Family

 Do you have a large family or a small family?

 Can you tell me something about them?
 How much time do you manage to spend with members of your family?
 What sorts of things do you like to do together?
 Did/Do you get on well with your family? [Why?]

Accommodation
 What kind of accommodation do you live in? What’s it like?
 Have you always lived there?
 What are the main advantages of this? [accommodation]
 What changes would you like to make to improve it?
 Would it be easy for you to move to another accommodation?
 Do many people in your country live in such accommodation?

Neighbourhood
 Which part of town do you live in?
 What’s it like?
 What kind of shops are there in your neighbourhood?
 Do you get along well with your neighbours?
 What’s difficult about living there?

Education(students)
 What do you study?
 What is special about this subject?
 Is there anything you find difficult about it?
 Where do you study…? what’s your university/college like?

Education(graduates)
 Do you have higher education?
 What have you studied at university?
 What did you like about your studies?
 Was there anything you found difficult?

Jobs
 What’s your job?
 Is it a common job in your country?
 What are your working hours like?
 Do you get a lot of vacation and off time?
  Are you thinking of changing your job?

Colour
 What’s your favourite colour? [why?]
 Do you like the same colours now as you did when you were younger? [why/why not?]
 What can you learn about a person from the colours they like?
 Do any colours have a special meaning in your culture?

Entertainment
 Do you prefer relaxing at home or going out in the evening? [why?]
 When do you go out for an evening, what do you like to do?
 How popular is this with other people in your country?
 Is there any kind of entertainment you do not like? [why/why not?]

Clothes
 How important are clothes and fashion to you? [why/why not?]
 What kind of clothes do you dislike? [why?]
 How different are the clothes you wear now from those you were 10 years ago?
 What do you think the clothes we wear say about us?

Fruits
 Do you eat fruits?
 How often do you eat fruits?
 Where do you buy your fruits from?
 Do you think it’s important for people to eat fruits?

Books
 Do you like reading books?
 What kind of books do you like to read? [why?]
 Where do you like to read? [why?]
 Do others in your family read books too?
 Do you usually buy your books from a special place? [Where?]

Telephones calls
 How often are you on the phone?
 Do you like calling friends or family more often? [why?]
 Did you call your friends a lot when you were a child?
 Do you think children should have to pay their own telephone bills? [why/ why not?]

Technology at home/office
 How often do you use electric appliances at home/office?
  How do you think they help you with your chores?
 Are they any other advantages?
 Are they any drawbacks to using these application?
 Do you think people should use electric appliances more often or less often than they do
now? [why/why not?]

Musical instruments
 Which instruments do you like listening to most? [why?]
 Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument? [which one?]
 Do you think children should learn to play a musical instrument at school? [why/why not?]
 How easy would it be to learn to play an instrument without a teacher? [why?]

Traffic where you live

 How do most people travel to work where you live?
 What traffic problems are there in your area? [why?]
 How do traffic problems affect you?
 How would you reduce the traffic problems in your area?

Your friends
 Do you prefer to have a particular friend or a group of friends? [why?]
 Are your friends mostly your age or different ages? [why?]
 What do you like doing most with your friend/friends?
 The last time you saw your friends, what did you do together?
 What makes a friend into good friend?
 Do you think it’s important to keep in contact with friends you knew as a child? [why/why
not?]

Food making
 What kind of food do you like to eat?
 What kind of new food would you like to try? Why?
 Do you like cooking? What was the first meal you cooked?
 Do you prefer home-cooked food from a restaurant? [why?]

Leisure
 Do you have any hobbies or interest? [what are they]
 How did you become interested in (whatever hobby/interest the candidate mention)?
 What is there to do in you free time in (candidate home town /village)?
 How do usually spend your holidays?
 Is there anywhere you would practically like to visit? [why?]

Your favourite place

 what place do you most like to visit?
  How often do you visit this place? Why do you like it so much?
 Is it popular with many other people?
 Has it changed very much since you first went there? (in what way?)

Your country
 Which part of your country do most live in?
 Tell me about the main industries there?
 How easy is it to travel around your country?
 Has your country changed much since you were a child?

Cold weather
 Have you ever been in very cold weather? [when?]
 How often in the weather cold where you come from?
 Are some parts of your country colder than others? [which parts?]
 Would you prefer to live in a hot place or a cold place? [why?]

Laughing
 What kinds of things make you laugh?
 Do you like making other people laugh? [why/why not?]
 Do you think it’s important for people to laugh? [why/why not?]
 Is laughing the same as feeling happy, do you think? [why/why not?]

Keeping in contact with people

 How do you usually contact your friends? [why?]
 Do you prefer to contact different people in different ways? [why?]
 Do you find it easy to keep in contact with friends and family? [why/why not?]
 In your country, did people in the past keep in contact in the same ways as they do today?
[why/ why not?]

Daily Routine
 What would you like to change in your daily routine?
 Are all your days the same?
 Tell me about your typical weekday and your typical weekend?
 What is the balance of works/study and free time in your normal day?

Visitors
 What would you suggest a visitor should see and do in your country?
 Are there any traditional arts or music you would recommend?
 Tell me about the kind of foreign visitors or tourists who go to your country.
 In what ways has tourism changed your country?

Festivals
  Tell me about the most important festival in your country.
 What special food and activities are connected with this festivals?
 What do you most enjoy about it?
 Do you think festivals are important for a country? [why?]

Dancing
 Do you enjoy dancing? [why/why not?]
 Has anyone ever taught you to dance? [why/why not?]
 Tell me about any traditional dancing in your country.
 Do you think that traditional dancing will be popular in the future? [why/why not?]