Conversation phase

The World of Work

1. Are you currently working?

2. What things do you normally do at work?
3. For how long have you been working in your current job?
4. What do you like about your job?
5. Would you like to work in your free time?
6. What job would you be interested in doing in the future?
7. What would be your dream job?
8. Do you think that you will get your dream job?
9. When do you think that it is the perfect age to start working?
10. What do you feel when you think about getting a job in the future?
11. Have you discussed your future career with your friends or family?
12. Would you like to work abroad one day?
13. Do you think that the salary is an important factor when looking for a job?
14. What would you prefer: a poorly paid job that you love, or a highly paid job that you hate?
15. Do teenagers in your country usually have a part-time job?
16. Do you know young people who have become rich?
17. Which jobs do you think are underpaid?
18. Which jobs do you think are overpaid?
19. If someone tells you that they want to work abroad, what would you say?
20. What values are important when working in a team?
21. Do you think that salaries in your country should be higher?
22. Do you think it is possible to have a balance between your personal and professional life?
23. Is it important that employees are both qualified and experienced?
24. Are working conditions good in your country?
25. What are the typical working hours?
26. How many holiday weeks do people normally get in your country?
27. Do you think that women and men are equal in the workplace today?
28. What measures should be taken in Spain to combat unemployment?
29. Were people 50 years ago as well educated as we are today?
 Environmental concerns
1. Do you recycle?
2. Does your family recycle?
3. Would you like to recycle more if you could?
4. Is it easy to recycle where you live?
5. What things do people normally recycle?
6. What good habits do you have to protect the environment?
7. Are you worried about the environment?
8. Are the people around you worried about the environment?
9. What bad habits do you have that damage the environment? Would you like to change them?
10. Do you think that people should recycle more?
11. Are people more concerned about pollution than they used to be?
12. What should we do about people who refuse to recycle?
13. What should we do to encourage people to protect the environment?
14. Does the environment mainly belong to humans?
15. Do your consumption habits destroy the environment?
16. Can you swim in rivers, lakes or beaches where you live? Are they clean?
17. Is there a lot of traffic where you live?
18. Do you think that big hotels and resorts should be allowed in beautiful places?
19. Should vehicles like cars or motorbikes be banned in towns and cities?
20. Are you for or against nuclear energy?
21. Should stricter laws exist for people and bars who play music late at night?
22. Are there any associations in your country that protect the environment?
23. Which measures does your government put to protect the environment?
24. Is pollution a problem where you live? (water, noise, air, etc.)
25. What do you think is the biggest pollution problem in your country?
26. How can the government solve environmental problems in your country?
27. Which environmental disasters can be the worst for your country?
28. Have you ever seen an eruption?
29. Do you know any animals which are in danger?
30. What can we do to protect animals which are in danger?
31. Do you know any animals which have been extinct?
32. Have you ever heard about an oil spill in the sea?
33. Have you noticed any changes in the weather in the last few years?
34. What can happen if we don’t protect the environment?
 Personal Values and Ideals

1. What personal values do you have?

2. What things do you believe in?
3. Are friends and family important for you?
4. What are your ambitions, hopes and fears?
5. Have your personal values changed over the time?
6. Do you think that you will have the same personal values and ideals all your life?
7. Have your parents influenced your values?
8. Do your friends share your values?
9. Even if our grandparents’ generation is quite different from ours, do we have common ideals?
10. Have you ever tried to persuade someone to change their mind?
11. Would you like to recycle more than you do?
12. What is your ideal job or place to live?
13. Have you ever been a volunteer?
14. What is the best part about being a volunteer?
15. What is the worst injustice for you?
16. Do you admire someone?
17. Do you admire anyone close to you? (relatives, friends, neighbors, teachers, etc.)
18. What values do you think that are important in a job?
19. What three things would you save if your house is on fire?
20. Which topics make you feel emotional when you talk about them?
21. What makes you angry?
22. What do you think are the best and worst traits that a person can have?
23. What do you think about discrimination? Does it exist in your country?
24. What is the major religious belief in your country?
25. Are people less compassionate with time?
26. Is freedom of speech a human right?
27. Do TV and social media influence our minds?
 Society and Living Standards
1. Are living standards similar in all the regions of your country?
2. Would you say that your town is in a richer or poorer part of your country?
3. Are you happy with your living standards?
4. Have you ever talked to your grandparents or parents about their living standards when they
were younger?
5. Are your current living standards very different from your grandparents’?
6. Have living standards been improving for the last few years?
7. How would your quality of life be if you were born in the 90s?
8. How do you feel when you see people living in poor countries?
9. Have you recently found things more expensive?
10. Do you think that Spain and the UK have different living standards?
11. What can improve our living standards?
12. Do you think that our society is positive and happy?
13. Do you think that we give too much importance to material things? (Cars, clothes, etc.)
14. What type of school do you go to? Do you like it?
15. For how long have you been studying English?
16. Why do you think that English is important?
17. If you moved to a bigger city, what things would you miss from your hometown?
18. Which Spanish customs do tourists enjoy?
19. Is there any aspect from Spanish culture that can be difficult for a tourist?
20. Have you ever been to a country with low living standards?
21. What festivals are celebrated in your country?
22. Is there any Spanish custom that you don’t like?
23. Is there any foreign custom that you don’t like?
24. Do you know any Spanish customs associated with food?
25. At what age could someone leave their parents’ home?
26. Do you think that nowadays there are more divorced families?
27. Do you think that nowadays there are more single-parent families?
28. Which aspects of society are improving?
29. Are there any aspects of society that are getting worse?
30. Should an unemployed person get state benefits?
31. Is inmigration a problem in your country?
32. How would you describe a perfect member of a society?
33. Do you have a vision of a better society? What changes would you make?
 Public Figures
1. Do you admire someone? Why?
2. Would you like to be a famous person?
3. If you were a public figure, what things would you do to be admired?
4. Have you ever personally met a public figure?
5. Would you like to meet any public figure from the past?
6. If you could meet a famous person, what would you say or ask them?
7. If you could meet a famous person from the past, what would you say or ask them?
8. What are the advantages or disadvantages of being in the public eye?
9. Do you think that becoming famous changes someone’s personality?
10. Do public figures have the right to keep their personal life private?
11. Do you agree that the media publish everything about celebrities’ lives?
12. Do you think that some public figures earn too much money?
13. What celebrities have recently been in the media? Why?
14. Why do young people admire famous people like singers, footballers or actors?
15. Do you think that public figures should be an example for people?
16. What type of public figures must young people look up to?
17. What public figures do you think are good examples for young people?
18. What public figures do you think are bad examples for young people?
19. Who is the most important public figure in your country?
20. Who would you say is the most important public figure in the world?