ACADEMY OF POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL SPEAKING TEST 1

FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Subject: TACB 02 – Regular Program

Semester II – School Year: 2020 – 2021
Time Allowance: 8 minutes

TOPIC 1: FACTS OR FICTIONS

Note: Including 1 minute for preparing in advance for Part 2

PART I: INTRODUCTION (3 points – 2 minutes)

Introduce yourself.

PART II: MONO TALK ABOUT A GIVEN TOPIC (4 points – 3 minutes)

Your favourite film

Tell the examiner about your favourite
film.
Suggested questions:

- What is the film about?

- Who are the main characters?
- What is the ending?
- Why is it your favourite film?

PART III: DISCUSSION - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO PART 2

(3 points – 3 minutes)
Suggested questions:
- What kinds of film are the most popular in Vietnam?
- What do you think of the violent films?
- Do old people and young people like to watch the same kinds of films?
- What do you think people can learn from watching films?

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ACADEMY OF POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL SPEAKING TEST 2
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Subject: TACB 02 – Regular Program
Semester II – School Year: 2020 – 2021
Time Allowance: 8 minutes

TOPIC 2: BUYING AND SELLING

Note: Including 1 minute for preparing in advance for Part 2

PART I: INTRODUCTION (3 points – 2 minutes)

Introduce yourself

PART II: MONO TALK ABOUT A GIVEN TOPIC (4 points – 3 minutes)

A shopping center
Talk about your favourite shopping
center.
Suggested questions:
- Where is it?
- How often do you go there?
- What do you buy from there?
- What types of people usually go
there?

PART III: DISCUSSION - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO PART 2

(3 points – 3 minutes)
Suggested questions:

- How have shopping habits changed over recent years?

- To what extent do you think advertising affects the way people shop?
- Do you like shopping on the Internet?
- What are the advantages and the disadvantages of online shopping?

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ACADEMY OF POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL SPEAKING TEST 3
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Subject: TACB 02 – Regular Program
Semester II – School Year: 2020 – 2021
Time Allowance: 8 minutes

TOPIC 3: STREET LIFE

Note: Including 1 minute for preparing in advance for Part 2

PART I: INTRODUCTION (3 points – 2 minutes)

Introduce yourself.

PART II: MONO TALK ABOUT A GIVEN TOPIC (4 points – 3 minutes)

Clothes and Fashion

Tell the examiner about someone you know who
dresses well.
Suggested questions:

- Who is he/she?
- How do you know him/her?
- What kind of clothes does he/she wear?
- Why do you like the way he/she dresses?

PART III: DISCUSSION - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO PART 2

(3 points – 3 minutes)
Suggested questions:

- What type of clothes do you like to wear?

- Do you think the brand of clothes is important?
- What factors do you think affect the clothes we choose to wear?
- Is it possible to look good without spending lots of money on clothes?

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ACADEMY OF POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL SPEAKING TEST 4
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Subject: TACB 02 – Regular Program
Semester II – School Year: 2020 – 2021
Time Allowance: 8 minutes

TOPIC 4: THE WORLD AROUND US

Note: Including 1 minute for preparing in advance for Part 2

PART I: INTRODUCTION (3 points – 2 minutes)

Introduce yourself.

PART II: MONO TALK ABOUT A GIVEN TOPIC (4 points – 3 minutes)

Your favourite animal

Tell the examiner about your favourite animal.
Suggested questions:
- What kind of animal is it?
- What does it look like?
- Why is it your favourite animal?

PART III: DISCUSSION - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO PART 2

(3 points – 3 minutes)
Suggested questions:
- What kinds of pets are the most popular in Vietnam?
- What are advantages and disadvantages of having a pet?
- What do you need to do to take care of your pet?

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ACADEMY OF POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL SPEAKING TEST 5
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Subject: TACB 02 – Regular Program
Semester II – School Year: 2020 – 2021
Time Allowance: 8 minutes

TOPIC 5: A WEEKEND AWAY

Note: Including 1 minute for preparing in advance for Part 2

PART I: INTRODUCTION (3 points – 2 minutes)

Introduce yourself

PART II: MONO TALK ABOUT A GIVEN TOPIC (4 points – 3 minutes)

A weekend away
You are going to plan a weekend away with
some friends. Tell the examiner about your
plan.
Suggested questions:

- Where are you going to go?

- What are you going to bring?
- Where are you going to stay?
- What can you play there?

PART III: DISCUSSION - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO PART 2

(3 points – 3 minutes)
Suggested questions:

- What do the Vietnamese people often do at weekends?

- Where do young people in Vietnam usually spend their free time?
- Do people's leisure time activities change as they get older? How?
- Tell me about some good places to hang out. Why are they good?

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ACADEMY OF POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL SPEAKING TEST 6
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Subject: TACB 02 – Regular Program
Semester II – School Year: 2020 – 2021
Time Allowance: 8 minutes

TOPIC 6: LEARING FOR THE FUTURE

Note: Including 1 minute for preparing in advance for Part 2

PART I: INTRODUCTION (3 points – 2 minutes)

Introduce yourself

PART II: MONO TALK ABOUT A GIVEN TOPIC (4 points – 3 minutes)

Your favourite course

Talk about a course that you would like to
learn
Suggested questions:

- What is the course?

- What is it about?
- When are you going to take it?
- What will you look for in a career?
- What is your ideal job?

PART III: DISCUSSION - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO PART 2

(3 points – 3 minutes)
Suggested questions:
- What are the most popular courses that young people do?
- Is it important to learn foreign languages? Why or why not?
- Which careers are the most popular with young people?
- What do you look for in a career? What is your ‘ideal job’?

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ACADEMY OF POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL SPEAKING TEST 7
FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Subject: TACB 02 – Regular Program
Semester II – School Year: 2020 – 2021
Time Allowance: 8 minutes

TOPIC 7: KEEPING IN TOUCH

Note: Including 1 minute for preparing in advance for Part 2

PART I: INTRODUCTION (3 points – 2 minutes)

Introduce yourself.

PART II: MONO TALK ABOUT A GIVEN TOPIC (4 points – 3 minutes)

Ways of keeping in touch

Talk about the ways of keeping in touch.
Suggested questions:

- How do you usually keep in touch

with your friends/your family
members?
- What is the most effective way?
- Why do you think so?

PART III: DISCUSSION - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO PART 2

(3 points – 3 minutes)
Suggested questions:
- What are the differences of ways of keeping in touch in the past and at the present?
- What are the good points and bad points of the mobile phone?
- How will technology develop in the future?
- Do you agree that some people use technology for communication too much?