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1 22009

EDUCATION

IntermedIate monologues

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

INTERMEDIATE MONOlOgUES 2009 1Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 4 or 5 minutes.

EDUCATION

1. How was/is your experience of education? Explain briefly what you know about the situation in Spanish schools.

2. What can be done to improve the education system?

3. If you had to make a choice between private or public school what would you choose and why?

4. Whose responsibility is it to provide children and teenagers with a good education?

5. What do think about university education?

6. What is your opinion about bilingual education?



AdvAnced Monologues 2009 2

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 4 or 5 minutes.

educATIon1 22009

AdvANCEd MoNologuEs

MeAns oF TRAnsPoRT

1. What means of transport do you use?2. What kind of public transport is there in your town/city?3. What can be done to improve the transport system in your

country?4. do you think people drive safely in your country? do they wear

safety belts?5. Are speed cameras effective?6. Are there cycle lanes? do many people use them?7. How easy is it parking in the cities near you?8. Have you ever been fined for speeding or parking illegally?

MEANS OF TRANSPORT



3 42009EATINg HABITS


YOUR HOME TOWN OR VIllAgE


INTERMEDIATE MONOlOgUES 2009 3

1. Do you ever cook?

2. What is your favourite dish?

3. Do you think we eat differently now than 20 years ago? If so, explain why.

4. Most experts agree that the Mediterranean diet is particularly beneficial. What are its main characteristics?

5. Do you think vegetarians are healthier than people who eat a lot of meat. Explain.

6. Do you ever eat unhealthy food? How do you feel about it?

7. Do you eat out often? Do you think you have to pay a lot to eat well?

EATING HABITS




3 42009eATIng HABITs YouR HoMe ToWn

oR vIllAge

AdvANCEd MoNologuEs


1. What is your home town like?

2. What’s the most interesting part of your home area?

3. What kind of jobs do the people in your town/village do?

4. Is your home town changing?

5. Would you say it is a good place to live? Why?

6. What changes would improve life in your home town?

7. Are there any typical festivities?

8. How do you celebrate them?

YOUR HOME TOWN OR VILLAGE



5 62009YOUR HOBBIES


YOUR JOB

INTERMEDIATE MONOlOgUES 2009 5Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 4 or 5 minutes.

1. What do you like doing in your free time? Do you play any sports?

2. What do you watch on TV?

3. Do you have a computer? How do you use it?

4. Do you collect anything?

5. What do you usually do at the weekend and during the holidays?

6. Do you belong to any group or association?

7. Is there something you would like to do but have not done yet?

8. What do you think is the right amount of free time we should have? Explain

YOUR HOBBIES




5 62009YouR HoBBIes YouR JoB

AdvANCEd MoNologuEs


1. What do you do for a living?

2. Describe your duties

3. What things would you change about it and why?

4. What three things are most important for you in a job?

5. What’s your ideal job?

6. How has technology changed business?

7. Would you prefer to have an easy routine job or a job in which you made a lot of decisions?

8. Would you like a job that involved a lot of travelling? Why(not)?

9. If you could own your own business, what would it be?

YOUR jOb




7 82009SUPERSTITIONS


TYPICAl SPANISH

1. Do you believe people can predict the future?

2. Do you ever touch wood to send bad luck away? Which are the most popular Spanish superstitions?

3. Do you believe any of them?

4. Can you think of occasions when people use a coin to make a decision?

5. Why do you think some people go to an astrologer or a fortune- teller to find out about the future?

Would you ever consider going? Why (not)?

6. Do you read your horoscope? Does it influence your life?

7. Have you ever carried a lucky charm with you to an exam?

SUPERSTITIONS




7 82009suPeRsTITIons TYPIcAl

sPAnIsH

AdvANCEd MoNologuEs

AdvANCEd MoNologuEs 2009 1AAdvANCEd MoNologuEs 2009 8AAdvAnced Monologues 2009 8


1. What do you think the spanish people of today are like?

2. In what ways do you think Spanish people are different from people from other countries?

3. Which stereotypes about spanish people do you think are true/untrue?

4. How are young Spaniards today different from young Spaniards forty or fifty years ago?

5. Have you got any foreign friends? If so, are they like the stereotype of their country?

6. germans, Frenchmen,

7. Britons, Italians… what, in your opinion, are the stereotypes of these people?

TYPICAL SPANISH



9 102009COMMUNICATION

TODAY


RENEWABlE ENERgY


1. How many phone calls do you make a day? What type of telephone do you use?

2. Are international phone calls expensive in your country?

3. What would be the best way to keep in touch with friends abroad?

4. How much of your communication is done electronically?

5. What IT systems do you use to communicate e.g. email, Skype, Face book, chat rooms, blogs ? What are the pros and cons?

6. Which age-group do you think finds IT most difficult and why ?

7. Do you use the postal system? What for?

8. Have personal and family relationships changed as a result of the use of new communication technologies?

COMMUNICATION TODAY

Read the introduction to the topic and the suggestions.Choose one or more ideas to talk about. You may add your own ideas.Talk for between 3.30 to 4 minutes.




9 2009coMMunIcATIon

TodAYReneWABle

eneRgY

AdvANCEd MoNologuEs

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1. What recycling projects does your community have?

2. What are the worst environmental problems in your region? What can be done to improve them?

3. Have you suffered the consequences of any natural disasters?

4. Are people environmentally responsible? Why? Why not?

5. What things do you do to contribute to help the environment?

6. do you think companies are more responsible now than they were in the past?

7. What do you think about renewable energies i.e solar power, wind power, geothermal energy etc.? Are they in use in your area?

RENEWAbLE ENERGY



11 122009TRAVEllINg


THE MEDIA

1. Have you ever travelled abroad? If so, can you remember the most interesting things you did? If not, why haven’t you?

2. Do you think it is expensive to travel?

3. What do people spend most of their holiday budget on?

4. Do you usually buy souvenirs for yourself or others when you’re on a trip?

5. If you could choose to go anywhere in the world, what place would it be? Why?

6. Which do you prefer: beach holidays or cultural holidays?

7. When did you last go on holiday? Did anything interesting happen to you?

8. Do you think watching travel documentaries is a good alternative to travelling? Have you ever watched one?

TRAVELLING

Read the introduction to the topic and the suggestions.Choose one or more ideas to talk about. You may add your own ideas.Talk for between 3.30 to 4 minutes.




2009THe MedIA

AdvANCEd MoNologuEs

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11TRAvellIng


THE MEDIA

1. describe the media that you use: radio, Tv newspapers and magazines, Internet

2. do you read the newspaper every day? Will newspapers disappear in the future?

3. Which kind of news is the best? (e.g. newspaper, Tv, internet etc)

4. Do you think the news influences people too much?

5. What is the most memorable Tv moment you’ve ever watched?

6. What kind of magazines do you like to read?

7. do you prefer listening to the radio or watching Tv?

8. What kind of Tv shows do you (not) like? Why?

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