TOPICS FOR THE 2ST FIELDTRIP
SPEAKING – LISTENING COURSE 2
Requirements
Students are advised to take part in any English speaking club outside the school and
record a video of their group discussion about the following topics.
Students freely choose any English speaking club to join and discuss.
Several students can take part in the same video but perform separate roles.
General information of the club and interviewees should be specified in the video which
will be submitted to the teacher.
The aim of this activity is to encourage students to be more active in other English –
speaking community outside the classroom.
General questions
SUCCESS
1. Can you describe a successful person?
2. What characteristics make someone successful?
3. What has been your greatest success?
4. Is success important to you? Why (not)?
5. What small successes do you have every day?
6. What specific skills do you need for the job you want to have?
7. What is your biggest goal in life?
8. How do you plan to achieve that goal?
9. What are your educational goals?
10. What are your career goals?
11. What are your financial goals?
12. How would you feel if you failed to achieve any of your goals?
13. What is your five - year plan for your life?
14. What is something you never learned to do but wish you had?
15. Who is successful in your family? Why?
16. Do you believe that people must work hard to become successful? Why or why not?
17. What advice would you give someone who wants to be successful?
PRESSURE
1. What causes stress?
2. How much pressure do your parents put on you to be successful?
3. How much pressure will you put on your children to be successful?
4. When you are stressful, how do you feel physically?
5. When you are stressful, how do you feel emotionally?
6. How should you help someone who is feeling stressful?
7. What do you do when you have stress?
8. Give me some suggestions for making school life less stressful.
9. What is the most stressful experience you have ever had?
10. What is the most stressful job you can think of?
11. What is the least stressful job you can think of?
12. Who’s the most stressed person you know?
13. What would you do if your friends did something that you disagree with?
14. Where can you ask for help about life pressure?
15. Would you rather have a high paying job with lots of stress or an average one with less
stress?
16. What is your preferred method for dealing with stress?
FEAR
1. What are three things you’re afraid of?
2. When was the last time you were afraid? What happened?
3. How do you overcome your fear?
4. Are there any parts of the city which you are afraid to visit after dark? Where? Why?
5. Are there certain weather conditions that scare you? What are they?
6. re there any numbers that people are afraid of in your culture?
7. Do you fear certain insects or animals? Why?
8. Do you think young children should be allowed to watch horror movies?
9. How do you react when you see something frightening?
10. Is there any person you are afraid of?
11. What animal do you think is the scariest?
12. What are some things which many people are afraid of?
13. What is the scariest movie you have ever seen?
14. Are you afraid of being ill? What disease are you most afraid of? Why?
15. Many people are afraid of going to the dentist. Why?
16. Why are some people afraid of speaking in public?
17. What was one of your nightmares?
