PART 3

1. Disadvantages of keeping animal in zoos: + loss of freedom + lack of space + lack

of survival skills + your own ideas Follow-up questions:

1. What kinds of animals are usually kept in zoos?

2. What are the benefits of keeping animals in zoos?

3. What can people do to protect wild life species?

2. Traditional music should be kept: + cultural values + historical values + educational

values Follow-up questions:

1. What should be done to keep traditional music?

2. What is the current status of traditional music in your country?

3. How does the attitude towards traditional music differ from generation to
generation in your country?

3. School should improve their self-study skills: + more independence + better time
management + better academic performance Follow-up questions:

1. Are self-study skills taught at school in your country?

2. Should self-study skills be a compulsory subject at school?

3. How does the lack of self-study skill training affect students’ performance at
university?

4. Fast food is harmful to our health: + gain weight + lack nutrition + cause diseases
Follow-up questions: 1. Which do people in your country prefer: traditional food or
fast food? 2. Should fast food be banned at school? 3. What should we do to raise
children’s awareness of the bad effects of fast food?

5. Students are encouraged to go to art galleries: + relax + learn + communicate with

others Follow-up questions:

1. How important are art galleries in education? 2. What can be done to encourage
young people to go to art galleries? 3. Do you think going to art galleries will be more
popular in the future?
6. Private cars should be banned in big cities: + pollute the environment + cause
traffic jam + waste money Follow-up questions: 1. Should private cars be banned in
the city center? 2. What means of public transport should be developed in the area
where you live? Why? 3. Do you think public transport should be free? Why/ why
not?

7. Groupwork should be encouraged at schools: + building up leadership skills +

promote cooperation + more interactions Follow-up questions: 1. What makes a good
team leader? 2. What should we do to deal with uncooperative members? 3. “Group
work deprives ones of his/ her identity?” What do you think about this view?

8. Homeschooling: + have more flexible timetable + get to know children better +

teach whatever the children want Follow-up questions: 1. What are the disadvantages
of homeschooling? 2. How have the ways children study changed in the last 10 years?
3. Will homeschooling be more popular in the future?

9. University education is beneficial to students in a numbers of ways: + job

opportunities + academic + social skills Follow-up questions: 1. What is the entrance
university exam in Vietnam like? 2. How has Vietnamese university education
changed over the last ten years? 3. “Going to university is not the only route to
success.” How far do you agree with this statement?

10. Living on campus is beneficial to college students: + reasonable cost +

convenience + networking Follow-up questions: 1. What are the advantages of living
on campus?

2. What are the disadvantages of living on campus? 3. What should student take in
consideration when choosing where to stay at university?

11. Working from home: + save time + increase productivity + reduce working stress
Follow-up questions: 1. What are the drawbacks of working from home? 2. Has the
number of people working from home increased in the last 10 years in Vietnam? What
are the reasons for this tendency? 3. What is the most important factor of a favorable
working environment?

12. Camping is good for students: + fresh air + discovery + networking Follow-up
questions: 1. Is camping popular in your country? Why/ why not? 2. What should be
prepared for a good camping trip? 3. What should be done to encourage teenagers to
protect environment?

13. Mobile phones are useful at schools: + computer functions + search engines +
means of communication Follow-up questions: 1. What are the negative effects of
mobile phones on young children? 2. Do you think people will continue using mobile
phones in the future? 3. How do the young and the old in your country differ from
each other in using mobile phones?

14. Student can learn a lot with good teachers: + encouragement + knowledge +
learning methods Follow-up questions: 1. Do you think quality is the most important
for a teacher? 2. Do you think computers can replace teachers in the future? 3. “A
good teacher can change a students’ life”. How far do you agree with this statement?

15. Raising pets is beneficial to the elderly: + release stress + increase social
interaction + have an exercise partner Follow-up questions: 1. What pets are popular
in Vietnam?

16. Do you think pets are well raised in Vietnam? 3. Do you think people will spend
more money on pets in the future?

17. Printed books should be used in class instead of ebooks: + enhance imagination +
improve attention + increase love with reading Follow-up questions: 1. What are the
benefits of books? 2. Do you think ebooks will replace printed books at school one
day? 3. What should be done to encourage more people to read books?

18. students should live in the hostel for three reasons: adaptability, networking,
responsibility.

19. longer tet holiday : gathering, relaxing time, travelling

Follow ups questions: what do people avoid doing on tet holiday? How tet is different
from other countries?

20.children tell a lie: to avoid embarrassment , protect privacy, get out of trouble

Follow ups questions: what do we do to encourage students to tell the truth? What are
some effects of telling a lie? Do you think that saying nothing is the same as telling a
lie?

21. equal partnership: share childcare responsibilities, share routine household tasks.

Follow ups questions: what do you think about single parent family? Why do many
people nowadays choose to be single mom?