SPEAKING PRACTICE FOR LEVEL 4

PART 1: Social Interaction (3 minutes)

1. Let’s talk about your favorite color. 8. Let’s talk about ATM cash machines.
1. What color(s) do you like most? 1. Is ATM popular in your country?
2. Do you think colors have meaning? 2. Do you like using ATM?
3. Do you prefer bright or dark colors? Why? 3. Do you often use an ATM card when
shopping?
2. Let’s talk about seasons.
9. Let’s talk about your happiness.
1. Which season do you like best? Why?
1. What do you do when you are happy?
2. What season is good for travelling in your
2. When was a time when you felt especially
hometown?
joyful?
3. What’s the least favorite season in your
country? 3. Is it easy to make you happy?

10. Let’s talk about ONE of your problems

3. Let’s talk about your free time activities.
at high school.
1. What do you often do in your free time?
1. What was the problem?
2. Do you watch TV? If no, why not? If yes,
2. How did you solve it?
which TV channel do you like best? Why?
3. Which lesson did you learn from it?
3. Do you read books? If no, why not? If yes,
what kinds of books do you like best? Why? 11. Let’s talk about your favorite singer.
1. Who is he/ she?
4. Let’s talk about your school time.
2. How does he/ she look?
1. What kind of school did you go to?
3. Why do you love him/ her?
2. What was your favorite subject at school?
3. What is the best thing about your school? 12. Let’s talk about your favorite film.
1. What is its name?
5. Let’s talk about sadness. 2. Who is the director/ main actor/ main
1. What do you do when you are sad? actress?
2. When was a time when you felt especially 3. Why do you like it?
unhappy?
3. When you are sad, do you prefer to share 13. Let’s talk about one of your childhood
your feelings with your friends or your memories.
family? 1. What childhood event do you still
remember?
6. Let’s talk about your favorite singer.
2. When and where did it happen?
1. Who is he/ she?
3. Why do you still remember it?
2. How does he/ she look?
3. Why do you love him/ her? 14. Let’s talk about music.
1. Do you like music? If yes, what kind of
7. Let’s talk about a day off. music do you like best? Why? If no, why not?
 1. When was the last time you had a few days 2. What is the most popular kind of music in
off? your country?
2. What do you usually do when you have 3. If possible, what kind of musical
days off? instrument do you want to play?
3. Do you prefer to spend your days off with
your parents or with your friends?

PART 2: Solution Discussion (4 minutes)

1. If you won a 1-billion-VND lottery, how would you spend your money? There are THREE options
for you to choose: 1 - Put all in a bank to receive monthly interest; 2 - Buy some valuable things
such as a car, a house, or a piece of land; 3 - Give some to a charity organization and then, go
travelling with your family or friends with the rest.
Which one will you choose?
2. Your family is going to celebrate your parents’ 30th anniversary. You are considering three options to
choose them a gift: a bouquet of flowers, couple clothes, and a watch.
Which one would be the best option?
3. You have just received a sum of money from your father as a birthday present. How would you use
the money: to buy a laptop for study, to buy a fashionable smart phone, and to save up for the
future?
Which one would be the best option?
4. You are going to take your secondary students to a private cinema. Three options of movies are
suggested: a cartoon, an action movie, and a detective movie.
Which one would be the best choice?
5. Your family is planning for this weekend. There are three options for you: going to the cinema,
having a meal in a restaurant, and going to the beach.
Which one would be the best celebration?
6. Your friend is going to have his first date this weekend. He would like you to suggest a dating place.
There are three options: at a restaurant, at a cinema, and at a shopping mall.
Which one would be the best place for the first date?
7. Some of your friends are visiting you this weekend. You would like to do something fun with them.
What will you do? There are three options: cook a meal together in your apartment, go to a local
restaurant together, and take your friends out for sightseeing.
Which one would be the best choice?
PART 3: Topic Development (5 minutes)
SET 1. Topic: Online courses have changed the way people learn.

provide new learning

experience

be more convenient to Online

[your own ideas]
study courses

be independent in
learning

Follow-up questions:
1. What are the disadvantages of online learning?
2. How has education in your country changed in the last 10 years?
3. Do you think online learning will be more popular? Why/why not?
SET 2: Topic: Describe a teacher who has influenced you.

his/her
appearance

his/her Influential
teacher [your own ideas]
personality

his/her influences

Follow-up questions:
1. What role should the teacher have in a classroom?
2. How can a teacher make lessons for children more interesting?
3. Do you think computers will one day replace teachers in the classroom?
SET 3: Topic: Airplane is the best transport means to travel long distance.

time- saving

Air [your own

safe
travel ideas]

comfortable

Follow-up questions:
1. What are the pros and cons of low-cost air travel?
2. Why do some people just dislike air travel?
3. Are you happy with the service on the plane in your country?