IELTS Speaking Topics

Speaking B1 Part 1: Selfintroduction Part 2: short talk on one topic Session 1: YOURSELF SELFINTRODUCTION: + Say Good morning Good afternoon (with smiling face) + Give your name, + Say about your family (how many people in your family, their work…) + your work (what company, in what business, your position in the company, what responsibility you take, what you do every day…) + your hobby: what you like doing in your free time 1. Hobbies What do you often do in your free time? – Reading love story book When did you start these hobbies? – After working hours Why do you like these activities? – It makes me relax after working hours and enjoy the love 2. Housework Do you share housework in the family? What kind of housework do you often do? Yes, all the members in my family share housework to each other. I am a woman in my family, so I often do cooking and cleaning house. Do you think wife and husband should share housework in the family? Why? Yes, I think so because 2 people can do housework more quickly and effectively. Who should teach the children? I think father should teach the children because father is a person who can make the children obey. 3. Your favorite food What kinds of food do you like? The food I cook myself at home because it is cheap, delicious and good for health. Do you think your diet is healthy? Does it include all the four food groups (grains, fruits and vegetable, protein fish, meat, egg; fat and sugar)? I think so. Do you like fastfood? Do you think fastfood is healthy enough? No, I don’t like. Fastfood is very convenient but it is not good for health because it include a lot of fat and oil and it can lead to obesity. 4. Holidays When do you often take holidays (summer time, Tet, Independence day 2.9 or Liberty Day 30.4)? Every long holiday except Tet because I will spend Tet for my family. Who do you often go with? (family, friends or company)? Family Where do you like to go on your holiday? Why? I like to go to the beach because my hometown do not have beach. What do you often do when on holiday? I often spend my holiday to travel with my family. Session 2: CAREER 1. Your work + what company you work for? Petro Vietnam gas North + in what business? + your position in the company (accountantsecretary…) Accountant + what responsibilities you take what you do every day (check emails, prepare for meetings…) + Do you like your work? Do you want to change your job? Why? Yes, I like. 2. The job you like What is your favorite job? Why? What do you think is important when choosing a job (salary, incentive scheme che do thuong, working conditions, time flexibility, relationship with colleagues)? What element do you think is the most important factor in choosing a job? Why? 3. Your typical working day (what you do at what time) In the morning In the afternoon In the evening 4. Selfdevelopment plan What is your goal at work (eg: you are aiming at becoming the manager of your department getting a higher position in your company)? What do you have to do to achieve that goal? (learn skills, take further education, work harder, increase sales…) What skills should you learn to improve your work? Session 3: PUBLIC 1. Your shopping Where do you often go shopping? What do you often buy? > I often go shopping at traditional market near my house. > I often buy food and foodstuff such as meat and fresh vegetables. Do you prefer traditional market or supermarket? Why? > I prefer supermarket because it is more comfortable and cleaner, you can buy everything here and you can pay for everything by credit card. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the traditional market and of the supermarket? > The advantages of traditional market are: cheap price, fresh food foodstuff (giá rẻ, lương thực và thực phẩm tươi) > The disadvantages of traditional market are: dirty and confusion (bẩn và lộn xộn) > The advantages of supermarket are clean, safety and confortable (sạch sẽ, an toàn và tiện lợi) > The disadvantages of supermarket are expensive price and flozen food and foodstuff (giá đắt và lương thực thực phẩm đông lạnh) 2. Public transport What is the most popular means of transport in HN? >Motocycle is the most popular means of transport in HN What public transport means is most widely used in HN? Do you think it is effective? > Bus is a most widely public transport means usded in HN > No, it doesn’t Would you prefer to travel by public vehicles rather than by private vehicles? Why? > I prefer to travel by private vehicles because it is more flexible than travel by public vehicles. 3. Entertaiment What do you often do in your free time? > I often watch Television, Read book and listen to music in my free time. Where do you often go for entertainment? > I often go shopping for entertainments Are you satisfied with the places of entertainment in HN? > Yes, I am satisfied with many places of entertainment in HN 4. Music Do you like music? Do you often listen to music? > Yes, I do. I often listen to music in my free time What type of music do you often listen to? Why? > I often listen to pop music because it is melodious (du dương và êm tai: giai điệu đơn giản dễ nghe, Ca từ trong nhạc pop thường nói tới tình yêu, cảm xúc) Do you like the music industry in VN? Why? > No, I don’t because it has a lot of scandal What singer do you like? > I like My Tam and Celine Dion 5. Traffic What do you think about the traffic in your city? > It is confusion (lộn xộn) and so much traffic jams (tắc đường quá nhiều) What are the causes of traffic jams in big cities? > The main causes of traffic jams in big cities is there are a lot of private vehicles while the traffic system is in bad organized (lý do chính của tình trạng tắc đường là vì quá nhiều phương tiện giao thông cá nhân trong khi hệ thống giao thông không được tổ chức tốt ) How are people affected by the bad traffic? > People are affected by populated environment especially noise pollution by the bad traffic (con người bị ảnh hưởng bởi môi trường ô nhiễm đặc biệt là ô nhiễm tiếng ốn vì tình trạng giao thông kém) What do you suggest to improve the traffic in your city? > I suggest to reduce private vehicles and improve the service of public vehicles Session 4 Education 1. Language learning What do you think about the importance of learning a foreign language? Why? + Make me speak another language (each nation speak particular language, so I must speak the native language when travelling to other country) + Make me easy to get information from foreign book (I can get information directly more exactly when read from the translated book). + Make me confident when communicate with foreigner. What are your difficulties in learning English? + Remember vocabulary. + Different from the structure of Vietnamese and English eg: In Vietnamese, adj is behind noun but in E, adj is in front of noun. + Difficult to speak and pronounce exactly. What do you do to improve your use of English in speaking writing listening reading? + Training every day. + Read the English book or magazine frequently. + Use English at most in daily life eg: use phone or computer in English. 2. Studying abroad Why do people want to study abroad? (What are the benefits of studying abroad?) + Get the benefit from the developed education. + Get the new information about the culture of the country which the person studies. + Get the new knowledge from other education. Do you yourself intend to study abroad? Why (not)? Yes What are the difficulties for a person to study abroad? + Language. + Culture. + Weather and food. 3. Home education Do you think home education is important? Why? Yes + Make parents easy to control their children study. + Make children study effectively because they have to revise the knowledge taught. What do parents often educate their children about at home? + Test how their children study. + Teach their children study if they are able to do. + Report to the teachers about their children’s status studying. Do you think home education can replace school education? Why (not)? No + Home education and school education are the parallel education. + Parents do not have enough knowledge to teach their children all the time. + The children need the environment to study.