ISE II CONVERSATION 2: PERSONAL VALUES AND

IDEALS
PERSONAL VALUES AND IDEALS

Here is a list of personal values. Write down top 10 values from the list below.

Personal Values
Achievement Friendship Physical challenge

Advancement and promotion Growth Pleasure

Adventure Having a family Power and authority
Affection (love and caring) Helping other people Privacy
Arts Helping society Public service
Challenging problems Honesty Purity
Change and variety Independence Quality of what I take part in
Close relationships Influencing others Quality relationships
Community Inner harmony Recognition (respect from
others, status)
Competence Integrity Religion
Competition Intellectual status Reputation
Cooperation Involvement Responsibility and
accountability
Country Job tranquility Security
Creativity Knowledge Self-Respect
Decisiveness Leadership Serenity
Democracy Location Sophistication
Ecological awareness Loyalty Stability
Economic security Market position Status
Effectiveness Meaningful work Supervising others
Efficiency Merit Time freedom
Ethical practice Money Truth
Excellence Nature Wealth
Excitement being around people who Wisdom
are open and honest
Fame Order (tranquility, Work under pressure
stability, conformity)
Fast living Personal development Work with others
Financial gain Freedom Working alone

VIDEOS ABOUT VALUES

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUES
1. What things are important for you? What do you value most in life?
2. In your opinion, which of these are lacking in society? (Being polite, respectful, punctual,
obedient, well-dressed, hygienic, tidy, helpful, understanding, hard-working, truthful, honest, loyal, and
so on.)
3. What personal values do you consider to be important?
4. What are your ambitions, hopes and fears?
5. How did the events in Paris terrorist attacks affect you?
6. Do you think that television is a means to indoctrinate and influence young minds?
7. What maxim do you live by? What is your motto in life?
8. What is your best quality as a person?
9. What do you look for in a friend? In other words, what is the most important quality to look for
in a friend?
10. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you value each of these: fame, wealth, peace, beauty,
power, freedom, equal rights, self-expression. Which one do you value the most? The least Why?
11. If the place where you live was on fire and you could only save 3 things, what objects would
you save? (Assume that all people and pets are safe.)
12. If you could change one thing in your community, what would it be?
13. If you were marooned on a tropical island with one other person, who would you choose?
14. Without mentioning names, what are three things you respect most about the adults you
know?
15. You have a free day, with no school, no work, and no responsibilities. What would you most
like to do with that day? Who would you spend this day with?

Questions

1. What are your ambitions, hopes and fears?

2. Are family and friends important to you?
3. What do you think are the best and worst traits a person can have?
4. Is there anyone (family member/friend or a famous person) that you admire for
his or her values and ideals?
5. What values do you think are important in work? (in a job)
6. What is the worst injustice for you?
7. Do you think that discrimination and prejudices still exist in your country?
8. Is freedom of speech a basic human right?
9. Do you think that the television is a means to influence young minds?
10. What motto do you live by?

Personal Values and Ideals vocabulary

 tolerance
 discrimination
 ethical
 work
 love
 freedom
 friends
 a moral dilemma
 moral
 code/ creed/ ethics/ rules/ beliefs
 family
 respect/disrespect
 selfish/selfless
 environmental
 principles
 wealth/poverty
 ethical
 consumption
 compassion (for people in need/ charity)
 environmental
 principles
 honesty/dishonesty
 betray/lie to/ double cross
 integrity/hypocrisy
 loyal/ trustworthy