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VSTEP SPEAKING 1 I. TEAMWORK 6 II. COMMUNICATION/ MOBILE PHONES 6 1. How do you usually keep in touch with members of your family? 6 2. Do you prefer to speak to people by phone or by writing emails? 6 3. Do you ever write letters by hand? Why / Why not? 6 4. How often do you use your mobile phone? 6 5. Can you describe your mobile phone? 6 6. What was your first mobile phone? 6 7. How has your mobile phone changed your life? 7 III. FREE TIME ACTIVITIES/ HOBBIES 7 1. What do you usually do in your free time? 7 2. What do you usually do on weekends and weekdays? 7 3. What do you usually do when you go out? 7 4. What do you usually do with your friends? 7 5. What are good hobbies and bad hobbies? 7 IV. FAMILY 7 1. How many people are in your family? 7 2. What's your father like? 7 3. What's your mother like? 7 4. Do you have brothers and sisters? Are they older or younger than you? 8 5. Do you live alone? Who do you live with? 8 6. Who do you respect most in your family? 8 7. Who has had the most influence in your life? 8 8. Who do you get on well in your family? 8 9. Do you ever argue with someone in your family? What do you argue about? 8 V. TRAVELLING 8 1. Do you like traveling? 8 2. Do you like to travel alone or with your friends? 9 3. Have you traveled to other places? Where are they? 9 4. What do you usually do when you first arrive in a new place? 9 5. What are the benefits of traveling? 9 6. Why do so many people travel nowadays? 9
VI. FRIENDS 9 1. Do you have many friends? Are they casual acquaintances or close friends? 9 2. Do you prefer to stay with your family or with your friends? 9 3. Do you prefer one or two close friends or many friends? 9 4. Are your friends mostly your age or different ages? 9 5. Do you usually see your friends during the week or at weekends? 9 6. The last time you saw your friends what did you do together? 10 VII. MUSIC 10 1. Do you like music? 10 2. What kind of music do you like best? 10 3. What are the benefits of listening to music? 10 VIII. TRANSPORTATION 10 1. How do you get to work/ school? 10 2. What’s your favourite means of transport? 10 3. Do you often use public transport? 10 4. Which do you prefer public transport or private transport? 10 5. Can you say something about the transportation in your hometown? 10 6. What is the most common means of transport in your country? 10 7. Do traffic jams often occur in your hometown or in the city where you live? 10 8. How to solve the problem? 11 9. What changes in transportation have taken place in the past several years in Vietnam? 11 IX. CLOTHES 11 1. Are clothes and clothing fashions important to you? Why/Why not? 11 2. What different clothes do you wear for different situations? 11 3. Do you wear different styles of clothes now compared to 10 years ago? 11 4. Do you think the clothes we wear say something about who we are? 11 X. READING 11 1. Do you like reading? 11 2. Do you usually read for leisure or for work purposes? 11 3. What was your favourite book or story when you were a child? 11 4. Do you think it's important that children read regularly? 11 XI. MOVIES 12 1. Do you like watching movies? 12 2. What kind of movie do you like? Why? 12
3. Who’s your favourite actor/ actress? 12 4. Do you see films on TV DVDs or at the cinema? 12 5. Is there any film that you’ve seen for several times? What film? 12 6. Have you ever met a film actor or director? 12 XII. WORK 12 1. What’s your job? 12 2. Do you enjoy your job? 12 3. What's the best thing about your job? 12 4. Do you prefer working alone or with others? Why? 12 XIII. SCHOOL & STUDY 13 1. What was your major at university? 13 2. What were your favourite subjects at high school/ secondary school/ primary school? 13 3. What kind of secondary school did you go to? 13 4. Did you like it? Why not? 13 5. How much homework did you have? 13 6. Did you have to wear a uniform? 13 7. Was the discipline very strict? 13 8. Which subjects were you good and bad at? 13 XIV. FOOD & RESTAURANTS 13 1. What food do you like best? 13 2. What do you usually have for breakfast? 13 3. What’s your favourite meal of the day? 14 4. Where do you usually have lunch? 14 5. How often do you eat out? 14 6. What restaurant do you often go to? 14 7. What kind of food does it serve? 14 8. Do you prefer eating at home or eating out? 14 9. Are you taking any vitamins or food supplements at the moment? 14 10. Are you trying to eat healthily at the moment? 14 XV. LEARNING ENGLISH 15 1. Do you like learning English? 15 2. How long have you been learning English? 15 3. How did you study it? 15 4. Do you think it’s important to learn languages? 15
5. Is it important for children to learn foreign languages? 15 XVI. WEATHER 15 1. What’s your favourite kind of weather? 15 2. What’s your favourite season? 15 3. Do you think weather affects the way people feel? 15 4. How do you depend on the weather reports on TV? 15 XVII. TV PROGRAMS 16 1. Do you watch TV? 16 2. What TV program do you like watching? 16 3. What TV channel do you often watch? 16 XVIII. SOCIAL NETWORKS 16 1. What kinds of social networking websites do you like to use? 16 2. What kinds of people do you like to be friends with on those websites? 16 3. Is it easy to find real friends on a social networking website? 16 XIX. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 16 1. What public holidays do you have in your country? 16 2. Do you like public holidays? 16 3. Which public holidays do you like the most? 16 4. What do other people in your country usually do on public holidays? 16 5. Do you think public holidays are important? 17 XX. SLEEPING 17 1. How many hours do you sleep every day? 17 2. Is it necessary to take a nap every day? 17 3. How to have a good sleep? 17 4. Do you like to get up early in the morning? 17 5. Can you sleep well if you are in a noisy environment? 17 XXI. BEING ALONE 17 1. Do you like to be alone? 17 2. What do you like to do when you are alone? 17 3. Do you like to spend time with your friends or just stay at home on your own? 17 4. When was the last time you were alone? 17 XXII. TAKING PHOTOS 18 1. Do you like to take photographs? Why? 18 2. What kind of photos do you like to take? Why? 18