Speaking topics for self-studying in Listening and Speaking B2.2.

2021

Unit 1
Part 1: Basic conversation
1. Do you come from a large family?
2. What do you usually do together with your family?
3. Who do you like the most in your family? Why?
4. Do you prefer to spend your free time with friends or with family?
5. How often do you go shopping with your family?
Part 2: Two-minute speaking
Your best friend is going to a job interview. She asks you about the choice of clothes for
the interviewing day. What do you suggest her to wear for a good first impression with
formal suits, a long dress, or pullover and a pair of Jeans?
Part 3: Developing the speech using given ideas

Further questions:
- Have you ever encountered the case of being judged negatively by someone in the
first meeting?
- What happened at that time?
- How did you handle the situation?
Unit 2
Part 1: Basic conversations
1. What food do you like to eat?
2. So, do you enjoy cooking?
3. If you cook something, you pay more attention to its taste or nutrition?
4. What’s your favorite meal of the day? Why?
5. Do you have a balanced diet for your health?
Part 2: Two-minute speaking
You are going to organize a birthday party for a family member. There are three different
options: a local restaurant with traditional foods, a seafood restaurant, and a fast-food
restaurant. Which do you choose for this case?
Part 3: Develop a speech with suggested ideas

Further questions:

- How often do you have fast food for your main meals a week?
- When do you use canned foods?
- Have you ever tried expired canned foods?
- What happened if someone eats expired canned foods?
Unit 3
Part 1: Basic conversations
1. Have you made any recent changes in your life?
2. Do you think change is important in people's life?
3. What would be your reasons to change your current job? Why?
4. If you could change anything in your life, what would it be?
5. What is the most difficult change you have ever had to make?

Part 2: Two-minute speaking

After a long time of working with the same company, the same salary, and the same
colleagues, you have some options for changing your job, which do you choose and the
reasons for your choice. The options include (1) moving to be the leader in a branch of
that company in a different city far away from home, (2) quitting the job and going to
another company of the same field with a higher salary, and (3) moving to a different
section in the same company with the same salary and different colleagues.
Part 3: Develop a speech with suggested ideas.

Further questions:
1. How different does your learning now and that of a decade ago?
2. Do you prefer changes in the classroom with more ICT applications?
3. Why do you like or dislike the use of ICT applications in your class?
Unit 4

Part 1: Basic conversations

1. Where do you see advertisements in your daily life?
2. When you watch TV, do you usually watch the commercials?
3. What television ads can you think of right now?
4. What ads do you hate?
5. Why do you like a specific advertisement?

Part 2: Two-minute speaking

You are going to advertise your new program or company to approach potential
customers. Which of the following types of ads will you choose – (1) ads in newspapers,
(2) ads on Facebook, or (3) ads on TV?

Part 3: Develop a speech from suggested ideas.

Further questions:
- How often do you click on Internet Ads?
- Do you buy things on the Internet because of the ads?
- What have you bought online under the influence of the advertisement?
Unit 5
Part 1: Basic conversations
1. Who often takes risks?
2. Are people in your country interested in extreme sports?
3. What skills should young people learn before taking risks?
4. Do you like playing extreme sports?
5. Do you think you need to take bigger risks in the future?
Part 2: Two-minute speaking
People argue that taking risks is one of the crucial distributions for young people’s
maturity in their life whereas old people shouldn’t. Young people take risks more often
than old people. Do you agree?
Part 3: Develop a speech with suggested ideas.
There are some advantages of taking risks.

learn new skills discover your

own possibilities

Advantages of
taking risks

Your own idea

grow self
confidence

Further questions
1. What’s the biggest risk have you ever taken?
2. Do you think it’s important to take risks in life?
3. Why don’t some people take risks?
4. In what way we can encourage children to take a risk?
Unit 6
Part 1: Basic conversations
1. What do you do for a living?
2. How much time do you spend on your job?
3. What responsibilities do you have?
4. What’s your main duty in your family?
5. Describe someone you know who has a lot of responsibilities.
Part 2: Two-minute speaking
You are used to playing computer games at your friend’s house to relax after studying hard.
Indeed, you cannot play computer games at home because your parents don’t like you
playing computer games. They say they’re too violent and there’s too much bad language.
Thus, you make decisions (1) to tell a lie to continue playing them, (2) tell the truth and
want your parents to trust you more because you are old enough to be responsible for
making decisions, or (3) keep secret of your own experience and do not play games
anymore.
Part 3:
We should have responsibilities against the Corona virus pandemic.

Prepare simple and

Practice personal
nutritious meal
hygiene
Our
responsibilities
against Covid-19

Apply health Your own idea

declaration

Further questions
1. Do you think health is important? Why?
2. What difficulties did some people face with social distancing and lockdown at the
time of Covid 19?
3. What kinds of activities do you think help people stay healthy?
4. What should people do to stay positive at that time?
Unit 7
Part 1: Basic conversations
1. Is money important to you?
2. Would you like to become rich someday?
3. Are you good at saving money?
4. Do you invest your spare money?
5. Do you think it is ok to lend money to friends or family members?
Part 2: Two-minute speaking
The types of payment methods are optimized in the industrial revolution 4.0. Specifically,
people can use credit cards, bank transfers (internet bank), or e-wallets (Momo, Airpay,
Zalo pay, and so on) instead of cash. In your opinion, which one do you prefer and give
explanations about your choice.
Part 3: Develop a speech with suggested ideas
There are positive effects of money on your life.

emotion Quality of living

The positive effects of

money on our life

Your own ideas

Social relationship

Further questions
1. What problems does money cause in your society?
2. Do you believe people nowadays believe in saving money?
3. Do you think that women are better at saving money than men?
4. Do you think parents should teach their children about saving?
Unit 8
Part 1: Basic conversations
1. Do you think you learn more from success or failure?
2. Have you ever stopped trying to do something?
3. Will your parents put any pressure on you to be successful in your future?
4. Do you think money can buy happiness?
5. Is success important to you?
Part 2: Two-minute speaking
There are some common ways for people to measure success through (1) social status, (2)
money, (3) fame, or (4) level of knowledge. In your opinion, what is the most important
measure of success? Explain your choice.
Part 3: Develop a speech with suggested ideas
There are several factors to lead to success in life.

perseverance knowledge

Factors lead to
success in life

Discipline on
ourselves Your own idea

Further questions
1. Do you think money is the most common way of judging success?
2. Have any failures made your life better?
3. Describe a successful person that you have ever known.
4. Is your idea of success the same as your parents’ idea of success?