yousave? What wouldmostpeople choose? o Can people be tooattachedtotheirpets? o Do youthinkanimalshave souls? More Questions o Do youthinkit isright to keepwildanimalsincaptivityall there life o Is itmorallyrightto spenda lotof moneyonpets,ratherthan helpingpeople inneed? o Why are pets,not people usedformedical research? o What isyour favorite animal? o Have you everhada pet? o What kindof pet wouldyoulike tohave inthe future? o Have you everbeentothe zoo? What animalsdidyousee there? o Have you everbeenona farm?What animalsdidyousee there? o Do youeverbirdwatch? o Do youthinkpeople shouldwearfurcoats? o Shouldanimalsbe keptina zoo? o Do youknowany endangeredspecies? o Do youconsideryourself ananimal lover? o Do bats helppeople? o What animal islikedtobe petted? o Do youthinkthe most importantthingbywhichpsychopathscanbe recognizedistheirattitudetoward animals?Explainwhy. o Do youthinkit isa goodpatterningeneral tojudge people bytheirattitude towardanimals? Explainwhy. o What kindof animalsdohumansride? o Are you afraidof snakes? o Are you frightenedof spiders? o Are your pet(s) healthy? o Can youride a horse? o Do youevergo birdwatching? o Do youevertalkto your pet?If so, whatdo you say? o Do youhave a cat? o Do youhave a dog?If so,what's yourdog's name? o Do youhave any pets?  If not, wouldyoulike tohave a pet?  Have you everhada pet? o Do youknowanyone whohas a horse? o Do youknowanyone whokeepstheirdogintheirhouse? o Do youlove yourpet? o Do youpreferdogsor cats? o Do youtalk to yourpet sometimes? o Do youthinkit isacceptable totestcosmeticsonanimals?  How doyou feel aboutthe use of animalsformedical research? o Do youthinkit isokay to eatmeat?  Is there anykindof meat youwouldnoteat? o Do youthinkit isright to keepwildanimalsinazoo? o Do youthinkthat animalsdream? o Do your petshave special behaviorproblems?  How doyou deal withthose problems? o Have you everbeenbittenbyadog? o Have you everbeenbittenbyasnake? o Have you everbeentoa farm? o Have you everbeentoa zoo? What animalsdidyousee there? o Have you evereatenrabbitmeat?
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    o Have youevergambledona horse race? o Have you evergivenyourpeta bath? o Have you everhada pet?/ Have youeverhad any pets? o Have you everriddenahorse? Howabout a camel? o Have you everseenabullfight? o Have you everseenadog race? o Have you everseenadog that helpspeople,suchasone to helpa blindperson?  If so, whatdid younotice aboutthe dog?  How doyou thinkthatdog was trained?  Have you everseena"therapydog?" o How longdoyou thinka dog can live withoutfood? o How manybirdsdo youknowthat can't fly? o How manylegsdoesa spiderhave? How abouta squid? o How manynational animal preservesdoyouhave inyourcountry?  Are there any animal preservesaroundhere? o How manypetshave youhad? o How manypetshave youraisedand whatare they? o How manyzooshave you beento? o How muchdoesit cost to keepyourpet? o If you couldbe an animal,whatwouldyou(choose to) be? Why? o If you don't keeppets,pleaseexplainwhy? o Is isright tokeepanimalsina zoo? o Is itharmful fora dogto travel in cabinon a airline underthe seatwhere yourcarry-onbagsgo? o Petsare consideredtobe aburdento mostof the city dwellers. Towhatextentdoyouagree? o Some people thinkthatpeopleshouldn'twearanimal furs.Do youagree?Whyor why not? o Thinkof some people youknow.Whichanimalsdotheyresemble? o What animal doyou thinkisthe funniest? o What animal doyou thinkisthe strangest-looking? o What animal doyou thinkmakesthe bestpet? Why? o What animal would youlike tobe? (Whichanimal...?) o What animalsare symbolsof yourcountry? o What animalsare youafraid of? (...scaredof?) o What animalsdoyouthinkare cute?  What animal doyou thinkisthe cutest? o What animalsdoyouthinkare scary? o What animals doyouthinkis the mostdangerous? o What are some popularpets? o What are the mostpopularpetsin yourcountry? o What are the pros andcons of keepingapet?  (Whyare there somany people whoare willingtosacrifice theirtime andmoneytoraise apet?) o What can childrenlearnbyhavinga pet? What are some thingsa childcan learnbyhavinga pet? o What do youthinkof animalsbeingraisedincaptivity? o What isone of your favorite animals?  Why doyou like it?  Do youhave one fora pet? o What isthe difference betweenapetanda wildanimal? o What isthe mostunusual petyouhave everseen? o What isyour favorite animal?  Why isit yourfavorite animal?  Wouldyoulike keepitasyour pet,whyor whynot? o What joydoesyour petbringyou?  Are you the one whotakescare of iteveryday?  How doyou take care of it?If you don't take care of it, whodoes? o What kindof animal wouldyoulike tobe? o Do bats make goodpets? o What animalslike tobe petted? o What kindof dog do youhave?
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    o What kindofmasterwouldyoulike tohave if you were a pet? o What particularanimalshave become famousinyourcountryforsome special skill oraccomplishment? o What wildanimalscanyousee aroundhere? o Whenwas the lasttime youwentto a zoo? o Where isthe nearestzooto your house?  How oftendoyouvisitthat zoo?  Whenwas the lasttime youwentthere?  How muchdoesit cost to getin? o Why dopeople have pets?/Whydo people keeppets? o Wouldyourecommendthatotherskeeppetssimilartoyours? o Shouldwe feedourpetsunhealthybuttastytreats?  What's more important,theirhealthortheirhappiness? o In youropinion,whydosome people like tohave unusual pets? o Do youthinkdogs shouldbe bannedormuzzled? o Wouldyouwant to see aggressive dogsmuzzledorbanned? o In yourcountry,what kindof dog lawsare there?If dogs are man'sbestfriend,asthe sayinggoes,isbanning dogsa friendlyact? o What isa safari?  Wouldyougo on a safari? o Have you everhurtan animal?  Was it intentional orunintentional? o Do youknowof any websitesforpeople thatwanttokeepanimalsaspets?  How aboutwebsitesforpeople whoare againstanimal rights?  Do youthinkkeepingananimal asa pet isa violationof thatanimal'srights? o Do youknowany animalsthatyou thinkare beingtreatedbadlyorunfairly?  If so, howdo youthinkyoucan help? o What do youthinkwouldanimalssayabouthumansif theycouldmake a documentarymovie abouthumans? o What isa breed? o What breedscanyou name? o What doesAKCstand for? o What isa standardfor a dog breed? o What isdog intelligence? o Whichdog breeddoyou thinkisthe mostintelligentandwhichthe dumbest? o What isthe role of an Alphadogin a pack? o Do youthinkit isa goodpatterningeneral tojudge people bytheirattitude towardanimals? Explainwhy. o Do bats helppeople? Annoying Things  What annoys you about living where you live now?  What annoys you about taking trains to work?  What annoys you about driving a car?  What annoys you most about living at home with your family?  Do you think you have habits that annoy other people?  Does it annoy you when people kiss in public?  Do you get annoyed when someone cuts in front of you when you are waiting in line?  What are some new pet peeves you have as a result of recent technology (i.e. cell phone use)?  What annoying habits does your best friend have?  Does smoking bother you?  Do you get annoyed when other people display bad manners? Give some examples.  What is the most annoying thing for you?  What is the most annoying thing about your partner?  Do you annoy people with some of your habits?  What is something that your parents do that annoy you?  Can annoying someone be a good thing?  If something is annoying you, what do you usually do?
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     What aresome things that annoy you that don't annoy your best friend?  How do you change annoying habits  What are some things that car drivers do that annoy you?  Can you think of some things children do that annoy adults around them?  What does pet peeve mean? o What is your pet peeve?  Does it annoy you when people don't use the right punctuation?  What kind of people annoy you?  Who is the most annoying person you know? Why?  How do you inform someone they are being annoying  Do you think other people find you annoying? Why?  Who is the most annoying celebrity? Why?  Which is more annoying, being caught in the rain without an umbrella, or finding out you don't have enough money to pay for something you really need?  Is there anything about your teacher that annoys you? What will you do about it?  Does it annoy you when people don't use the right punctuation?  Do you think it is annoying if people can't or don't speak your language?  Which is more annoying, being caught in the rain without an umbrella, or finding out you don't have enough money to pay for something you really need?  Why do people get annoyed?  Do bandaids on ladies feet annoy you?  What's the most annoying thing about your partner?  What's the most annoying catchphrase or cliche you can think of?  Is it worse to be ignorant or annoying?  What annoys you about yourself?  What do people do on the subway that annoys you?  What do people do on the bus that annoys you?  What do people do on the street that annoys you?  Does it annoy you when people snore? Arguing  Do you feel bad after you have an argument?  What are some reason why people argue?  What does your family argue about?  How do you avoid arguments?  Do you think it is best to argue or just walk away? Shy?  Do you get along with argumentative people?  Are you passionate about your beliefs?  Do you ever try to impose your beliefs on others?  Do you at times enjoy "playing the devil's advocate" (debating for the fun of it)?  Do you get along argumentative people?  Are you passionate about your beliefs?  Would you describe yourself as an argumentative person?  What other adjectives would you associate with an argumentative person?  In your opinion is being argumentative a positive trait or a flaw?  Are you easily persuaded in an argument?  Do you ever try to impose your beliefs on others?  Do you at times enjoy "playing the devil's advocate" (debating for the fun of it)?  Have you ever taken part in a debate? Did you have to defend an opinion that wasn't your own? If so, was it easy? Did it make you re-evaluate your own views?  How do you feel when someone disagrees with everything you have to say?  Do have a "butinski"in your family? Do you tend to but in?  At work do you often voice your opinions on controversial issues? If so, what kind of reception do get?  Do you steer clear of some touchy topics or do you get a kick out of provoking others?
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     How doyou feel when you have a hunch someone's not paying attention to what you have to say? Do you raise your voice? Do you get nasty?  How do you grab someone's attention when you're making a point? What can you do to lose it?  Are hand gestures useful in an argument?  Do you think it's disrespectful to argue with your elders?  Do you often feel patronized in an argument?  What do you say when someone is being condescending? Art  Are you a good painter?  Can you draw pictures well?  Do you believe what art critics say?  Do you consider yourself a good artist?  Do you enjoy your art class at school?  Do you like modern art?  Do you like paintings?  Do you like sketching?  Do you like to visit art museums?  Do you like wood carving?  Do you prefer using water colors or oil paint?  Do you think it is proper to call nude paintings art?  Do you think music and dancing are forms of art?  Do you think of cartoons and comics as art?  Do you visit museums when you go to another city?  Have you ever been to any famous art museums?  Have you ever visited an art museum?  What art form do you like best?  What art museums have you visited? o Which did you like the best? Why? o Which did you like the least? Why?  What famous painters do you know? What are they famous for?  What is art?  What is the longest time that you have spend on a painting?  What is your favorite art web site?  What would life be like without art?  When was the last time you went to an art museum?  Who are some famous artists in your country?  Who is a famous potter in your country?  Who is the most famous artist in your country? What kind of art does he do?  Who is your favorite painter?  Do you enjoy taking photographs?  What things do you like to photograph?  Do you consider photography an art form?  Why do artist like to draw women's figures?  Why do you enjoy art?  Why is art important?  Why do people become professional artists?  Have you ever participated in any art competitions?  Have you ever been jealous of someone else's artwork?  Do you find Picasso's work astonishing or weird?  Do you have a favorite painting? o If so, what is it? o Why do you like it?  Do other people ever compliment your artwork?
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     Do youhave a sketchbook? o If so, how often do you use it? o What kind of sketches do you make?  Do you feel proud after finishing a work of art?  Do you think graffiti is art? Do you agree with this statement? Graffiti is a form of art; a form of expressing one's mind.  Do you like to doodle? o What kinds of doodles do you make? o Where and when do you doodle?  Have you ever gone to an exhibition?  Do you know any art galleries? Are there any in the place where you live?  Were you interested in art when you were young?  In your opinion, is design an important part of culture?  Can you tell me the name of a fashion designer you know?  Is design a great importance in your daily life?  The famous artist and designer William Morris said that you should not have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful'. Discuss.  Do you know any art gallery? Is there any in the place where you live?  Were you interested in art some years ago? and now?  Have you studied any pictorial movement?  Has design a great importance in your daily life  Is your work figurative or abstract?  What is your medium of choice?  What influences your work?  If you could buy a great work of art, what would it be? (style, title, artist's name...)  Do you think performance art should be considered art?  What do you think of shock art?  Have you ever seen performance art?  Have you ever seen shock art?  Does art imitate life?  Are movies a form of art? The Art of Conversation  What makes it easy to talk to someone? o What traits do you look for in a conversation partner?  Tell about your favorite types of conversations to have? o What do you talk about? o How do you know the other person?  Who is the best conversationalist that you have ever met? o Why are they such a great conversationalist?  Have you ever had a great conversation with a complete stranger? o What made it so great? o What did you talk about? o Where were you?  What is your role in a conversation? o Do you dominate? o Do you subordinate?  What percent of a conversation do you spend talking? o Have you ever tried to consciously change your conversational style? o What did you change?  What are some good habits you have in conversation?  What are some bad traits you have in conversations?
  • 17.
     Who communicatesbetter: men or women? o What makes their style better? o What makes it worse?  Do you like to flirt? o How do you flirt? o What do you say?  On a scale of 1-10, how do you rate your conversational skill with the opposite sex? Explain.  How do conversations between men and women differ?  Do you like to argue? o What do you like to argue about?  Do you always want to be right? o What types of arguments do you hate to lose?  What topics should you avoid when talking to a stranger? o To a Swiss person? o To a Japanese? o To an American?  What topics are taboos for your culture? o What topics are taboo for you personally?  Why do people like to learn bad words in another language?  What do people do that drives you crazy in a conversation?  How do you feel about talking on the phone? Why?  Do you think that some conversations are easier to have on the phone? <ul  Face to face? </ul   What types of conversations, and why?  What are some topics that you can't stand to talk about? Why?  Do you have better conversations when you are drinking?  How do your conversations change after you have been drinking?  Have you ever said something to someone that you wish you hadn't said?  What was it? Explain.  If you could relive any conversation of your life, what would it be? Why? Explain.  How do you feel about being frank? Explain.  How do you feel about blunt people?  Is there such a thing as being too honest? Explain.  In your experience, which country's people are the easiest to talk to? Explain.  Which country's people are difficult to talk to? Explain.  If you could have the voice of any famous person, whose voice would you want? Why?  How do you feel about conversations with people older than yourself?  Are there any older people who you have conversations with regularly?  Who are they?  Some people like to talk about things, and some people like to do things.  What kind of person are you? Explain.  If you could have a conversation with any famous living person, who would you talk to?  What would you talk about?  Why would you want to talk about that? Explain.  If you could have a conversation with a famous deceased person, who would you talk to?
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     What wouldyou talk about, and why?  Do you like to eavesdrop on other people's conversations?  What kind of questions do you like to overhear? Where do you listen?  Have you ever spied on anyone? o Have you ever recorded a phone call or conversation? Why? o Would you ever do it? Explain.  If you had to choose, would you rather marry a partner who is handsome/beautiful and sexy, but who is a terrible conversationalist, or a partner who is a wonderful conversationalist, but who is less-attractive-than-average? Explain.  What was a difficult conversation you had to have in your life?  How did it turn out?  What made it hard? Explain.  Would you like to be a salesman, a teacher, a reporter?  Would you like to have a career that requires you to talk to a lot of people? Why?  Which career?  How can you improve your conversation skills? Explain. Bags and Purses  Do you always carry a bag or purse? o What do you have in your bag or purse? o How heavy is your bag or purse? Have you lost it before? o Has it been stolen?  What do you usually carry with you?  What things do you use every day?  What things are important to carry with you?  Do you always carry a bank card?  Do you always carry money?  How much money do you usually carry on you?  Do men carry billfolds in your country?  Do women carry a purse or handbag in your country?  Is it a custom in your country for men to carry or hold the woman's purse or bag?  Will guys hold their wife's and/or girlfriend's purse or bag where you live?  Do men carry bags or purses in your country  What if you see a guy carrying a purse or woman's bag, would you think he is gay?  What do you think a president would carry on their person?  What are essential (necessary) items to take with you when you leave the house? Baseball  Have you ever played baseball?  Do you know the rules of baseball?  Do you like baseball?  Are you interested in baseball?  How many players are on a baseball team?  What position do you think is the most difficult?
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     Who isyour favorite baseball player? Why do you like him?  Does baseball look like a fun game to you?  What qualities do you think of baseball player needs to be good?  Do they have professional baseball teams in your country?  How much does it cost to watch a professional baseball game?  Would you rather watch baseball at a stadium or on television?  What is your favorite baseball team? Why?  Do you follow professional baseball?  Are there any baseball players from your country playing in the USA?  Do you think baseball will ever be a worldwide sport like soccer?  What are the differences between baseball in America and baseball in your country?  How much does it cost to attend a pro game in your country?  What kinds of food are sold at baseball stadiums in your country?  Does your country have a minor league?  Do you think young players aspire to be a pro in their home country or make it to the American Major Leagues?  Are there recreational baseball teams in your country?  Do children have easy access to baseball in your country?  Do people play softball in your country?  Are there women's baseball teams in your country?  Do you consider baseball to be a slow game?  Do you think the playoffs are more exciting than the regular season?  Do you think baseball will ever be a worldwide sport like soccer?  How does a kid make it to the pros? Basketball  Are you interested in basketball?  How many players are on a basketball team?  What are the positions on a basketball team?  How long is a basketball game?  Who is your favorite basketball player?  Why are basketball player usually tall?  Can short people be good basketball players?  Have you ever played basketball? How was it?  Do you follow professional basketball?  Have you ever been to a professional basketball game?  Are there any basketball players from your country in the NBA?  Describe the abilities that a good basketball player must have.  What is needed to play basketball with your friends?  What basketball teams do you follow? What is interesting about this team to you?  What are the skills of your favorite basketball players?  What is the difference between a basketball team and a basketball league?  Who is number one star player now in the NBA? Do you like his style of playing? Why?  Which parts of the body can players play the ball with?  How many people can play in a game of basketball?  When the ball goes out of bounds what happens?  When the ball stuck between the ring and backboard, what happens?  When a team scores a goal where is the ball placed for a restart?  Which sports uses a court to play a game on?  Which sports uses a field to play a game on?  Who invented the indoor game which we call it basketball?  In which years did James Naismith invent basketball?  What nickname do Americans give to the ring of basketball?  When the ball goes out of bounds, what should the referee do?
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     When theviolation occurs, what should a referee do?  What is the height of the basket?  Who was known as the greatest player in the world?  In which city did the first basketball game play in 1891? Beach  When was the last time you went to the beach? Where did you go?  What do people do at the beach?  Can you swim? o When did you learn to swim? o Who taught you to swim? o What kind of swimming suit do you wear?  Have you ever been night-swimming?  Are there any problems with jellyfish, sharks or stonefish at your local beach?  Have you ever played sports on the beach? o Which sports have you played o ? How are they different from non-beach versions of the sport?  Have you ever collected seashells? o Can you describe a shell that you have collected? o What did you do with the shells that you collected?  What sort of animals live at the beach?  Have you ever been fishing on the beach? o What did you catch? o What did you use as bait?  What is the "tide"? o Why is there a tide? o What is a "rip tide"?  Have you ever been on a sail boat or a row boat?  Have you ever used a surf board or body board?  Do you like to suntan?  Do you think sunblock is important?  Have you ever been to a famous beach?  What do you wear to the beach?  How do you keep your wallet safe while you are swimming?  Is erosion a problem at your local beach?  Is pollution a problem at your local beach?  Should people be able to own a beach or part of a beach?  Why is beachfront land so expensive? o Why do so many people want to live there? o Would you like to live there? o What are some dangers of living on beachfront property  Do you prefer a calm sea or do you prefer big waves?  Should dogs be allowed on the beach? o Should dogs have to be kept on leashes at the beach?  Should cars be allowed on the beach?  What do you think of people who swim in the nude?  Is there a nude beach near where you live? o What do you think about nude beaches? o Would you ever want to swim in the nude? o Have you ever gone to a nude beach? o What do you think of topless swimming?  Which is your favorite beach?  Are there life guards at the beaches in your country?  Do you think that people should be allowed to drink beer or other drinks with alcohol on the beach?
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    Beauty and PhysicalAttractiveness  Who do youthinkisthe most beautiful personinyourcountry?  Who do youthinkisthe most beautiful personalivetoday?  Who wasthe mostbeautiful personinhistory?  Who isthe most attractive inyour family?  Doesbeautyaffectone'ssuccessinlife?  Is itbetterto be physicallyattractive orintelligent?  Is itbetterto be physicallyattractive orwealthy?  Is beautyrelatedtopower? o Can youthinkof anyone whoisina positionof powerthatisnot physicallyattractive?  Do people spendtoomuchtime andmoneyonbeauty?  How muchtime shouldbe spentonmakingyourself lookbettereachday?  Who wouldyousayis beautiful thatothersmaybe wouldn't?  Do youthinkpeople shouldhave cosmeticsurgerytoenhance theirlooks? o If so what isthe minimumage whensomeone shouldhave plasticsurgery? o How popularisplasticsurgeryinyourcountry? o What isthe mostpopularfeature forcosmeticalteration? o Do youthinkself-esteemaffectsbeauty? o Do youthinkbeautyaffectsself-esteem?  How importantisbeautyinyourdailylife?  Have you evernoticedanyone everfeelingpressuredtobe more beautiful?  What do youthinkof the proverb,"beautyisinthe eye of the beholder?" o Do youhave any proverbsor idiomsfromyourcountry that relate tobeauty?  What do youthink"beautyisskindeep"means?  What are some beautytipsthatyou couldshare?  Do youthinkpeople withmanytattooscanbe beautiful? o How manytattoosare too many? o Wouldyouevergeta tattoo? o Do youhave a tattoo?  Do youthinkpeople withmanypiercingscanbe beautiful? o What kindof bodypiercing,if any,doyou feel are acceptable? o What kindof piercing,if any,doyou feel are unacceptable?  What personalitytraitisthe mostimportantforinnerbeauty?  How doyou define beauty,usingyourownwords?  Wouldyoueverdate someone whowasnotconventionallyattractive?  What makesone personmore attractive thananother?  Do youthinkpeople fromdifferentcountriesthanyousee attractive the same way?  Is there someone famousthatisconsideredbeautiful,thatyouthinkisnot?  Are beautypageantsgoodor bad?  Shouldchildrenbe enteredintobeautypageants?  Do youthinkone genderor groupworriesmore aboutbeautythananother?  Wouldyouwant yourchildrentobe beautiful ortalented?  What are some of the drawbacksof beingbeautiful?  What do youthinkaboutplasticsurgery? o Wouldyoueverhave plasticsurgery? o If so, whatwouldyouchange?  What do youthinkof celebritieswhogetplasticsurgery?  Do youthinkit's necessarytohave plasticsurgeryif youare famousinorderto be successful?  Do youthinkskincoloraffectswhetherapersonisregardedas beautiful ornot?  Do youthinkthat fairerskinmakesyoumore beautiful?  What are some advantagesof beingbeautiful?  What makessomeone beautifulinyourcountry? o What differsbetweenthatideaandthe Americanideaof beauty?  What do youthink"beautyisskindeep"means?  How manydifferentadjectivescanyouthinkof to describe abeautiful womanorahandsome man
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    What do theseEnglish expressions mean?  Prettyis as prettydoes.  Beautyis inthe eye of the beholder.  Beautyis onlyskindeep.  What you see iswhatyou get. Behavior  What is good behavior? What is bad behavior?  Were you well-behaved as a child? o Why do some children seem naturally well-mannered, while others seem difficult? o Were you a well-behaved child? o How do you raise well-behaved children?  What influences you to make good choices?  Have you ever not tolerated someone's behavior? o Is there any behavior that you would not find acceptable? o What are some examples of bad behavior? o What is he worst behavior you have seen?  Would you teach your child to "hit back" at school if somebody hit him?  How can we teach our children good behavior? Are words or example more important?  Are you influenced by what you see on TV? Or by what you read?  Do friends influence you? o Can you influence your friends? o Is it important to surround yourself with good people? o How can friends have a bad influence on you?  Can music influence your behavior?  Is it important to only watch wholesome TV shows and only read good books?  How has the media affected society? Has TV made society better or worse?  How does religion influence people's behavior?  Do you care what other people think of you?  Do you care about the private behavior of a politician? o Can you judge a politician by how he behaves toward his family? o Do you give up your private life when you become a politician?  Should people behave differently with friends than with family? Do you treat people who are close to you better than strangers, or vice versa?  Does the behavior of well-known people, such as celebrities and politicians, affect how average people behave?  Does economic status affect people's behavior? For example, are people more generous if they have more money?  Who do you admire? Do you try to be like this person (or people)?  Are there historical figures you admire?  Who is affected by your behavior?  In what ways have the choices of others affected you?  Does your happiness depend on the behavior of others?  Should you always be on your best behavior?  Will we be judged for our behavior? Do you believe in a God who punishes bad people and rewards good people?  Does it always pay to be good?  How do you act when you are happy? Do you like being around happy people?  Should people act on their feelings? If you are in a bad mood, can people around you tell?  Do you believe we have a moral obligation to act happy, even if we do not feel happy?  Is it possible to change one's behavior?  Have you changed anything about your behavior?
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    o Have youstarted good habits? o Have you broken bad habits? o What are some ways to change your behavior?  Do you set goals to improve yourself?  What behaviors are expected from children towards their parents?  Do the clothes you wear affect your behavior? Should school teachers wear casual clothes?  What behaviors are expected from university and college students?  Should corporal punishment be illegal?  Are bad people bad because of circumstances or choices? What about good people?  Do you think there is such a thing as an evil person, or just a sick person?  Can bad behavior lead to crime?  Should parents be held responsible for their children's behavior?  What would you do if you saw somebody else's child behaving badly in public?  Should some parent give medicine to their children to calm them down?  Can you think of a behavior that is 'good' behavior in one culture and a 'bad' behavior in another culture?  How would you behave in a hospital?  What is the strangest thing you have ever done?  Should children be punished in public?  What kind of punishment do you think is the most effective ?  What does "misbehavior" mean?  What can we do to prevent or discourage it  Is there a behavior considered a 'good' behavior in one culture and a 'bad'  behavior in another culture? If yes, give examples.  Can we teach our children good behavior?  How can we teach our children good behavior?  How do children acquire good behavior?  What would you do if your child behaves badly in public?  What would you do if you saw somebody else's child behaves badly in public?  Would you spank (To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment) your child for bad behavior?  What would you do if you saw somebody spanking their child behaves for bad behavior?  What should you do with a child who has very bad behavior?  Would you teach your child to "hit back" at school if somebody hits them?  How should we punish children who commit crimes?  What behavior is not acceptable among friends?  How should movie stars behave in public?  Is it OK to show negative types of behavior when you are angry?  What behaviors make you feel good?  What behaviors make you feel angry?  Should children be encouraged to ask questions in class?  How can teachers stop "bullying" at school?  Have you ever got embarrassed by your friend's/girlfriend's/husband's misbehavior?  What is the right behavior to use in a job interview?  How should you behave when you see someone you don't like?  What is good behavior?  What is the right behavior to use in a restaurant? o At school? o At a party?  Can you think of a behavior that is 'good' behavior in one culture and a 'bad' behavior in another culture?  Can we teach our children good behavior?  How can we teach our children good behavior?  How do children acquire good behavior?  Would you spank your child for bad behavior?  What would you do if you saw somebody spanking their child for bad behavior?  Is it acceptable for parents to spank their children?
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    Birthdays  How arebirthdays celebrated in your country?  What are some birthday traditions you know of from other countries?  How do you like to celebrate your birthday?  What is your best birthday memory?  What is your worst birthday memory?  Have you ever had a surprise birthday party for yourself or someone else?  What is the best birthday gift you have ever received?  What is the worst birthday gift you have ever received?  What are some things you like to do for your birthday?  When is your birthday?  Did your parents give you birthday parties when you were a child?  In your opinion, What is the best time of year to have a birthday?  How do people you know celebrate turning 40?  Do you think getting older (40, 50, 60) is depressing for people, or a happy occasion?  What do you think is the best age?  Do you like going to work on your birthday?  Did you like going to school on your birthday when you were a child?  Have you ever had a surprise party?  Whose birthday do you always remember?  Among your close friends and relatives, whose birthday is coming up next?  About how many birthday gifts or cards do you send or give to people each year?  Have you ever forgotten someone's birthday that you should have remembered?  Do you know any famous people's birthdays? (Are any the same as yours?)  Do you know of any big events that happened the year you were born?  What is the best birthday gift you have ever received?  What is the best birthday gift you have ever given?  What is the worst birthday gift you have ever received?  What is the worst birthday gift you have ever given?  If you are in your teen years, tell how old you will be in twenty years time and say whether you look forward to that age or does it scare you.  If you could celebrate your own birthday the way you wanted, what would you do? o Where would you like to go? o How many people would you invite?  Would you rather celebrate your birthday with just your relatives or just your friends?  Do you remember what gifts you received on your last birthday?  What would you like to get most for your birthday this year?  Is the cost of a present important to you?  What kind of gift do you usually prepare for your friend's birthday? o Your mother's? o What about for other family members?  Which is a better present, a well-chosen gift or money?  Are birthdays really important?  How do you celebrate your birthday? Body Language  Why do you think body language is important?  How do you use body language in your daily life?  How does body language help you to communicate?
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     How doesyour native culture use body language? What kind of body language do you use at school? What are some examples of body language that boys use? Women? Boys? Girls? Children?  What actions are threatening?  What actions are friendly?  What actions are not allowed?  What "new" body language have you seen since coming to your new country? did those actions confuse you?  How does eye contact differ from your native country to your new one?  How can you misinterpret someone's body language?  Do you try to use body language when you communicate in English? Books and Reading  What is your favorite story?  Who is your favorite author?  Who is your favorite character?  What is your favorite genre? o Action o Mystery o Suspence o Detective o Science Fiction o Children's books o War o Non-fiction o Travel books o Self-help books o History o Biography o Autobiography o Gothic o Classic Literature o Modern Literature  What is the longest book you have ever read? o How long did it take you to read it?  Have you ever belonged to a book club? o What books did you read?  What is the funniest book you have ever read?  The saddest? o The strangest?  How many books have you read in your life?  Is there a time in your life when you read all the time?  How many hours do you spend reading in a week?  Have you ever been to a book signing or met an author?  Do you have any ideas for a story for you to write?  Do you read books based on recommendations?  What are some of the books that were recommended to you?  Were you ever given a bad recommendation?  Did it change your opinion of the person who recommended the book?  What books have you recommended for other people?  How often do you go to the library?  How many books do you check out at a time?  How do you choose the books you are going to read?  How important is the cover of the book.  Do you watch the movie that came from a book?  Most people say the book is better than the movie. Is this true for you?
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     Did youenjoy reading books in school?  What was your favorite book growing up?  Is there a book that you have read more than once? o What was the title? o How many times did you read it?  Is there a book you just couldn't finish? o What was the title?  What is your favorite time of day for reading?  Where is your favorite place to read?  Do you listen to music while you read?  Do you often read book before go to bed?  What factors are important to you when choosing a book to read? o Reviews? o A Recommendation from a friend? o The front cover?  What was the last book that you read?  What is your favorite book of all time?  Have you ever read a book and then watched the movie? Which was better? Why?  Who is the most famous writer from your country? o Have you read any of their books? o Do you think that they are overrated?  What genre of book do you enjoy most?  Have you ever tried to read a book in English?  Do you think that it is more valuable to read a book than to watch television?  Have you ever lent books to your friends and never got them back?  Do you think that the internet and television will eventually make books obsolete? Bullfighting  Have you ever seen bullfighting?  Which countries are famous for bullfighting?  Can you explain what happens at a bullfight?  Why do some people find bullfighting a wonderful spectacle?  Why do some people call bullfighting cruel?  What happens the bulls after they killed?  Can women be bullfighters?  If you don't want to ban bullfighting, would you impose restrictions on who watches this kind of sport?  Do you know anything about "bull-running" in Pamplona, Spain?- would you like to take part in this? Why?/ Why not?  Would you ban bullfighting in Spain?  Do you think bullfights, cockfights, dogfights, fish fights and the likes should be banned? Why?  How do you gamble on bullfighting? Business  Could I ask you some questions about your business?  When did you start your business?  Are you only a service provider?  Do you have any service expansion plan?  Do you have international presence?  Do you think recession is affecting your business?  What is the strength of your employees?
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     Do youhave any challenge in manpower retention?  Who is taking care of your human resources department?  What is so special about your business?  How do you motivate your employees?  Do you provide transport facility to employees?  Do you have any play ground / gym in your company?  Do you take of everything personally?  Do you have any program like employee of the month or employee of the year?  How many branches do you have in overseas?  What one quality in your people really affect your business?  Will you give any special benefit to your employees?  How often do you travel abroad?  Do you really believe in innovation?  Where from do you get inspiration for growth?  Do you think every company should prepare budget for income and expenses?  What is the governing principal of your business?  Do you take any assistance for technology improvement?  Do you think technology is must to grow your business?  Do you invite outside consultants to train your people?  What do you feel about growth of your company?  Do you want to give any message to the people?  What one thing can transform business to a higher level? Cars and Driving  How old were you when you first learned to drive? o Was there anything difficult about learning to drive?  Can you drive a car?  Can you drive a manual shift car?  Do you have a car?  If so, what kind of car do you have? o Is it a standard (manual shift) or automatic shift? o Which do you like best, a standard or automatic shift car?  What are the advantages of owning a car?  What are the disadvantages of owning a car?  Are you a good driver?  Have you ever been in a car accident?  Have you ever been pulled over by the police? o What happened?  Have you ever driven a car in a foreign country? o If yes, which side of the road did they drive on? o Were the road signs different?  Are the drivers in your area where you live good drivers?  Do you know anything about repairing or maintaining a car? o What do you know how to do? o Where did you learn how to do this?  Do you enjoy repairing cars? o What are some things you do to maintain your car?  Do you prefer driving or riding public transportation?  What kind of car do you prefer?  Do you like drive at night?  Do you think cars should be banned from city centers?  What side of the road do you drive in your country?  Is drunk driving a problem in your country?  What kind of laws does your country have about drunk driving?
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     What isthe penalty for drunk driving in your country?  Have you ever been (or) do you know anyone who has been in an accident related to drunk driving?  Is jaywalking legal in your country?  Do people often jaywalk in your country?  Who taught you to drive?  How long did it take you to learn to drive?  What is the longest trip you have ever taken by car?  Have you ever broken down and been stranded on the side of the road? o Who helped you?  How do American drivers compare to drivers in your country?  What are the speed limits in your country?  On what occasions do you honk your car horn?  Is it acceptable to honk in your country  Are men better drivers than women?  Are women better drivers than men?  At what age can you get a licence in your country?  Do you think the age for driving should be raised or lowered?  Do you think driving lessons should be provided by high schools?  Should new drivers have a period of accompanied driving? o Or some kind of trial period?  Do you have a GPS (Global Position System)? o What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a GPS?  Does the type of car a person drives tell us about the person who drives it?  What can we tell or imagine about a person by looking at the car they drive?  What are the laws about seat belts in your country? o How are they different to this country?  Is your car air conditioned? o What are the advantages and disadvantages of air conditioning?  Do you have a GPS? o If yes, when do you use it? If no, would you like one? Why or why not?  What is the price of gasoline in your country? o Is it cheaper or more expensive than in this country?  Do you allow passengers to eat inside your car?  What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying a second-hand car?  Do you wash your car yourself or do you have it washed?  Do you think that there is a relation between global warming and cars?  Have you ever seen a "hybrid" car?  What do you know about "hybrid" cars?  Do you really think that car manufacturers are interested in global warming?  How often do you need to get your car repaired?  On what occasions do you honk your car horn? o Is it acceptable to honk in your country?  Do you like to drive or be driven?  Have you ever bribed a policeman in your country after he pulled you over?  Is it common for traffic cops to accept bribes?  How are the traffic laws in your country? o Are they strict or lax?  Do most people follow the rules of the road?  Is it easy to find parking?  Is parking expensive?  What should be done in order to prevent traffic congestion in your city?  Is there any kind of rules to avoid traffic congestions?  How do you feel about spending time in your car during rush hour?  Is car theft a big problem in your country?  Have you had your car stolen?  Have you had your radio stolen?  Is road side assistance common in your country?  Can you change a flat tire?
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     Do youknow anything about fixing a car?  Who taught you to drive? o Was it pleasant or unpleasant?  Have you ever broken down and been stuck on the side of the road? o Who helped you?  What do you think of international car-free days?  Can you recall any memorable car drive in your life?  What are the most frequent driving offenses?  What factors are responsible for railway crossing accidents?  According to insurance statistics women are better driver than men. o Do you agree?  What do you think of car pooling? Celebrities  Have you ever seen a celebrity in person? What did you do?  Which celebrity would you like to meet? What would you do if you could spend a day with this person?  Do you think famous people have the right to have a private life?  Do you think it's moral to sell your private life to the media?  Do you approve of people who become famous as a consequence of appearing again and again in the media and not because of having an artistic career?  What do you think of the paparazzi?  Why do you think there is such a high demand for gossip magazines and gossip TV programs?  What are the pros and cons of being a celebrity?  What do you think of fans and fan-clubs ?  Did you have any heroes when you were a teenager?  Why do you think adolescents need to have heroes?  Do you think being a celebrity automatically means the person is intelligent?  Do you think that there are times when the common man has an edge over a celebrity?  If you could influence people like a celebrity does, how would you use it for the benefit of the planet?  Which celebrity do you most admire and why ?  Would you like to be famous ? Why or why not ?  Do you think there is a relationship between beauty and celebrity ?  Can you name some famous people?  Do you know someone famous?  Would you like to be famous? Why?  Are famous people happy?  Would you like to be a celebrity?  Would you like to be a celebrity? Why would you be famous?  If you were a celebrity, would you take advantage of it to date some fans?  Should celebrities be role models?  Do you think being a celebrity automatically means the person is intelligent? Why? Why not?  Do you think celebrities write their own music?  Can you give some examples of when the common man has an edge over a celebrity?  What do you think of celebrities championing a cause? (e.g. - a cure for AIDS)  Do you think that some celebrities earn much more money than they deserve taking into consideration what they produce? Change  Have you made any recent changes in your life?  Do you think change is important?
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     Do youever get the urge to refurnish your whole house?  Do you rearrange the furniture in your house often?  Do you like to rearrange your room or living-room?  Do you think change is important in people's life?  Do you think it is possible for a cold hearted person to change?  Do you think that it is easy to mend our old ways?  Do you think it is easy to keep up with the times?  If you could change anything in your life, what would it be?  What is the most difficult change you have ever had to make?  Have you ever decided to get a tattoo?  Have you ever cut your hair really short?  What was the craziest change in appearance you have ever made?  What was the last major change you made in your life?  Have you ever decided to change the group that you usually hang out (spend time) with?  What is one thing that you think you will never change about yourself?  What is one thing you have tried to change, but couldn't?  If you won a million dollars what things would you change about your life?  What things would you keep the same?  Has a friend of yours ever made any major changes that you were proud of? o An alcoholic? o An unmotivated person? o A person who is stuck in their ways?)  Have you ever converted (changed) over to a different religion?  Have you ever changed over to a different political party.  Have you ever dumped a boyfriend or girlfriend? Was the change difficult?  Have you ever said no to a friend?  Have you lost a pet, or has a person ever passed away on you?  Have you ever quit your job?  Have you ever became depressed and stay indoors for long periods? How did you get out of your depression?  Have you ever had to change the way you speak, or the way you act? Why?  Have you ever decided to change the way you dress? If so, why?  Have you ever decided to change the way you eat, or your form of exercise? Charity  Have you ever worked for a charity? o How long did you work there? o Was it a well run charity? o Did you enjoy this work?  Do you give money to registered charities? (e.g. Red Cross, World Wildlife Fund, Green Peace) o Can you name some other registered charities?  Do you think having large charity organizations is a good idea? Why or why not? o What are some of the good points? o What are some of the bad points?  Do you think that locally run charity organizations are more effective?  Are there any charities in (your town/city)? o How about in (your country)? o What are they? Cheating  What is your definition of cheating?
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     Have youever cheated?  Why do you think that people cheat?  Have you ever cheated in an exam?  Have you ever been caught cheating on an exam?  If you had a chance to cheat now, would you take it?  In what situations do people usually cheat?  Have you ever been cheated on by somebody else?  Describe a time when you cheated and it helped you.  Do you think if people stopped cheating the world would be a better place?  What do you think of people who cheat in their relationships?  What do you think can be done to prevent cheating?  What are some things you can do to prevent cheating?  What would you do it you saw someone cheating at something. Childbirth  Have you ever had children?  Where were your children born?  How long were you in labor?  How much did your first child weigh?  Can you tell us about your pregnancy?  Were there any complications during delivery? What were they?  How much maternity leave did you take from work?  Was your husband in the delivery room during childbirth?  Did your husband take maternity leave from work? How long?  Do pregnant women in your country work?  Do women in your country give birth in a hospital or at home?  What is more common, natural birth or C-sections?  Who helps a new mother with the baby?  Do women in your country breastfeed their babies?  Do you think it is OK to breast feed in public?  Did you breast feed your children in public?  Were you breast fed as a child? Childhood  Didyou have a happychildhood?  What didyou like todowhenyouwere a child?  What didyou looklike?  Where were youborn?  Whenwere youborn?  How oldwere youwhenyoulearnedtoride a bicycle? o Didyou have yourown bicycle? o Do yourememberwhotaughtyouto ride a bicycle? o Didyou have a bad bicycle accident?  Who wasyour favorite teacher? Why?  What was yourfavorite subject? Why?  What was yourfavorite game? o Who didyouplayit with? o Who gave it to you? o Whendid you like toplayit?  Do yourememberanythingaboutyourpersonalitywhenachild?  Were yougood at makingfriends?
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    o How didyoumakefriends? o Didyou have a lotof friends? o What didyou enjoydoingwithyourfriends?  What were some embarrassingsituationswhenyouwere achild?  Were youa goodstudent? o Didyou enjoygoingtoschool? o Didyou getgood grades? o Didyou enjoydoingyourhomework?  What didyou like aboutschool?  What didn'tyoulike aboutschool?  Who wasyour bestfriend? o How didyoumeetthisfriend? o What didyou dotogether? o Do youstill dothingswiththischildhoodfriend? o What otherthingscan youtell usabout yourbestfriend?  Were your parentssuperprotective? o At whatage couldyougo placesbyyourself? o Didyour parentsalwaystell youwhatto do?  Didyou playoutside? o What didyou like toplay? o How longdidyouplayoutside aday? o Couldyouplayoutside all yearlong?  Didyou playon the streets? o Was it dangeroustoplayinthe streets? o What kindof thingsdidyou doin the streets? o Didyou everhave an accidentwhile playinginthe streets? Whathappened?  Whenyouwere a child,whatdidyou wantto grow upto be? Didyouwant to be a motheror father? A firefighter?A doctor? A scientist?  Can yourememberspecificthingsfromyourchildhoodclearly? o How oldwere youat the time of your firstmemories?  What kindof fooddidyour like? o Didyou usedto eatanythingor were youa pickyeater? o What foodsdidyoulike eating? o What foodsdidn'tyoulike toeat? o Didyou have any foodsyouhated?  What was yourfavorite toywhenyouwere achild? o Who gave youthistoy? o Didit have a name? o Do youstill have it?  What was yourworstpunishmentasa child?  Where didyougrow up?Did youmove frequently?If so,why?  Who tookcare of youwhenyouwere little? A parent?A grandparent?A nanny?A daycare center?  How are you similartoyourparents? How are you different?  Describe the firstmemoryyouhave of goingto school.  Do youthinkchildrentodayeattoo muchfast foodanddon't playenoughsports?  What childhooddiseasesdidyouhave?  Didyou have any nickname? Tell usaboutit.  Were youafraid of anything? What?  What were yourfavorite cartoonsandTV shows? Sentences  Whenplayingagame... o You alwayswantedtowinand if youdidn'tyou cried. o You changedthe rulesjustto win. o You stoppedplayingif youwere losing.  Whensharingyour stuff... o You neverlentanythingbutyouwantedtoborrow thingsfromthe others. o You lentyourstuff butyou alsohad to borrow fromthe others. o You lentthingstothe other childrenandtheyneverlentyouanything.
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     On yourbirthday,you'dliketoreceive... o toys o clothes o thingsforschool  Whengoingto school... o Your motherhad to take youto school and youalwayscriedbefore gettingthere. o You had noproblemgoingandsoonstartedtalkingto friendsdecidingwhatyou'ddoat at school. o You wentto school butnobodytalkedtoyoubecause you'danswernothingandlookat people withanangry face. Children  Were there many children in your family?  How many children do you have. How many would you like to have.  Do you enjoy being around children?  When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?  What are the positive or negative things about being a child?  Do you think that children are different today from the time when you were child? Or from 50 years ago? 100 years ago?  What is most annoying or amazing thing about children?  What is the most important thing that we need to teach children?  Do you think that children are naturally good? Why or why not?  What were some important experiences that you had when you were child which shaped you as a person?  Why do you think children commit violent crimes?  Do you think children are more violent today than they used to be? Why?  What was your favorite game when you were a child?  Do we have to answer children's questions even if they are inappropriate ones?  Is it better to err on the side of strictness or leniency with children?  Who should be primarily responsible for taking care of children? Wife? Husband? Grandparents? Relatives? Day-care center?  What are the most important lessons to teach young children at home? Older children?  Is childhood the best time of life?  Who raised you? Your parents or grandparents or another family member?  Are you close to your parents? Do you get along well with your parents?  What did your family like to do together when you were a child?  What are your fondest childhood memories?  What are your earliest childhood memories?  What were your favorite games as a child?  How did you play as a child?  Who was your best childhood friend?  What was the most important lesson your parents taught you?  Should children be paid for household chores?  Can you remember doing anything that got you into trouble? What was it? How were you punished?  Should children be spanked? Why or why not?  What was your favorite toy?  What was your favorite toy as a child?  Do you think children today are under more pressure?  Do you think parents today have less time for their children?  Do you think video games are a bad influence on children?  Do you think children watch too much television?  Do we have a responsibility to correct children when their parents aren't around and they are misbehaving?  Do you think it is important for children to learn English and their family's native language? Why?  How do you think children can learn through play ?  What are basic children's rights?  At what age should discipline be introduced to children?  Can you tell when a child is being honest or trying to get away from something? How?
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     Did youhave any accidents at home as a child? If yes, what happened?  What's something children do that you'd like to be able to do it too?  What's the cutest thing you think children do?  What's a bad thing you think children do?  What kind of games do you like to play these days with children?  Do you agree that children nowadays are smarter then the children from some decades ago used to be?  What are you never going to allow, or have never allowed, your children to do?  Is there a best time to have children? o If yes, when do you think that is?  When is it OK for little girls to wear makeup?  What do children use their cellphones for? o Will you give one to your children? o After what age? Chores  How does your family decide who does various chores around the house?  Can you name some chores that need to be done everyday?  What chores are your responsibility?  Which chores do you not like to do.  How do you decide on your children's chores?  Do you get paid for doing chores?  What is something you hate doing when you get home?  Do you like to clean up your room?  Do you wash the dishes in your house?  Do you wash clothes for your family?  Do you do the ironing the clothes?  What are some chores you do outside your house?  Can you think of some dangerous chores that you can't do?  If you could buy only one of this two things, would you choose a dishwasher or a washing machine?  How long do you think you could live without a maid or someone to help you in the house?  Do you like to go to the supermarket?  Have you ever had an empty fridge for a long time only because you were too lazy to go grocery shopping?  What kind of products does your family buy on the Internet?  If you could have a robot to do all your chores, what would you choose for it to do?  What chores do you do that your parents didn't have to do when they were growing up?  What are some chores that your parents have to do around the house?  Do your grandparents help with chores? Cities  Why do you like living in the city?  What are some of the advantages of living in a city?  What are some of the disadvantages of living in a city?  Do you know the neighbors who live near you?  What's your favorite city? Why?  What city do you live in? o What part of this city do you like the best? o Can you describe the city?  What aspects of life in the city would you complain about?  What do you think should be done to improve living condition in cities?  What are some differences between living in the city and living in the country?
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     What sizecity is best to live in? Why?  What are the names of two big cities in Europe?  What are the names of two small cities in Europe?  Would you prefer to live in a really old historical city, or a really new modern city?  If you had grown up in a different city, how would your life have been different?  Did you grow up in the city or in the country?  Would you enjoy designing a new city ?  Do you walk alone at night in your home city?  Would you want to be the mayor of your city? o What would you do? o How would you change things? o Do you think you could make big changes in your city?  Would you want to be a member of the city council of your city?  What monuments of your city do you consider the most impressive? Why?  Do you like modern cosmopolitan architecture?  How would you describe the architecture of your city?  Which cities do you feel safe in?  Which cities have the best bus services/taxis/metro?  How can we make our cities safer places to live?  Do you think that each city should have their own laws or could all cities share the same general laws?  What would you do if you were in charge of a city? How would you improve it?  Do you know if your city has a disaster plan for earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, etc? o If so, what is the plan? o In your opinion, is it a good/sufficient plan? o What changes would you make?  Do all the cities in your country or the U.S. have the same educational system?  Can you suggest some good tourist sites to visit in your city?  Does your city have a professional or semi-professional sports team? o How many teams are there? o What are sports? o What are the team's names? o Do you go and watch some of these sports? How much does it cost? o Do some of these teams win championships?  What are you doing to reduce the amount of pollution in your city? o Does your city have any laws about dealing with pollution? o Do you follow them? o How do you sort garbage in your city? o Do you recycle on a regular basis?  If you had grown up in a different city, how would your life have been different?  Would you enjoy designing a new city?  Can you name two cities in twenty different countries around the world?  Do you think some cities are becoming too large? Why?  What are some tourist attractions in your city?  What are some historical places in your city? Have you visited them?  What's the most prestigious university in your city?  What are the major problems in your city? o What are some long term problems? o What are some recent problems? o What is your city doing to solve these problems? o What do you think should be done to solve them ? o What are you doing to help solve these problems?  Where's the trendiest area in your city? Do you enjoy going there?  who are some famous personalities from your city?  What would you do to improve some aspects of your city?  Which city's sports team do you cheer for?  Is your city very cosmopolitan?  What are some cosmopolitan cities around the world  What is the most important part of a city?
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     Who isthe local government head in your city?  Which cities would you like to visit in your home country?  Which cities would you like to visit around the world? Classrooms  What do you like about your classroom?  Do you think the teacher should assign seats to students?  What kind of classroom setting is the best for you?  What are five things you like about your classroom?  What are five things you don't like about your classroom?  What are five things you would like to change in your classroom?  What equipment for teaching is in your classroom?  Do you like classroom with fixed desks or movable desks? Why?  How much time a day do you spend in a classroom?  How much time a day do you spend in a classroom looking out the window?  Do you enjoy changing classrooms for different classes?  What is the ideal seating plan or arrangement in a classroom?  Is there any air conditioning in your classroom?  Is your classroom a nice place to study?  Do you like the location of your desk in your classroom?  Do you think that smart students always sit down in front?  Is it good to have only one teacher? Homeless Homeless  What do youknowabout beinghomeless?  Doesyour cityhave a large homelesspopulation?  Have someone youknowbeenhomeless?  Doesyour countryhave manyhomelesspeople?  What do youthinkcan done to helphomelesspeople?  Have you done volunteerworkinyourcommunity?  Do youthinkit's acceptable forchildrentoworklate at nightsellingflowersandsinging? o Do youthinkthese childrenneedtobe outdoingthis,orare theyjustearningextramoney? o What do youthinkwill happentothese childreninthe future?Dotheyhave a future?  Do youthinkthere shouldbe more helpforbeggars,homelessandpoorpeople inyourtownor city? o How aboutin yourcountry?  Do youthinkyour townor cityshouldmake a place for beggarsand homelesspeople togo,like ahomelessshelter? o Do youthinkit wouldreduce the amountof beggarsandhomelesspeople onthe street? o Do youthinkit would encourage people tobe lazy? o What are some reasonsthatthese people wouldnotwanttouse such a shelter?  If your townor city wasto have a homelessshelter,whoshouldrunthisplace? o Who shouldpayforthis place? o Shouldanybodybe allowedtogoto thisplace?  Do youthinkthe governmentshouldgive moneytohomelesspeople? o How aboutjoblesspeople? o If you thinkthe governmentshouldgive money,abouthow muchmoneydoyouthinkshouldbe given? Beggars  Do yougive moneytobeggarsor homelesspeople?Whyorwhynot?
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    o How doyouknowif a beggar isa real beggar? o If you give moneytobeggarsor homelesspeople,abouthow muchdoyou give? o Do youthinkbeggarsshouldworkon theirown? o Wouldyouoffera beggara jobto helpyouaroundyou house?  Wouldyourather give moneytobeggarsor buskers?(Buskersare peoplewhoentertainyouonthe streetformoney, e.g.musicians)  Wouldyourather give moneytobeggarswhohave a disability,olderbeggars,beggarswithbabiesorchildbeggars? Why?  Doesyour countryhave rich beggars?  Have you heardof storieswhere peoplebegformoneybutinfact theyare rich? Tell usabout it?  Doesit make youfeel goodtogive moneytobeggars?  Do yougive moneytobeggarsto helpor to make youfeel goodaboutyourself?  Do yougive moneyor doyou give things:e.g.clothes,food,etc.?  Do youchoose the kindof beggarsyougive moneyorthingsto? e.g.oldmenplayingmusical instruments,small childrenroamingaround,adultscarryingachild.  In yourcountry,is there a syndicate behindbeggars? Cloning  What iscloning?  What are the advantagesof cloning?  What are the disadvantagesof cloning?  Do youthinkanimalsshouldbe cloned?  Do youthinkvegetablesshouldbe modified?  What are the ethical concernsaboutcloning?  Are you againstor infavor of cloning? Why?  How doescloningaffectourlives?  Can youname some animalsthathave beencloned?  What do youthinkabouteatingthe meatfrom clonedanimals? Clothes & Fashion  About how much money do you spend on clothes a year?  Do you like shopping for new clothes?  Do you often buy new clothes?  Do you prefer to go shopping or just browse? Why?  Do you think men should be allowed to wear skirts?  What piece of clothing do you spend your money on the most? Why?  Do you read fashion magazines?  Do you sometimes wear a hat?  Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes? o Do you think it is important to be in fashion?  Do you wear jewelry? o If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear? o How often do you wear jewelry? o What is your most valuable piece of jewelry?  Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?  Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you wore last year?  Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?  Have you ever made your own clothes? o If so, what did you make? o Do you often make your own clothes?  How many pairs of gloves do you have?
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     What aresome of the strangest fashions you have seen?  What colors do you think look good on you?  What colors do you think look good on your mother?  What did you wear yesterday?  What do you think of body piercing? o Do you have pierced ears? o Do you know anyone with a pierced nose? o Would you ever pierce your tongue?  What do you think of people who dye their hair green?  What do you think of women who wear high heel shoes? o Do you think high heel shoes are bad for a person's health?  What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?  What is your shoe size?  What kind of clothes are in fashion now?  What kind of clothes do you usually wear?  What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?  What's your favorite color for shoes?  When was the last time you got dressed up? o Why? o How often do you get dressed up? o Do you like to get dressed up?  Where are some good stores to buy clothes in this area?  Where do you usually buy clothes?  Would you like to be a fashion model? Questions on Styles, Clothing and Fashion-based Stereotypes  What would you think of a women who cut off all her hair and went around bald as a fashion statement?  What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?  What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts?  Do you think that the clothes we wear reflect what is inside us ?  What do you think of people who always and only wear black?  What do you think of people with tattoos? o Do you have a tattoo? o Do you know someone with a tattoo?  What do you think of people with body piercing? o Do you have pierced ears? o Would you pierce other parts of your body?  What would you think of a high school student who always wore very conservative clothes?  What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to express yourself?  What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?  Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to America for a visit?  Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy? o In what ways do you dress differently?  If you went out with a group of high school friends, would you dress differently then if you went out with your grandmother and her friends?  In what ways does your Grandmother dress differently then you?  When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or grandfather?  Would you ever wear dreadlocks? o What do you think of the people who wear them?  Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids. o Did anyone look at you differently because of it?  Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color?  What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the people who choose to were glasses?  What do you think about women who don't wear earrings?  What do you think about men who wear earrings? o What do you think of women who do?  Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up?
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    o When isa person wearing to much make-up? o What do you think of men who wear make-up?  Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earrings or other accessories?  Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?  What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your country?  What do you think of men who where tights?  What do you think about secondhand clothes? o Why do you think people buy secondhand clothes? o Have you ever been to a store that sells secondhand clothes? o Have you ever bought secondhand clothes? o Would you buy secondhand clothes?  When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right now? Why did you choose it?  What would you think if the mother of the groom wore black at a wedding? o What would you think if a bride wore red? o Should a bride's dress be long or do you think it could be the length of a regular skirt?  What items of clothing do you consider provocative in this country? o What types of clothing are provocative in your country? o Do you ever dress this way?  What do you think of men wearing high heels?  What do you think of women wearing high heels?  Why is it acceptable for women to wear men's clothing, but not for men to dress in women's clothing?  Is there a stigma attached to people who buy no-name (no brand) clothing?  Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?  Have you ever bought imitation brand clothing?  What traditional clothes do people from your country wear? o When do you wear them? o Are they comfortable?  In your country do children have to wear school uniform? o Did you wear a school uniform? o Do you think wearing uniforms is a good idea?  What would you do or feel if you were refused entry to somewhere because of what you are wearing?  Do you think dress codes should be adhered to if requested on an invitation?  What would you wear to meet royalty or the President of your country?  Would you go to a fancy dress party? Why or why not?  How much do you spend getting ready to go to school? Work? Out with friends? To a party? o Do the times vary much?  What traditional clothes do people from your country wear?  When do you wear them?  Are they comfortable?  Do you think there's a difference between" fashion " and "style" ?  How often do you go clothes shopping? o Where do you like to go? o Who do you like to go with? o How much money do you usually spend? o Would you bring your husband/boyfriend with you when you go clothes shopping?  What do you like to shop for the most?  Where is your favorite shopping centre?  What is your favorite brand?  Are you a shopaholic?  Do you go to many shops before buying one particular item or do you just buy the first one you find?  Do you spend a lot of money on clothes your clothes?  Which type of clothes do you "collect"?  What's your favorite piece of clothing? o How much did it cost? o Where did you buy your favorite piece of clothing?  Have you ever felt uncomfortable with what you wear?  Did your parents ever make you wear something you didn't like?  Do you like to go shopping during the sales?
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    College  What isthe name of your college or university?  How many students go to your college?  Is your college coed?  How many subject are you taking this semester?  Who is your favorite teacher?  How did you decide which college to attend?  What is your typical day at college like?  What are three big differences between your college life so far and your high school days?  What is your major? Why did you choose your major? Do you have any regrets?  What is the most difficult class you have taken so far?  Have you ever pulled an all nighter? What was the situation?  Have you participated in a college festival? o Talk about your experience. o Do you think this style of festival is held in Western countries? Why or why not?  Are you a member of any student groups? Which ones? What do you do? Are you satisfied with what's happening with your group(s)?  Are there some professors that you can learn from more easily than others? o What are the qualities that make you want to study for a certain professor?  What are the top three changes you would like to see happen at your university?  What do you think of student government? o Are you now or have you ever been part of it? o Do you think it's worthwhile? o Does participation in student government bring any benefits to the participants? What?  What are the top three things you hope to get out of (get as a result of) your university days?  In the West, one of the most valued parts of college life is independence. o Are you more independent from your parents now than you were in high school? o Name some things you can do now that you weren't allowed to do in high school. o Are you as independent now as you would like to be?  Talk about relations between upperclassmen and freshmen. o What kinds of things do freshmen have to do for "initiation?" o What other things do upperclassmen do to freshmen? o Were you a victim of "hazing" by upperclassmen? Talk about it.  What's the most difficult class you have taken so far?  Are you a member of any student groups (circles or club)? o Which ones? o Are you satisfied with what's happening with your group(s)?  Are there some professors that you can learn from more easily than others? o What are the qualities that make you want to study for a certain professor? o Perhaps is it just a matter of class rules and homework demanded?  What do you think of student government? o Are you now or have you ever been part of it? o Do you think it's worthwhile? o Does student government do anything important? o Does participation in student government bring any benefits to the participants? What? For Students who have Graduated from College.  What is your fondest memory of your college experience?  What is your worst memory of your college experience?  Were there any subjects that you just couldn't seem to master?  Were you a good student or did you slack off and procrastinate?  Did you have any college romances?  What was the hardest thing about going to college?
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     If youcould have done something different with your college life, what would you have done differently?  Where did you get the money to attend college?  Do you feel it is necessary for young people to attend college these days? o What happens to people who just stop after high school or even quit high school?  Do you wish your college had a better sports program? Colors  What's your favorite color? o Has your favorite colorchangedasyou've grownolder?  Do youhave a colorthat you hate? o If so, whatis it? o Why doyou hate it?  Do youthinkcolors affectyour mood? o How doesredmake youfeel? o How doesgreenmake youfeel? o How doesblue make youfeel? o How doespurple make youfeel? o How doesblackmake youfeel? o How doeswhite make youfeel? o How doesyellow make youfeel? o How doesbrownmake youfeel? o How doesgreymake youfeel? o What do youthinkof orange?  Do youthinkdifferentcultureshave differentmeaningsforcolors? o What do the differentcolorsmeaninyourculture?  Do youassociate any colorswithspecificitems, numbers,orlettersnotusuallyassociatedwithcolor?  Can youthinkof differentidiomsorexpressionsinvolvingcolor? o What's a "black andwhite"matter. o What doesitmean to"see red"? o What doesitmean to"feel blue"? o What doesitmean to"be yellow"? o What's a "black tie affair"? o What doesitmean tobe "blacklisted"? o What doesitmean tobe "the blacksheepinthe family"?  How manycolorsare inthe rainbow? Whatare they?  What colorsare on yournational flag?  What's the bestcolor fora car? o What's the bestcolor fora house? o What do youthinkisthe bestcolorfor lensinsunglasses?  What's the color forpassion? o What's the color forhatred? o What's the color forhappiness? o What's the color forsadness? o What's the color foranger? o What's the color fordeath? o What's the color forjealousy? o What isthe colorof envy? o What's the color forcowardice?  What color ismoneyinyourcountry?  Do youknowanyone whois colorblind? o What colorsdo mostcolor blindpeople notsee?  Do youthinkanimalscan see color?  What doesblack-sheepof the familymean?  Do youdream incolor?  How wouldyoucompare the feelingyougetwatchingamovie inblackand white towatchingitin color?  What color clothesdoyoulike towear?
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    o What colorsdoyouthinklookgoodon you? o What color shoesdoyoulike towear?  What do youthinkisthe strangestcolorfora car? o How abouta house? o How aboutclothing? o How abouthair color?  Do youknowanyone whohas dyedtheirhaira strange color? (...anunnatural hair colorsuch as blue ormultiple shades?)  Have you everseenapetdog or cat withdyedfur?  Do youthinkdifferentcolorshave differentmeanings?If so,whatdo different colorsmean?  Do the color blinddreamincolor? o Do youthinkpeople whoare colorblindcan dreamincolor?  What color inkdoyou like usingthe most? o What isthe meaningof writingwithblackink? o What isthe meaningof writingwithgreenink? o What isthe meaningof writingwithredink? o What isthe meaningof writingwithblue ink?  What color of paperyou like mostif youwantto write a lettertoyour friendsorlovedones?  What isthe colorof the bedspreadonyourbed?  What isyour leastfavorite color?  What color toothbrushdoyouhave? o Doeseveryone inyourfamilyuse adifferentcolortoothbrush?  What color towelsdoyouuse?  What color are the curtainsinyour bedroom?  What doesitmean whensomeone sayshe'sfeelingblue?  What doesitmeanswhensomeone saystheyare greenwithenvy?  wWhatdoesit meanswhensomeonesays"youlookgreenatthe gills"?  What doesitmean whensomeone says"Iwassomad I was seeingred"?  What doesitmean whensomeone says"he wasblackasan ace of spades"?  What ispinkeye?  We are not sure what thismeans,butit wassubmitted. o What doesitmean whenyousee the colorof a rainbow inyoureyes?  What wouldyouthinkof life withoutcolors? o What do youthinklife wouldbe likewithoutcolors? o How wouldlife change? o What thingswouldn'tchange? o Are color blindpeoplecompletelyblindtoall colors?  Do youthinka person'sfavorite colorwillalwaysbe his/herfavoritecolor? o Do favorite colorschange throughoutlife?  Have you evertriedto inventanewcolor? o Try it rightnow:try to thinkof a colorthat doesn'texist,one you'dlike tosee. o What doesitlooklike? o (Note:Itisphysicallyimpossible toconceiveof acolor that isn'ta shade of a colorthat alreadyexists,but studentswill enjoytryingforafewminutesandthe impossibilityof itmakesforgoodconversation.)  What doesthe blacksheepof the familymean?  Do youlike lightordark colorsbetter?  Whichcolors doyou have to mix toget green? Orange?Purple?Black?Gray?  What expressionsinclude colorswhendiscussingillness?(ex.,white orpale,pinkeye,blackandblue forbruises, yellowfever)  What expressionsinclude colorsandfeelings?(ex.Ifeel blue,Greenwithenvy,Redwithrage,Turningred,Black circlesunderthe eyes,Youare turningblue (withthe cold))  What do the colorsin yourhome country'sflagrepresent?  What isthe mostmemorable inadvertisementsorcommercialsforyou? (ex.the music,colors,movement,message)  What does"a picture iswortha thousandwordsmean"?  Thisword isusedwhentraveling:Iboughtaticketon the redeye flight. Whatmightthismean? Comic Books
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     Do youlikecomics? o Do youlike Americancomicbooks? o Do youlike comicsfromothercountries? o Do youlike fantasycomics? o Do youlike funnycomics? o Do youlike realisticcomics? o What do youlike aboutcomics? o What comicsdo youlike? o What comicsdo youlove? o What comicsdo youhate?  Do youplay anyvideogamesbasedoncomicbooks?  Have you watchedanyanime? o Have you readany Japanese manga?  Have you readany comicsin English?  How are comics differentfromone countrytoanother? o How are comic booksdifferentinthiscountryfromthose inyourcountry?  How have comicschangedover time?  How manycomicsdo you reada week? o How muchtime do youspendreadingcomics?  How oftendoyouread comics? o How oftendoyouread comicsinEnglish?  Shouldcomicshave a ratingsystemlike the movies(G,PG,R)?  What comicshave you readin English?  What can you learnfromcomics?  What ismore importanttoyou,the story or the pictures?  What isthe bestcomicbookyou've everread?  What type of comic appealstogirls? o What typesappeal toboys? o What typesappeal toadults?  What was the lastcomic bookyouread?  Can yourememberthe firstcomicbookyouread?  Where do youusuallyreadcomicbooks?  Who do youthinkreadscomicbooks?  Do youthinkboysread more comic booksthangirls? o Why doyou thinkmore ___ (boys) readcomicsthan ___ (girls)?  Do youthinkpeople inthiscountryreadmore comic booksthanin yourcountry?  Who has bettercomicsDC or Marvel?(Or askabout twoothercomic bookpublishers.)  Why are comics so popular?  Why dopeople like to readcomics?  Why doyou thinkHollywoodmakessomanymoviesfromcomicbooks?  Why don'tmore people readcomicbooks?  Are comic booksbetterthan(regular) books?  At whatage isa persontoooldto readcomics?  Do violentcomicsmake peoplethinkmore aboutviolence?  Cost o Abouthowmuch do youspendoncomics ina month? o How muchdo you spendoncomicbooks? o How muchshoulda comic bookcost? o Is collectingcomicsagoodinvestment?  Who isthe worst comicbook character?  Whenyouread comics,whois more interestingthe heroorthe villain?  Who isyour favorite villain?  Who wouldyourarch enemybe?  Superheroes o Who wouldwinafightbetweenBatmanorSuperman? o Whichsuperherois mostlike you? o What qualitiesdoyouneedtobe a superhero? o Who isthe the mostpopularsuperheroinyour country? o What superheroshouldhave a movie made abouthim/her? o Who isthe most popularcomicbookhero inyourcountry?
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    o What reallife personcouldbe asuperhero? o If you couldmake your ownsuperherowhatwouldhisor hername be?  What wouldhissuperpowerbe? o Do we needmore superheroes?  If you couldhave one superpowerwhatwoulditbe?  What isthe bestsuperpowertohave?  What are some complaintsthatsome parentshave aboutcomicbooks?  Why dopeople like toreadcomicbooks? Community  What do youlike aboutyourcommunity?  How didyoudecide onyourcommunity?  What do youthinkshouldbe changedinyourcommunity?  How can youhelpyourcommunity?  How manyof yourneighborsdoyouknow?  Are there oldpeople livinginyourcommunity? Tellme aboutthem.  Are there little childreninyourcommunity? Tell me aboutthem.  What do the people inyourcommunitydoforrecreation?  What do youthinkisthe mostimportantthingaboutcommunity?  Doesyour communityhave special daystogettogether?  Doesyour communityhave meetings?  Is there a neighborhoodwatchprograminyourcommunity?  Wouldyoulike toraise your childreninacommunitylike yours?If yes,tell me why.If no,tell me why?  Is yourcommunityafraidof strangers?  How can youlive ina communityandmaintainyourprivacy?  Doesyour communitywelcomestrangers?  Have you everhelpedaneighbor? Commuting  How doyou commute toyour school or yourplace of work?  How far doyou travel andhowlong doesittake you?  How doyou travel?Isit expensive? Isittiring?  What are some of the reasonswhypeople commute?  Wouldyourather workin a nearerplace?  If you workfar from yourhouse,whyhave youchosentocommute a longway to work?  Wouldyouevertravel betweencountriesorstatesinorderto keepabetterjob? Why or whynot?  In yourviewpoint,whatare the advantagesanddisadvantagesof commuting?  If you didn'thave any relativesorwife/husband,wouldyoutravel abroadforwork? Whyor whynot?  Wouldyoulike tolive abroad? Whyor whynot?  If you movedtoanothercountry,what thingswouldyoumissaboutwhere youlive now?Whichoneswouldyoube gladto get awayfrom?  Are there certainprofessionswhichrequirecommuting?  Wouldyougive up yourjobif youhad to commute frequently?  Wouldyouaccept a job thatrequirescommutingtwohoursa dayone way? Complaining  Is italwaysnecessary tocomplain?  Whenis itappropriate tocomplainina restaurant?  What do youthinkof the saying,"The customerisalwaysright."?  What do yousay to someone tocomplainaboutbadservice inastore or restaurant?  Have you evergottenangryat a worker ina store or a restaurant?  What are some reasonswhywe mightneedtocomplainina store or restaurant?
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     What aresome reasonswhyyouwouldnotcomplainaboutbadservice?  Do youpreferto make a complaintoverthe telephone orinperson?  Whenis itnecessarytowrite a letterof complaint?  Is itcommon inyourcountry to complainaboutbadservice? Computers  Are you computerliterate?  Are you connectedtothe Internet? o Do youaccess the Internetwithyourcomputer? o Can youaccess the Internet fromyourhome? o What isyour favorite "news"site? o What Internetsitesdoyouvisitregularly?  Can yourmotherand fatheruse a computer?  Do youhave a computer? o Do youhave a computerat workand at home? o Do youhave a laptopor a desktopcomputer? Doyouhave both? o Do youuse yourcomputerwhenyoudo homeworkforschool? o Have you everstudiedEnglishusingyourcomputer? o How manytimeshave youupgradedyourcomputer? o How powerful isyourcomputer? o What companymade your computer? o What kindof computerdo youhave? o What size isyourcomputerscreen?  What do youthinkisthe bestsize tohave? o Where do youuse your computer? o Where inyour roomis yourcomputer? o Why didyoubuy yourcomputer?  Do youhave a digital camera? o Do yousendphotosby email? o What kindof picturesdoyou take withyourdigital camera?  Do youhave a scanner? o What kindof scannerdo you have?  Do youhave a webpage? o What's the URL? o Whendidyou start it? o How muchtime didit take to make? o How muchtime do youspendkeeping itupdated?  Do youknowany computerprogramminglanguages? o How manycomputerprogramminglanguagesdoyouknow? o Whichlanguagesdoyou know? o Whichlanguage doyou use the most often?  Do youread computermagazines? o Whichcomputermagazinesdoyouread?  Do youuse a computer? o Are you goodat usinga computer? o Are you still usingyourfirstcomputer? o Didyou learnto use a computerinhighschool? o Do youknowhow to type well? o How oftendoyouuse a computer? o What are some of your favorite computergames? o What do youuse a computerfor? o What operatingsystemdoyouuse? o What software doyouuse the mostoften? o Whendidyou firststart usinga computer? o Who taughtyou to use a computer?  Do youuse chat rooms?If so, whatchat rooms do youuse and whodo youtalk to?
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     Do youusee mail? o Do youuse e mail everyday? o Do youwrite e mail inEnglish? o Have you eversentan e mail to yourteacher? o How manye-mailsdoyougeta day? o How manye mailsdoyousenda day? o How manytimesa day doyou accessyour e mail? o What's your e mail address? o How manye mail addressesdoyouhave?  Do youhave a Facebookaccount? o How oftendoyouaccess it? o How oftendoyouupdate it. o How manyfriendsdoyouhave? o How manyhoursa daydo you spendlookingatit?  Do youwant a more powerful computer?If so,whatcomputerdoyou want?  Doesyour familyhave acomputer?  How fastcan you type?  Have you evertakena course at school where youuseda computer?  Have you triedMac-OS,WindowsandLinux?  How doyou studyEnglishwithyourcomputer?  How doesemail work?  How manypeople inyourfamilycanuse a computer?  How muchdidyour firstcomputercost?How much didyoulast computercost?  How muchdoesit cost bybuy a computer? o What's the leastexpensive computer? o What's the most expensivecomputer?  How muchdoesyour Internetservice providercost? o WhichISP doyou use?  If you couldbuya newcomputer,whatwouldyoulike tobuy?  If you had lotsof money,whatkindof computersystemwouldyoulike tobuy?  What isthe difference betweensoftware andhardware?  Whichdo you like better,alaptopcomputerora desktopcomputer?  What isyour favorite website?  Do youevervisitEnglishwebsites?  Do youthink our liveshave beenimprovedbycomputertechnology? o Thinkof a fewexamplesof howcomputershave aneducational oranentertainmentvalue. o Couldyoudo withoutthem?  What ismultimedia? o What are the componentsandthe elementof multimedia?  Whendidyou firstgeta computer? o What kindof computerwas it? o Abouthowmuch didit cost? o Do youstill have it? o Do youstill use it?  Do yourememberthe firsttime youusedacomputeror the Internet? o What didyou thinkaboutit?  How longhave there beenpersonal computersinyourcountry? o Whendidthe average personstart usinga computer?  Can yourparentsoperate a computer? o How dotheyuse theircomputer? o Do youchat withyourparents? o What kindof computerdo theyuse? o Do theyenjoyusingtheircomputer?  Can yourchildrenuse a computer?  Do youthinka computercan bringushappiness?  Do youhave a computer?  Do youknowany computerlanguageslike CorC++?  What isconfigurationof yourPC?  How oftendoyouperforma backup? o What kindof backup methoddo youuse?
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    o What kindofbackup mediadoyouuse?  What are some goodthingsabouthavinga computer?  What are some badthingsabouthavinga computer?  Doeshavinga computermake life more complicatedorlesscomplicated?  What computergameshave youplayed? Whichare your favorites? o Whichdo you thinkare not sointeresting?  Do youuse chat roomsand instantmessaging? o Whichonesdo youuse? o Why doyou use them? o What are some thingstothinkaboutwhenusingthem? o Why can these be dangerousforyouand yourkids?  What do youdo whenyourcomputerdoesn'tworkproperly? o Do youhave more thanone computer? o Can youdo everythingyouneedtodowhenyourcomputerisbroken?  Do youhave a webpage? o Didyou make yourown webpage? o What ison thiswebpage? o Why doyou thinkpeople have webpages? o What wouldyoulike toadd toyour webpage?  Do youknowwhat a blogis? o Do youhave one?Why/ whynot? o Why dopeople have blogs?  What do youthinkaboutfile sharing?  On the Internet,youcansay whateveryouwant. Isthat true? o Is ita goodor a badthing? Why? o What isartificial intelligence? Conflict  What isconflict?  Whenyousee the word "conflict",whatdoyouthinkof?  What causesconflict?  Is conflictinevitable?  Is conflictalwaysnegative?  How can conflictsbe resolved?  What wouldyouconsidertobe a constructive approachtoconflict?  What wouldyouconsidertobe a destructive approachtoconflict?  Doesthere have to be a winneranda loserof a conflict?  What happenstopeople whoare involvedinconflicts?  What conflictsare goingon aroundthe world?  What conflictsexistinyourlife?  How doyou deal withconflicts?  Can violentconflictsbe solvedwithviolence?  How can the worldbe peaceful whenothercountriesare nottryingto bringpeace?  Can conflictsatwork place affectthe efficiencyof one'swork?  Is itpossible toavoidconflicts?  Doesit solve anything?  Have you everusedthird-partymediation? o If so, didyouuse a professional,orafriend?  What was the experience like?  Didit helpresolve the conflict?  Wouldyourecommendthisapproachto others?  Are there any kindof conflictsinthe family?  What kindof conflictsoccur ina family?
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     Is thereanyconflictinyourfamily?  Didyou experience anykindof conflictinyourfamily?  How can conflictsinthe familybe solved?  What strategiesdoyouknowto solve conflictsinthe family?  What kindof conflictsappearat school? o Why are there conflictsatschool?  What shouldteachers,parentsandpupilsdotoavoidandsolve suchconflicts?  What conflictscouldhappeninaneighborhood?  Why are there conflictsamongneighbors?  What shouldneighborsdotoavoidandsolve conflicts?  Shoulda conflictbe solvedstraightawayorwhenwe calmdown? Corruption  What kindsof corruptionare there?  Has corruptionaffectedyourlife?  Why doyou thinkpeople are corrupt.  Can corruptionbe a good thing?  How doyou reduce corruption?  Whichcountrieshave a lotof corruption?  What can you doabout corruptioninyourcountry?  How doyou remove corruptworkersfromtheirjobs?  What isthe largestbribe youhave paid?  Can corruptionbe a good thinginsome societies?  What wouldyoudo if yourbosstellsyouthat at Christmasitis usual toreceive small presentsfromlocal companies?  Wouldyouaccept a free ticketfora football match,afree drinkbyvirtue of your position?  What wouldyoudo if youreceive acomplaintfroma citizenof anattemptedbriberyfromapolice officer?  Do youthinkcorrupt police officersare natural-borncriminals?  Do youknowa corruptioncase?  Do youthinkdisciplineisfairwithinthe police?  How are you goingto preventcorruptionandmisconductinthe groupthat youcommand?  Is corruptionwithinthe police aresultof lowpay?  Have you everheardof a drug-relatedcorruptioncase?  Do youthinkpolice unionsplayagoodrole in the preventionof corruption?  Is corruptioneverjustifiable?  Have you everreceivedabribe?  Have you everbribedsomeone?  Do youknowsomeone whohasbeenbribed?  Is briberyabig probleminthe countrywhere youlive?  Will youaccept a dinnerinvitationfrom animportantbusinessmanof yourcity?(He hasgood connectionsinthe council andyou nephewisunemployed.)  Wouldyourevertto briberyif yourlife wasat stake?If yourchild'sor one of yourfamilymembers'lifewas threatened?  Is there a sumof moneythatmightpersuade youto"lookthe otherway"? Countries  What countrywouldyoulike tovisit?  What countrywouldyoulike tolive inandwhy?  What countrywouldyoulike toworkin?  What countryhas the most interestingcustoms?  What countrywouldbe funto work in?  Wouldyoulike towork ina tropical country?  Wouldyoulike towork inAntarctica?
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     Wouldyoulike tolivewhere there isalwayssnow?  Wouldyoulike tolive where there isdesertandhotweather?  What countriesinEurope have youvisited?  What countrieswouldyounotlike tovisitandwhy?  What countryin Asiawouldbe a greatplace to live?  Is yourcountry the bestplace foryou to live?  What isspecial aboutyourcountry?  What festivalsandfeastsdoesyourcountryhave?  Wouldyoulike togo and live inanothercountry?  What countrieswouldyoulike totravel tofora vacation?  How wouldyoutravel tosee yourcountry?  How wouldyoutravel the world?  What countrieswouldyoutravel toif youwere to doa worldtrip?  Whichcountry getsthe most snowfall andwhy?  What country/countriesneighbor(neighbor) yourcountry?  What are some similaritiesanddifferencesbetweenyourneighboringcountryandyourcountry? Creativity  What iscreativity?  Do youconsideryourself acreative person? Why?  What issomethingcreative thatyouhave done?  Is creativityagoodthing? Why or whynot?  What are some waysthat a personcan be creative?  Is takinga riskpart of creativity? o Do youlike totake risks? Give anexample  Do youoftenask questionthe waythingswork?  Do youlike toimprove things?  What are some creative waystoentertainchildren?  Can youthinkof a device thatwouldmake people'slifeeasier?  How doesself-confidence affectaperson'screativity?  Can someone whoinitiallyseemstolackany abilityforacertainform of art develophiscreativityandfinallycometo masterit? o Have you heardof anysuch case? o Do youknowanyone whois personallyanexample of this?  How doesearlyexposure todiverse stimuli,andhisinvolvementincreativeactivitiesaffectachild'sfuture creativity?  Do youbelieve thatnatural genetical featuresinahumanbeingare absolutelydeterminanttotheirfuture creativity, or is interactionandengagementintoself-expressionandinteractionwiththe worldmore influential thanthis?  How doesa person'sstandardof living,involvingsuchthingsasdiet,exposuretochemical orotherformsof pollution, active versussedentaryliving,differentformsof addiction,oranyotheraspectsyou may thinkof,affectthem biologicallyregardingtheircreative capacities?  Doesthe educationsysteminyourcountryencourage creativity? How?  Do youthinkcreativitycomeswith time andthoughtoryou are born withcreative talent?  What creative activitiesdidyoudoas a child?  What are some incentivesforcreative peopleinthe workplace?  What isa creative businessthatyouwouldlike tostart?  Who are some of history'smostcreative people?  In whichprofessional fielddoyouthinkpeople are mostcreative?e.gscience  Do youoftenanswerquestionsbyexplaininghow thingswork?  Can youthinkof devicesthatwouldmake people'slife easier? Crime
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     Are someparts of thiscity consideredmore dangerousthanothers? Whichparts?  Are there any placesyouare afraidto visitbecause of the highcrime rate? If so,where?  Are there problemswithdrugswhere youlive?  Are you apprehensive aboutwalkingoutside afterdark?  Do youalwayslockyour house? Howaboutyour car?  Do youbelieve thatpublicexecutionswoulddetercrime? If so,how?  Do youdrinkand drive?  Do youknowanyone whohas beenmugged?  Do youknowsomeone whohasbeena victimof a violentcrime?  Do youthinkabortionisa crime?  Do youthinkgun control isa goodidea? Explain.  Do youthinkpeople whouse illegal drugsshouldbe putinjail?  Do youthinkpolice TV dramas are realistic?  Do youthinkpolicemanshouldbe allowedtocarryguns?  Do youthinkthat capital punishmentisagoodidea? Whyor whynot?  Do youthinkthat punishmentforviolentcrimesshouldbe the same forjuvenilesandadults? Why/whynot?  Do youthinkthat the deathpenaltywouldpreventcrime inyourcountry? Whyor whynot?  Do youthinkthat the legalizationof narcoticswoulddecrease the crime rate?  Do youthinkthere are anylegal drugsthat shouldbe illegal?  Do youthinkthere isa linkbetweendrugsandcrime?  Do youthinkprostitutionisacrime?  Do youthinkthere will be more orlesscrime inthe future?  Do youthinkyour countryisa safe place to live? Whyorwhynot?  Do youwalkalone at nightinyour home city?  Doesprisonhelprehabilitate criminals?Shouldit?  Have you everbeenthe victimof acrime?How aboutothersin yourfamily?  Have you everdone anythingillegal?If so,whatdidyoudo?  Have you everhadanythingstolen?  Have you everseenacrime? o Have you everwitnesseda crime?  Have you everstolenanything?  How can youpreventthingsfrombeingstolen? o How can youavoidhavingthingsstolenfromyou?  If a personstealsaloaf of breadbecause he needstofeedhisstarvingfamily,shouldhe be punished?  Is childabuse a probleminyourcountry?  Is drunkdrivingacrime where youlive?If so,whatis the punishment?  Is iteverO.K.to breakthe law? If so,when?  Is prisonan effective punishment? Whyorwhy not?  Is there a problemwithorganizedcrime and/organgswhere youlive?  Is yourhometownconsideredsafe?  Under whatsituationswouldyouthinkof committingacrime?  What are some thingspeople candoto protectthemselvesfromcrime?  What are some thingsthatare legal thatyou personallythinkshouldbe illegal?  What crimesdo youthinkwill decrease inthe future?  What crimesdo youthinkwill increase inthe future?  What crimeshave youheardabout recentlyinthe news?  What do youthinkisthe worstcrime a personcouldcommit? Why?  What do youthink of the deathpenalty?  What isa gang? o What gangs existinthiscountryandin yourhome country? o What are the characteristicsof these gangs?  What isthe punishmentformurderinyourcountry?  What isthe punishmentforstealinginyourcountry?  What kindsof crime are mostcommonin yourcountry? What are the penaltiesforthese crimes?  What kindsof crimesare increasing?  What kindsof crimesdo youthinkcan be prevented? How?  What makessome people becomecriminals?Isitpoverty,upbringing,lackof education,unemploymentorsomething else?  What weaponsdopolice carryin thiscountry?How aboutyourhome country?  What wouldyoudo if youhearda burglarinyour house?
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     What's youropinionaboutthe deathpenalty?  Why doyou thinkcrime ismore prevalentinsome societiesthaninothers? o Why isthere more crime insome countries?  Why doyou thinkpeople steal things?  Do youthinkcorporal punishmentisnecessary?  Who decideswhatisandisn'ta crime?  Do youthinkthat "corporate criminals"are sufficientlypunishedfortheircrimes?  Do youthinkthat police dramascan teachpeople how seriouscertainactionscanbe?  Is a personbornas a blankpage or doeshe have some thingspredeterminedlikevulnerabilitytocrime?  Shouldadulterybe consideredacrime?  Why dopeople commitcrimes?  What can be done aboutgun/knife violence?  Do youthinkyour cityis a dangerousplace tolive in? o Do yousee a lot of crime happeningaroundyou? o What kindof crime is it? Shoplifting?pickpocketing?Etc?  Have you everwitnessedacrime?If "yes"tell usaboutit.  Have you everwitnessedactsof vandalism? o What do youthinkisthe maincause of vandalism? o How can we fightvandalism ?  Do youthinkgraffiti isvandalismorart?  Have you everbeenrobbed? o How didithappen? o Didyou reportto the police? o Didtheyhelpyou?  Do youagree that terrorismisthe evil of the 21st century? o What are the roots of terrorism? o What act of terrorismterrifiesyoumostof all?  Is briberyacrime? o What spheresare corruptedmostof all inyour country? Police?Education?Medicine? o What isthe bestwayto fightcorruption?  What isyour attitude tothe deathpenalty? o Is there a deathpenaltyininyourcountry? o If you thinkitshouldexist,whatkindof criminalsshouldbe sentencedtodeath?  Whichpunishmentismore severe,the deathpenaltyorlife imprisonment?  What do youthinkisan adequate punishmentforanadolescentwhohascommittedaseriouscrime? Murder? Burglary?Car theft?Rape?  Is piracya great probleminyourcountry? o Do youconsiderpiracyto be a crime? o Is itpossible togetridof piracy?  What isintellectualproperty? o Can youthinkof some examplesof stealingintellectualproperty. o Do youthinkit isa seriouscrime?  What do youknowabout the mafia? o How doesthe mafiaaffectyourlife? o How doesthe mafiamake money?  Have you evernoticedsomeonestealinginastore? o What were youractions?  If your friendhascommittedaseriouscrime, how wouldyouact? o Wouldyoureport tothe police ornot?  Do youagree that everythingthatisnotprohibitedbylaw isallowed?  Is downloadingmusicorvideosacrime?  What's the difference betweencopyrightinfringementandtheft?  What isthe difference betweencrime andsin? Culture  What are some thingsthatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,...
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     What doyouthinkisinterestingaboutyourculture?  Do youknowmuch aboutyour ownculture?  Whenpeople fromothercountriesthinkabout yourculture,whatdotheyusuallythinkof?  In yourculture isit polite tobe straightforwardanddirectwhenyoutalkto someone? o To whomis itOK and to whomisit notOK?  What has surprisedyouwhenyou've metpeople fromothercountries?  Have you lookedatInternetpagesfroma differentculture?If so,how were theydifferentfromthose of yourown culture?  What do youlike aboutyourculture?  What don't youlike aboutyourculture?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfromolderpeople?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfrompeople inthisculture?  Are there manypeople of differentculturesinyourcountry?Are youfriendswithany?  Have you everfeltconfusedbythe actionsof someone fromanotherculture? o If so, tell me aboutit.  How are your language teacherswhoare not fromyourcountry differentfromyourotherteachers? o How are theythe same?  Who inyour culture doyou admire most?  What your culture are youmost proudabout?  Why doyou thinkculture isimportant?  If you couldchange one thingabout yourculture,whatwoulditbe?  Wouldyoueverconsidermarryingordatingsomeone fromanotherculture?  Wouldyoueverconsiderlivingpermanentlyinacountryotherthan yourhome country? Why or whynot?  What doesitmean tobe polite inyourculture?  What isconsideredrude inyourculture? o Is there anythinginthisculture thatisconsideredrude that maynot be consideredrude inyourculture?  If a groupof people justcame toyour countryfromoverseas,whatadvice wouldyougive them?  What othercultureshave youmetpeople from?  What do youthinkisimportantwhenvisitinganotherculture?  Do youthink"wheninRome,doas the Romansdo" isalwaysgoodadvice? Whyor why not?  Have you everbeenina situationwhere youfeltyouhadto "doas the Romansdo"?  What culture besidesyourowndoyouadmire andwhy?  If aliensvisitedyourcountry,whatmightsurprise them?  Do youpray before eachmeal?  How doyou feel whenyouleave yourhome cultureandenterintoacompletelynew culture?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture hasgiventothe world?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture/countryhasadoptedfromanotherculture?  If you couldchoose three aspectsof yourculture to put ina "time box"for the future,whatwouldyouputinit?  What isculture shock?  Have you everexperiencedculture shock?  What isreverse,orre-entry,culture shock?  Have you everexperiencedreverse culture shock?  On whatoccasionsdo youexchange flowersinyourcountry?  On whatoccasionsdo youexchange flowersinyourcountry?  What are some things thatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,...  Do youknowmuch aboutyour ownculture?  What do youthinkisinterestingaboutyourownculture?  What do youlike mostaboutyour ownculture?  What do youlike leastaboutyourculture?  What doesitmean tobe polite inyourculture?  What isconsideredrude inyourculture?Isthere anythinginCanadianculture thatisconsideredrude inyourculture?  In yourculture isit polite tobe straightforwardanddirectwhenyoutalkto someone?TowhomisitOK and towhom isit not OK?  What has surprisedyouwhenyou've metpeople fromothercountries?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfromolderpeople?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfrompeople inCanada?  Are there people of differentculturesinyourcountry?Are youfriendswithanyof them?  What othercultureshave youmetpeople from?  Have you everfeltconfusedbythe actionsof someone fromanotherculture? If so,tell me aboutit.  How are your language teachersdifferentfromyourteachersinyourculture? How are theythe same?
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     What arethe five mostimportantvaluesof yourculture? (Forexample,Family)  What inyour culture are you mostproudabout?  If you couldchange one thingabout yourculture,whatwoulditbe?  Wouldyoueverconsidermarryingordatingsomeone fromanotherculture?  Wouldyoueverconsiderlivingpermanentlyinacountryotherthan yourhome country? Why or whynot?  Do youthink"wheninRome,doas the Romansdo" isalwaysgoodadvice?Whyor why not?Have you everbeenina situationwhere youfeltyouhadto"do as the Romansdo"?  What do youthinkisimportantwhenvisitinganotherculture?  If a groupof people justcame toyour countryfromoverseas,whatadvice wouldyougive them?  What culture besidesyourowndoyouadmire? Why?  If aliensvisitedyourcountry,whatmightsurprise them?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture hasgiventothe world?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture/countryhasadoptedfromanotherculture?  What are some thingsthatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,... Customs  What customsdo youpractice?  What are yourfavorite customs?  What customsdo youthinkshouldbe revised?  What customsdo youthinkshouldnolongerbe practice?  What customs(fromelsewhere)doyouthinkshouldbe includedinourculture? Cultural Shock and Adapting to Canada  Have you everbeenina situationwhere youfeltyouhadto "doas the Romansdo"?  What isculture shock?  Have you everexperiencedculture shock?  What isreverse,orre-entry,culture shock?  Have you everexperiencedreverse culture shock?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture hasgiventothe world?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture/countryhasadoptedfromanotherculture?  If you couldchoose three aspectsof yourculture to put ina "time box"for the future,whatwouldyouputinit?  On whatoccasionsdo youexchange flowersinyourcountry?  What are some thingsthatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,...  Do youknowmuch aboutyour ownculture?  What do youthinkisinterestingaboutyourownculture?  Whenpeople fromothercountriesthinkaboutyourculture,whatdotheyusuallythinkof?  What do youlike mostaboutyour ownculture?  What do youlike leastaboutyourculture?  What doesitmean tobe polite inyourculture?  What isconsideredrude inyourculture?Isthere anythinginCanadianculture thatisconsideredrude inyourculture?  In yourculture isit polite tobe straightforwardanddirectwhenyoutalkto someone?TowhomisitOK and towhom isit not OK?  What has surprisedyouwhenyou've metpeople fromothercountries?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfromolderpeople?  How doyoungpeople inyourculture behave differentlyfrompeople inCanada?  Are there people of differentculturesinyourcountry?Are youfriendswithanyof them?  What othercultureshave youmetpeople from?  Have you everfeltconfusedbythe actionsof someone fromanotherculture? If so,tell me aboutit.  How are your language teachersdifferentfromyourteachersinyourculture?How are theythe same?  Who inyour culture doyou admire most?  What are the five mostimportantvaluesof yourculture? (Forexample,Family)  What inyour culture are you mostproudabout?  If you couldchange one thingabout yourculture,whatwoulditbe?  Wouldyoueverconsidermarryingordatingsomeone fromanotherculture?  Wouldyoueverconsiderlivingpermanentlyinacountryotherthan yourhome country? Why or whynot?
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     Do youthink"wheninRome,doasthe Romansdo" isalwaysgoodadvice?Whyor why not?Have you everbeenina situationwhere youfeltyouhadto"do as the Romansdo"?  What do youthinkisimportantwhenvisitinganotherculture?  If a groupof people justcame toyour countryfromoverseas,whatadvice wouldyougive them?  What culture besidesyourowndoyouadmire? Why?  If aliensvisitedyourcountry,whatmightsurprise them?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture hasgiventothe world?  What isthe best/mostimportantthingyourculture/countryhasadoptedfromanotherculture?  What are some thingsthatdefine aculture? Forexample,music,language,... Dangers  Have you beeninthe midstof dangerbefore?  What do youdo whenyoufeel someonemightbe followingyou?  If you are indanger,whatshouldyoudo?  If your life wasindanger,whowouldyoucall and why?  Can youexplainthe 'fightorflight'complex?  What makesyoususpiciousof someone?  What makesyoususpiciousof aplace?  Have you trieddoinganythingdangerousthatcouldriskyourlife?  Why are there still people wholovetododangeroussports?  Why are there people whostill live inadangeroussociety?  Do youthinkyour neighborhoodisdangerous?  Have you causedany dangerto otherpeople before?  What was the mostdangerousthingthatyou have done?  Why are the richfacinga lotmore dangerthan the poor or average people?  What time isthe most dangeroustime togo out?  Do youthinkthere are dangersinyourhouse?  What do youdo whenyousee someone indanger?  What do youdo whenyousee the back label of a productwitha dangersignon it?  What do youdo whenyoufeel thatsomethingmighthappentoyou?  Is there anemergencynumberyoucancall whenyouare in danger?  Can we stay awayfrom danger?  Are you a personthatworriesaboutnothingor everything?Give anexampleof somethingthatyouworry(or don't worry) about.  What dangersexistwhenyoudrive?Whenyoufly?Whenyoutake atrain?  What dangersexistforbabies?Forchildren?Foruniversitystudents? Forthe elderly?  Whencan a governmentbe adangerto itsownpeople?  What kindsof people inyourcommunityhave occupationsrelatedtodanger?  What countrydo you considerthe mostdangerousinthe worldandwhy?  Whichcity inyour countrydo youconsiderthe mostdangerousandwhy?  Do youthinkthat media(TV,movies,music) canbe dangerous? Why?  Have you beenina midstof dangerbefore?  Has your putyour life beenputindangerbefore forastranger?  Has your life beenputindangerbefore forastranger? Dating  Describe aperfectdate.  Describe the appearance of the personyouwouldlike todate?  Describe the characterof the personyouwouldlike todate?  Do you"go Dutch" whendating?  Do youknowwhat itmeansto 'go Dutch'?  Is itusual for people inyourcountryto 'go Dutch' if yougo out together?
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     Do oldergirls/boyshaveaproblemdating youngergirls/boys? o Do youngergirls/boyshave aproblemdatingoldergirls/boys?  Do youbelieve inlove atfirstsight? o Do youthinksome people knowthattheywill fall inlovewithsomeone the firsttime theymeet?  Do youknowwhat a 'blinddate'is?  Have you everbeenona blinddate?  Didyou everarrange a blinddate?  Do youdrive or take the trainwhendating?  Do youhave a boyfriend/girlfriend? o Where didyoumeetyourhim/her? o What doeshe/she looklike?  Do youthinkfairytalesinfluence our choice of a partner?  Have you everhada crushon someone?  Have you everhatedlovingsomeone?  Have your parentseverdisapprovedof anyof your relationships?  How oftenwouldyoulike togoout ondates?  How oldwere youwhenyouhadyour firstboyfriendorgirlfriend?  How oldwere youwhenyouwentonyour firstdate? o Where didyougo? o What didyou do? o Who didyougo with?  Is goingouton datesimportantforyou?  Is there a suchthingas a perfectrelationshipforyou?  If you couldgo out withanyone,whowoulditbe?  If you are a man,and a womanasksyoufor a date,do you feel youshouldpay,orthatthe womanshouldpay?  What are some popularplacestogo on a date?  What characteristicsdoyoulookfor ina girlfriendorboyfriend?  What do youconsidercheatingina datingrelationship?  What do youlike totalkabout whenona date?  What do youlookfor ina girlfriendora boyfriend?  What do youthinkmostpeople talkaboutwhendating?  What kindof clothesdoyou wearon a date?  What qualitiesare importanttoyouina boyfriendorgirlfriend?  What was the mostboringdate you've everbeenon?  What was the mostinterestingdate you've everbeenon?  What wouldyouconsider"the perfectdate"foryou?  Where isa goodpace to goon a date inthistown?  Where wouldyoulike togoon a date?  Wouldyoumindif your boyfriend/girlfriendwentouttopartywithoutyou?  Wouldyoupreferto go outwitha quietor a talkative person?  At whatage do youthinkthatdatingshouldbegin? o Do youthinkthere isany age whenapersonistoo oldto date?  Doesyour firstlove still holdaspecial place inyourheart?Doyou believe thathe orshe will alwayshave aspecial place inyour heart?  What isyour definitionof love?  Wouldyouwaiton a personyouwere datingfora longtime if theyjoinedthe army? o How aboutif theywentto prison?  What do youthinkaboutdatinga friend'sex-girlfriendorex-boyfriend?  Are there any superstitionsonmakingsomeone fall inlovewith you? o Have you heardof anysuccessful "love potions?"  Can youcontrol your partnerby playinggames?  Whenshouldyouintroduce yourboyfriend/girlfriendtoyourparents?(whenyoubegindating,afteryouhave been togetherfora while,onlywhenthe relationshipisserious) Why?  Do youlike tohave boy friendorgirl friendinyourschool or inyour classes?  Do youthinkit isright to continue seeingapersonif he hasnot introducedyoutohisfamilyyet?  How longdoesittake for datingto become a relationship?  Is itimportantto be punctual inyour firstdate? Why?  Wouldyoudressup for a firstdate?What clotheswouldyouwear?  What kindof place do youthinkis the ideal fora firstdate?Why doyou thinkso?  Do youthinkthat age difference isimportantwhendating?
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     Wouldyoudate someonemucholderoryoungerthanyou? Why or whynot?  Wouldyourparentshave a problemif youmarriedsomeonemucholderoryoungerthanyou?Wouldit make a difference if thatpersonwere rich?  Do youlike toflirt?If so, whatdo youusuallydo? Where?Withwhom?Why?  Do youeversetyour friendsuponblinddates?If so,have you hadmuch success?  Do youthinkblinddatesare a good wayto meetsomeone special? Whyorwhynot?  What isan intimate relationshipforyou?  How doyou knowyouare ina relationship?  Do youhave any expectationsforyourpartner?  What isa perfectdate foryou?  Do youngergirls/boyshave aproblemdatingoldergirls/boys?  Do youthinksome people knowthattheywill fall inlovewithsomeone the firsttime theymeet?  Where didyoumeetyourhim/her?  What doeshe/she looklike?  How oldwere youwhenyouwentonyour firstdate?Where didyougo?Whatdid youdo? Whodidyou go with?  What kindof boy/girl doyoulike?  Do youthinkthere isany age whenapersonistoo oldto date?  Doesyour firstlove still holdaspecial place inyourheart? o Are you still incontact? o Wouldyoulike tosee yourfirstlove again? o Do youbelieve thathe orshe will alwayshave aspecial place inyourheart? o How aboutif theywentto prison?  Have you heardof anysuccessful "love potions?"  Have you everreturnedagiftto your boyfriendorgirlfriendandlaterfindoutthathe has givenittohis/hernew mate?  Whenshouldyouintroduce yourboyfriend/girlfriendtoyourparents? o Whenyoubegindating. o Afteryouhave beentogetherfora while. o Onlywhenthe relationshipisserious? o Why?  What kindof place do youthinkis the ideal fora firstdate? Why doyou thinkso?  Do youthinkthat age difference isimportantwhendating?  Do youconsiderwithholdinginformationfromyoursignificantotherlying?  Shouldyousleepwithyourfriends?  Do youlike tohave boyfriendorgirlfriendinyourschool orin yourclasses?  What do youthinkaboutinternetdating?  Do youknowanybodywhodoesinternetdating?  Have you heardof anysuccessful relationshipsthroughinternetdating? o Wouldyouconsidertryingityourself?  Have you evermetthe man/womanof yourdreamswhenyouwere onvacation? Death & Dying Maybe too sensitive for some groups, but many are extremely interested in how different cultures deal with death.  What causesdeath?  Are "LivingWills"available where youlive?  Are there special ritesorceremoniesperformedwhenapersondies?  Are you afraidof death?  Do youbelieve inlife afterdeath?  Do youoftenthinkof death?  Do youthinkthat there isanythingworthdying for?  Do youwant to knowthe date of yourdeath? Why or whynot?  How doyou cope withthe deathof someone special?  Is organ donationortransplantsanoptionwhere youlive?  Is physicianassistedsuicideanoptioninyourcountry?  Wouldyouconsiderphysicianassistedsuicide if youwere sufferingapainful dyingexperience?
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     Is thedeathof a lovedone consideredajoyful ora sorrowful occasion?  Is there anypersonyouwoulddie forinorder tosave? Who is it?  What are some wayswhichyoucan helpa familywhichhasjustexperiencedthe deathof a familymember.  What shouldyousayto someone whohaslosta lovedone?  What are yourbeliefspertainingtoa person'ssoul once theyhave died?  What do youthinkof suicide?  What do youthinkwould happenif there were nodeathforhumanbeings? o What do youthinkwouldhappenif peopleneverdied?  What happenstoa person'sremainsafterdeath? Cremation?Burial?Etc.  What isthe mourningprocess? o What isthe mourningprocess?  Where do we go when we die?  Wouldyouwant yourcrematedremainstobe part of a fireworksshow?  Who do youthinkwouldmournforyouafter yourdeath?  If you were ondeathrow,what wouldyourequestforyourlastmeal? o Who wouldyouwantto watch yoube executed?  If you couldchoose howyouwere goingto die,whatwouldyouchoose yourdeathto be?  What do youthinkof cryogenics? o Wouldyoulike tohave your bodyfrozen,sothat youcouldbe thawedoutandbrought backto life sometime inthe future? o Do youthink it will everbe possible?  If you had the optionof freezingyourbodyinhopesthatscience wouldsome daybe able tobringyouback to life, wouldyoudo it?  Why are so many people afraidof death,whenitisunavoidable?  What wouldhappenif youdied?  On account of your beliefsorsome otherreason,doyoulookforwardto dying?  Have you everhadto put a petto sleep?  Do youbelieve thatyouwill be bornagain?  Why isfacingdeatha difficultexperience?  How doesa personcope withdeathof a friendor lovedone?  What are some reactionstodeathof a friend?  How doyour national customssurroundingdeathreflectthe valuesof yourcountry?  What shouldyousayor notsay to a friendwhoisfacingdeath? o What shouldyousayor notsay to a friend whohaslosta friend?   What are funeralslike inyourcountry? o What are some funeral customsinyourcountry?  What isthe suicide hotline inyourcommunity?  Is there a suicide hotline inthe areawhere youlive?  Do youknowsomeone whohasdiedfroma trafficaccident?  Do youknowsomeone whohasdiedfroma from disease? o What was yourreaction? o How didyoufeel?  Whenhave youvisitedahospital?Whodidyouvisit?  What sights,smells,soundsdidyounotice whenyouvisitedthe hospital?  How didyou feel aboutyourvisit?  How can you helpsomeone whoisdying?  How do youtell someone thatsomeone theyknowhasdied?  What are some useful euphemismsfortellingsomeonethatsomeone theyknow hasdied?  What are some otherwordsfordeath?An example is"passedaway".  Do you believeinGod?  Do you thinkpeople shouldbe crematedorburied?  Has anyone close toyoueverpassedaway?
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     What isgrief?  Do you thinkthe grievingprocessisdifferentfordifferentages?  Have you knownsomeone whohadanextendedsicknessbefore death?  Have youeverlostsomeone close toyou?  Have knownanyone whohascommittedsuicide?  What wouldbe yourreaction?  What wouldyousayto that person'sfriends?  What is hospice?  Do youhave hospice servicesinyourcountry?  How quicklyissomeone buriedorcrematedafterdeath?  What expensesare involvedinburyingorcrematingsomeone?  What measuresare takeninyour countryto ensure thatno stigmaisassociatedwiththe burial of poorpeople?  Are coffinsdisplayedonthe streetentrance tofuneral parlorsinyourcountry?  Is it appropriate forfuneral directorstoadvertisetheirservices?  How can thisbe done?  If youwere giventhe chance to have someone die withyou,whowouldthatpersonbe?  How wouldyouwantto die?  Have youeverthoughtyou'dlike todie?  How doesitfeel whenyourlovedone diesandyouwere unable tosee themforthe lasttime?  Have youeverbeentoa funeral where afamilymember of the deceasedsungasong,reada letteror reada poem?  Have you everdone somethinglike thatatsomeone'sfuneral?  Wouldyou wantto knowif you were dyingandif so,wouldyouwantto know how longyouhad to live?  Wouldyouwant to knowthe exact day of your death?  If there were five of yourfriendsdrowning,whichone wouldyousave first?  If youare marriedor have a life partnerwouldyouexpectthemtomove onafteryoudie.  If so how longshouldtheywait?  Do you have hospice servicesinyourcountry?  Do you knowanyone whodiedfora fewsecondsorminutesbutcame to life again?  What do youthinkaboutthe storiesthese people tell?  Who has diedthatyou know?  Have youhad a pet die?  What is the worstway of dying?  What is the ideal wayto die?  Do you believeinout-of-bodyexperiences?  Are youafraidof losingone of yourrelativesall of asudden?
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     Wouldyou likeitif someone sungyouasong or reada poemaboutyou,or a letterto you,at yourfune ral?  What kindof funeral arrangementswouldyoumake foryourselfif youknew youwere dying?  How longdo youexpectyouspouse orlife partnertowaitbefore theymove onafteryourdeath?  Do you have a bucketlist?  What happenswhenisembalmed? Perhaps not a useful question, but it was submitted.  Wouldyou like todie? Diets  Have you everbeenona diet?  How doyou knowif youare fat?  What isthe bestwayto diet?  Do youthinkdietingcanbe dangerous?  Do youthinkfiberisimportantinyourdiet?  What kindof fiberisthe bestwhenyouare tryingto loose weight?  Do youthinkproteinisimportantina balanceddiet?  What isa goodsource of protein?  Do youthinkpeople whoare fatcan be happy?  Do youthinkpeople are ingeneral are gainingweightorloosingweight?  What kindof dietwouldyourecommendtoyourfriend?  What kindof dietwouldrecommendedforanolderperson(40's) anda youngerperson(teens)?  What isthe difference betweendietanda healthydiet?  Is there a difference betweenbeingthinandbeinghealthy? Whichone isbetter?  Do youthinkbeingslimequalsbeautiful?  Do youthinkthere ismore pressure nowforteensto lookslimmer?  In whatway can dietinfluence ourappearance andpersonality?