COMPLAINING

1) What kinds of things do you complain about?
2) When was the last time you complained about something?
3) Have you ever written a letter or e-mail of complaint?
4) Do you like complaining?
5) What is your complaining style – polite or aggressive?
6) How often do you complain to yourself in public?
7) Do you think complaining relieves stress?
8) Do you like to watch when other people complain?
9) Have you ever got a better service after you’ve complained?
10) Why might people complain about you?

VOCABULARY

1) What’s more important, grammar or vocabulary?
2) Do you like studying vocabulary?
3) Do you have an impressive knowledge of vocabulary in your own
language?
4) What’s the hardest thing about learning English vocabulary?
5) Are there words in English you still keep forgetting?
6) Do you separate your vocabulary lists into words, idioms, phrasal verbs,
etc?
7) What do you know about the ‘bad’ words in the English vocabulary?
8) What do you think of English words becoming part of the vocabulary of
your own language?
9) What’s the best website for learning vocabulary?
10) Are vocabulary games a good way to remember vocabulary?

LIFE

1) Do you think life has a meaning?Which?
2) What’s your biggest goal in life right now?
3) Is life complicated or do people make it hard?
4) What is the hardest thing about life?
5) Do you have a good quality of life?
6) Do you think rich people have a happier life?
7) Who has been your biggest influence in life?
8) What will life be like fifty years from now?
9) What kinds of things make your life good and bad?
10) If you could live someone else’s life, what kind of life would you like it to be?

MEN

1) Do real men cry?
2) What are the differences between men and gentlemen?
3) What are man best at and worst at?
4) Why do men like gambling, drinking, smoking and chasing women?
5) What three changes would you like to make to (other) men?
6) Are men getting better or worse?
7) Is it a man’s world?
8) Why do men take control of the barbecue but not the kitchen oven?
9) What is inside a man’s heart and brain?
10) Will men be different 100 years from now?

GLOBALIZATION

1) What is globalization?
2) Could globalization have happened without the Internet?
3) How would your life be different if globalization hadn’t happened?
4) What do you think of the concept of a global village?
5) Has globalization improved people’s lives?
6) Do you think globalization could end in a world with just one giant
country?
7) What do you think indigenous tribes think about globalization?
8) Can you measure globalization?
9) Do you think globalization will reduce or increase the poverty gap?
10) How has popular culture added to globalization?

EMPLOYMENT

1) Do you have good employment prospects?

2) What is your employment track record?

3) Have you ever visited an online employment agency?

4) Do you ever look at the employment pages in newspapers?

5) Do you think companies should offer employees lifetime employment?

6) Have you ever worked somewhere that had bad employment

conditions?

7) Do you always study the terms of employment carefully before you

accept a job offer?

8) Have you ever had your employment terminated?

9) Are there any conditions of employment you insist on?

10) Are working conditions in your country better than those in other

countries?

MOTHERS

1) What are the biggest differences between mothers and fathers?
2) Why and how did your father fall in love with your mother?
3) Are you happy with the way your mother raised you?
4) Should mothers stay at home and look after the kids?
5) What’s the best piece of advice your mother has given you?
6) Do you think mothers are the same all around the world?
7) How are mothers and grandmothers different?
8) What do you think is the hardest thing about being a mother?
9) What’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told your mother?
10) What do you talk to your mother about on the phone?