Tematy do dyskusji na pierwszych zajęciach. Język angielski - poziom średnio zaawansowany do zaawansowany

INTRODUCTION

1. Describe yourself by means of 5 adjectives. Choose two of them and explain why you used them.
2. How do you usually spend your free time? How much free time do you get a week? What would you do if you had more free time?
3. Do you live alone or with your family? Would you like to describe your family members? If not – describe your best friend. What, in your opinion, is the ideal family?
4. Do you live in a house or flat? How big is it? What do you like best about it and why? Would you like to change it in any way or is it perfect?
5. What is your job? What tasks does your job involve? What responsibilities do you have? What would you change about your job?
6. Where, how and with whom did you spend holidays this year? Did you plan and organise your holidays for yourself? Do you prefer active or passive forms of rest? The holidays of your dreams?
7. How long have you been learning English? Why are you studying it? What are your expectations from this course?

HOLIDAY TALK

1. Where, how and with whom did you spend your last holidays?
2. Do you like having your holidays organised by a travel agency or would you rather plan them yourself? Why? Are you a good organiser?
3. Do you have favourite holiday places? Activities?
4. How do you spend time while on holidays? Are you an active holidaymaker? Do you prefer active or passive forms of rest?
5. Have you ever had a nightmare of a holiday? When, where and what happened? Tell us about it.
6. Your best holidays ever?
7. The holidays of your dreams?

JOB TALK

1. What is your job? What qualifications/ degrees have you got? What tasks does your job involve? What responsibilities do you have?
2. Describe your job by means of six adjectives. Choose four of them and explain why you used them.
3. What would you change about your job?
4. What possible career paths could you follow basing on your current job?
5. Do you plan to keep doing this job forever or are there any other jobs you are considering?
6. Which traits of character or personality do you find useful/ helpful/ disturbing in doing your job?
7. Would you recommend your job to other people or would you rather warn them against it? Do it!

TELEVISION

1. How many hours a day do the average Polish people spend watching TV?
2. How many hours a day do you spend watching TV?
3. What programmes do you watch and why?
4. What programmes do members of your family watch and why?
5. What TV channels have you got at home? Which do you think the best and why?
6. Do you agree with the statement that TV is a great time thief? Explain.
7. What influence can TV have on people? How does it affect you?
8. Do you agree that TV is a great opinion creator? In what way? Whose opinions does it pass along and whose opinions does it influence or form?
9. Do you think you could live without TV? Why (not)? What aspects of your life would change? Do you know anybody who lives without it?
10. What do you think is the impact of TV commercial advertisements on average customers? Do you think commercials should be banned from TV? Why (not)?
11. How has TV programmes and their contents evolved in our country? What was TV like 20, 10 years ago? How has it changed? Do you think it is evolving in the right direction? Why?

GENERAL

1. What book are you reading now?
2. What is your favourite magazine?
3. Favourite smells?
4. What is the first thing you think when you wake up in the morning?
5. Chocolate or vanilla?
6. Do you like to drive fast?
7. Storms - cool or scary?
8. What is your zodiac sign?
9. What’s under your bed?
10. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
11. If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
12. Favourite sounds?
13. Is the glass half empty or half full?
14. Your favourite sport to watch?
15. Worst feeling in the world?
16. Roller coaster - scary or exciting?
17. How many rings before you answer the phone?
18. Say one nice thing about the person who is asking you this.