B1 (Intermediate)
- Would you like to work in advertising?
- To what extent can advertisements change people's taste? Can you provide examples to support your idea?
- Do you trust advertisements?
- What's the best advertisement you've ever seen?
- What's the most shocking advertisement ever?
- Do you agree that advertisement for children should be banned in children's TV programs?
- Do you think advertizing is more of an art or a science?
- What products shouldn't be allowed to be advertised?
- How do you use body language in your daily life?
- In what situations does body language help you communicate with others?
- How can eye contact change what you mean?
- How long is a normal eye contact?
- Do you use your hands a lot? Is it on purpose or not?
- What are some usual gestures you make with your hands?
- What gestures do you know that are different from your culture and English culture?
- Is body language different between boys and girls/men and women? Provide some examples?
- Is your birthday a special day to you? How do you feel about it? Do you think you were born at a good time of the year?
- When was your best birthday ever? How was it?
- How would you celebrate your birthday ideally?
- What presents would you love to get?
- Do you enjoy surprise birthday parties or you prefer everything to be planned?
- What would you do if your friends/family/best friend /partner forgot your birthday?
- Have you ever forgotten an important birthday? What happened?
- How often do you think about your behaviors? Do you often criticize your behaviors?
- Do you usually analyze other people's behavior? Do you ever tell them or just keep it to yourself?
- Were you well-behaved as a child? Did your parents tell you off if you did something bad?
- How do media affect people's behavior? Is it a positive or a negative effect?
- Do you care about what people think about you? Why? Why not?
- Have you ever made any changes in your behavior?
- What's the one behavior you wish you could change in yourself?
- Does your country use a lot of energy? How about you?
- What forms of energy do you use in your everyday life?
- What's the most common form of energy in your country? Is it expensive or cheap? Is the source of this energy limited or not?
- What is clean energy?
- Do you think scientists will discover a new source of energy in near future?
- How can you save some energy in your everyday life?
- What are low energy buildings?
- Do you prefer writing or typing? What are the differences?
- Do you enjoy writing?
- What do you usually write during a normal day?
- Do you find writing in your native language easy or difficult? How about writing in English?
- What are your weaknesses in writing?
- Have you ever written a poem or a story?
- Do you like your handwriting? Do you think people's handwriting can tell about their character?
- What are some losses that can be compensated?
- Which one is worse: loss of money or loss of job?
- How do you react to your losses?
- Have you ever lost your interest in something? What was it? Why did it happen?
- How do you usually handle your losses?
- Have you ever been worried about hair loss?
- Is weight loss a big concern to you?
- Do you consider yourself innovative? Do you believe that some people are more innovative than others? Why is that so?
- Can you think of something innovative you have done?
- Is innovation appreciated in your society/school/University/home?
- Do you appreciate innovation or do you prefer the same good old ways?
- Which is more important to you, innovation or hard work?
- Do you usually think of ways to improve things or you just take things for what they are?
- What is the purpose of criticizing someone?
- What is the purpose of criticizing an art work? Is criticism meant to be constructive or destructive (think realistically not idealistically)?
- Are you open to criticism? Provide a decent and logical example to persuade others that you are.
- Do you tend to criticize people quite often? How about your friends? What are the most common subjects of your criticism?
- Once Aristotle said:" To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing" what does that mean?
- Are you afraid of changes or do you see them as an opportunity in your life?
- What was the last major change you made to your life?
- Do you think minor changes can elevate your mood?
- When was the last time you changed the decoration of your room/house?
- When someone changes something in your house (for instance the place of an armchair, a kitchen equipment,…) do you find it annoying? Do you welcome these changes?
- Do you believe we can change someone's character? Why/why not? Have you ever tried it?
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