SPEAKING REVISION

(FINAL EXAM)
 PART 1: PERSONAL INFORMATION
• Study
1. What’s your major at university?
2. Why did you choose this major? => because I want to be a chemical engineer.
3. How many subjects do you study this semester?
4. What is your favourite subject? Why?
5. Do you like studying at university? Why or why not? => yes because it is beautiful. My friends and teachers are
friendly and helpful…..
• Leisure time & hobbies
1. What do you like doing in your free time?
2. Why do you like doing it?
3. What kinds of music/sports do you enjoy most?
4. Do you think playing games is a good way to relax? Why? => no, because it takes time and I feel stressed.
5. Do you prefer indoor or outdoor activities? Why? => I like outdoor activities such as …. Because I feel relaxed
and comfortable.
• Daily activities
1. What do you often do in the morning?
2. What do you often have for breakfast?
3. How often do you do exercises after getting up?
4. Do you go to bed before midnight?
5. What time is the best to go to bed? Why? => I think we should
go to bed before 10 p.m. to stay healthy.
• Family
1. Do you have a large or small family?
2. How many brothers or sisters do you have?
3. What does you and your family often do together?
4. How often do you visit your family?
5. Who do you love most in your family? Why?
• English study
1. Are you interested in learning English? Why or why not?
2. What days do you have English lessons?
3. How much time do you spend learning English per day?
4. Which English skill do you find the most difficult?
5. What do you do to improve your English skills?
• Weekends
1. Where do you often spend your weekends?
2. How often do you go out at the weekends?
3. Do you often go back your hometown at the weekends?
4. What’s your typical weekend like? => it’s boring/ happy
5. What did you do last weekend? => I went shopping…
• Hometown
1. Where is your hometown?
2. How often do you go back your hometown?
3. How far is it from your hometown to university?
4. What is your hometown famous for?
5. What are the people in your hometown like?
• Living place
1. Where do you live now?
2. Who do you live with?
3. What kind of place is it? => it’s peaceful/ quiet/ noisy/ polluted/ great with lots of
shopping malls and cafes.
4. Do you live in a house or a flat?
5. What’s the most interesting part of your living place? => it has lots of shopping malls and cafes.
People in my living place are very helpful.
• Transport
1. Is your house far from university?
2. How do you usually get to university?
3. How long does it take you to go to school?
4. Do you like travelling by bus? Why or why not?
5. How often do you use public transportation?
• Future plans
1. Do you have any plans for your next semester? => I am going to study 4 subjects at….
2. What are you going to do after graduation? => I want to apply for a job in …company./ study Master/
M.A.
3. Which company do you want to work for? =>
4. Do you plan to study a new language in the future? I want to learn Japanese, Chinese, Korean….
5. Would you like to work in Hanoi or in your hometown after graduation? => I’d like to work …because…
Student A: You and your friend are revising for a test. Make a conversation with him/her to exchange the the
information using your card.
  Acid Base
Definition give a proton (1) _____________________
Formula HnA M(OH)n
pH <7 >7
Taste sour (2) ______________________
Litmus test red blue
Strong: HCl
Types (3) _____________________
Weak: HF
 Clean rust from the surface of metals  Manufacture of bleaching powder
Application
 Manufacture fertilizers, artificial silk  Being used in medicine industry

Student B: You and your friend are revising for a test. Make a conversation with him/her to exchange the the
information using your card.

  Acid Base
Definition give a proton receive a proton
Formula (4) ________________ M(OH)n
pH <7 >7
Taste sour bitter
Litmus test (5) ________________ blue
Strong: HCl Strong: NaOH
Types
Weak: HF Weak: NH4
 Manufacture of bleaching powder
Application (6) _______________
 Being used in medicine industry
Student A: You are a Chemistry tutor. You are requiring your student to make an oral report of a chemical experiment in the
laboratory. Ask him or her some questions relevant to the experiment to complete the information in your card.
Experiment title (1) _____________________________
 
Objective (2) _____________________________
 
Hypothesis (3) _____________________________
 
Materials (4) _____________________________
 
Procedure (5) _____________________________
 
Observations (6) _____________________________
 

Lab report
Experiment title: Zinc with acid
Name: Marie
Student B: You have just performed a chemical Location: school lab
Objective: observe the reaction between hydrochloric acid and zinc
experiment in the laboratory. You are giving an Hypothesis: Hydrogen gas should be produced
Materials:
oral report to your chemistry tutor. Look at the  2 clean test tubes
 A rubber stopper
following written lab report and answer your  Glass tubing
 Graduated cylinder
 Bunsen burner
tutor’s relevant questions.  Zinc
 Hydrochloric acid
Procedure:
 Put some hydrochloric acid into a test tube
 Add a piece of zinc metal to it
Observations: A reaction takes place and hydrogen gas comes off.
You and your friend are revising for a test. Make a conversation with him/her to exchange the information about a
method of food processing.
Method (1) _____________________________
Description treating water and certain foods (such as milk and fruit juice) with mild heat, usually to less than
100 °C (212 °F)

Product (3) _____________________________

Benefit - to increase product safety and to enhance flavor
- to extend the food’s shelf life

Drawback (5) _____________________________

Note store the products at suitable temperature
Method Pasteurisation
Description (2) ______________________
Product milk and fruit juices
Benefit  
(4) ____________________

Drawback - cause the loss of vitamin C, B2, carotene

- cause the loss of aroma compounds 

Note (6) ____________________

Student A: You are Minh. You come from Vietnam. You meet Student B: You are John. You come from The United States. You meet Minh at
John at a conference: “The climate change and its impacts”. a conference: “The climate change and its impacts”. Make a conversation to
Make a conversation to exchange information about the exchange information about the climate change impacts in two countries.
climate change impacts in two countries.
  Vietnam The United States   Vietnam The United States
  1 of top 5 countries most       - 1 of top 10 countries most vulnerable to
Situation vulnerable to climate change (1) ________________ Situation (1) ________________ climate change.
  - Extensive coastline, vast deltas  
  and floodplains.       - A lot of volcanic eruptions
Main - Great quantity of greenhouse (2) ________________   (2) ________________ - Great quantity of greenhouse gas
causes gas emissions Causes emissions.
( CO2, methane, nitrous oxide)

    - More intense and frequent extreme

Impacts   precipitation, hurricane, storm surges,
  - More intense and frequent   (3) ________________ heat waves, cold waves.
Impacts extreme weather events such as   - Higher risk of illnesses, deaths from
tropical typhoons, droughts, (3) ________________ extreme heat and poor air quality.
floods. - Food safety hazards.
- Higher risk of water-borne
diseases, insect-borne diseases
- Crop failure
Solutions   - Enact laws on CO2 emission
(4) - Conduct campaign related to climate
Solutions - Use public transports instead of   _________________ change (raise people’s awareness /
private cars (reduce/ amount of (4) climate change and environment/ make
energy/ need for transportation) _________________ people aware of / duties to deal with
- Plant more trees (absorb CO2/ climate change.)
give off O2)
Student A: You are the president of Live Green Club. Your club is going to organize a campaign to deal with climate change in your neighborhood. Make a
conversation to discuss some possible solutions.
Student B: You are the member of Live Green Club. Your club is going to organize a campaign to deal with climate change in your neighborhood. Make a
conversation to discuss some possible solutions.
Student A Student B
- Greet - Greet
- Give the purpose of the discussion: solutions to deal with climate change in neighborhood - Respond: Yes
- Give 2 main ways: mitigation and adaptation
- Ask for A’ opinion

- Respond: Adaptation - Ask for more details

- Respond: - Agree partly
+ Build stronger houses -> withstand the catastrophes - Give the reason: costly methods -> not suitable
+ Develop disaster-tolerant crops -> adapt and thrive during disasters - Express opinion about mitigation measures: cheap and easy to perform

- Agree - Strongly Agree

- Make a suggestion: Turn off the electrical appliances when not in use -> cut down on the - Add more suggestions:
amount of electricity. + Use more public or energy-efficient transport -> reduce the amount of energy needed for
transportation
+ Plant more trees -> absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen

- Agree and end the conversation - End the conversation

CARD 6
Student A: You are the Sales Manager at E4U Mart. This morning, you found fault in the instant noodles that your company ordered
from Nissin Foods Vietnam. Make a phone call to Nissin Foods Vietnam to complain about the low quality of the products.
Student B: You work in Quality Control Department of Nissin Foods Vietnam. A customer calls to complain about the quality of the
instant noodles they ordered from your company. Answer the phone, take responsibility and promise to solve the problem.
Student A Student B
   Greet
 Ask for help
 Greet  
 Introduce yourself
 Tell your problem
  Ask for details
Say the 1st problem: The quantity of noodle carton is incorrect  
(ordered: 220 cartons, received 212 cartons)
   Apologize
 Promise to check with the sales department
 Ask for another problem
Respond (Low quality)  
+ The noodle elasticity: so poor
+ The color of the noodles: should be lighter as the samples
  Suggest the solutions
+ Replace them with new ones of the intended standard
+ Offer a 10% discount for the next purchase
Respond (Agree)  
  End the conversation
Student A: You are an experienced worker. Your cousin is going to take part in a job interview. Make a conversation to give him/her tips for a job
interview using the following card.
Student B: You are going to take part in a job interview. Make a conversation with your cousin, an experienced worker to ask for some useful tips before
a job interview using the following card.

Student A Student B
Greet  Greet
 Tell A your plan
 Ask for advice
 Respond (Yes)  
 Say the 1st necessary thing: prepare answers for some
common questions

  Ask for the content of questions

Respond: strengths/ weaknesses, experience and degree  

  Ask for the way to give the answer

Respond: short, clear and informative  
  Ask if you need to wear something special
Respond: formal clothes (Pants, shirt / dress…)  

  Ask about avoidance in a job interview

Respond: arriving late, wear informal clothes, to be  
overfamiliar…)
  Say thanks and goodbye
Respond: Good luck  
Student A: You are a manager of Vinachem. You are interviewing a candidate applying for a chemical engineer position. Make a
conversation using your card.
Student B: You are attending an interview for a chemical engineer position in Vinachem. Make a conversation using your card.
Student A Student B
- Greet  
- Introduce yourself
- Welcome B
  - Greet
- Introduce yourself (name, age)
- Ask about B’s educational background (degree and major)  

  - Respond (Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry)

- Ask about B’s strengths and weaknesses  
 
  Respond:
- Strengths: careful, honest, responsible
- Weaknesses: time management skills
- Ask about B’s work experience  
  - Respond: Supporter - for a project in 3 months.
- Add more information about duties: prepare tools/ equipment, deal with
small problems in the lab, order needed equipment, do experiments.

- Ask about B’s goals for future  

  - Say you want to improve abilities and become a manager in this company.

- Say thanks and promise to send results via email  

  - Say thank and goodbye

PART 3: TOPIC TALK
Topic 1/ Talk about acid.
1. What is its definition?
2. What is its formula?
3. What are the properties of acid?
4. How many types of acid are there?
5. What is acid applied for?
Topic 2/ Talk about base.
1. What is its definition?
2. What is its formula?
3. What are the properties of base?
4. How many types of bases are there?
5. What is base applied for?
Topic 3/ Report a chemical experiment that you have done.
1. What was the experiment’s title?
2. Why was the experiment conducted?
3. What materials were needed?
4. What was the procedure for the experiment?
5. What did you observe after the reaction?
Topic 4/ Talk about one method of food processing you know.
1. What is the method?
2. What types of food is the method used for?
3. What does it involve?
4. What are some advantages and disadvantages of this method?
5. What should we do to minimize the disadvantages?
Topic 5/ Give some solutions to deal with climate change in your
hometown.
1. How is climate change affecting your hometown?
2. What are the main causes of climate change?
3. What are some possible solutions to deal with climate change? (at
least three)
4. What are advantages or disadvantages of each solution?
5. What have you done to deal with climate change in your hometown?
Topic 6/ Talk about a time when you made a complaint and
request in situations related to chemical, environmental
and food technology.
Suggested questions:
1. What did you complain about?
2. Where and when did it happen?
3. What was the problem?
4. How long did it happen?
5. How was the problem solved?
6. Were you satisfied with the solution?
Topic 7/ Talk about some useful tips in a job interview.
1. What should you prepare for a job interview?
2. How should you give the answers in a job interview?
3. What kind of clothes should you wear in a job interview?
4. What do you avoid doing in a job interview?
Topic 8/ You are taking part in a job interview. Introduce yourself with
the HR manager.

1. Which position did you apply for?

2. What academic degree did you get?
3. How would you describe your self?
4. Do you have any work experiences?
5. What are your goals in the future?