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1st Year, 2nd Term

Problem Questions for the Prepared Talk at the Exam

Based on Reading and Listening Comprehension

For Intermediate and Lower-Level Groups

1. Talk about the kinds of fast food that are popular today and the eating places where British people can find it (Reading Comprehension. Section 3, Unit 1 “Eating Out”, “Fast Food”, “Hot Dog”, “Coca-Cola”).

2. Talk about English food and the qualities it is often criticised for (R.C. S.3, U.2 “English Food”).

3. Talk about the problem of food additives in the world (R.C. S.3, U.2 “Food for Thought”).

4. Share the recipe for ‘Irish Oatmeal’ (L.C. S.3, U.2 “The Last Innocent Meal”).

5. Speak about table manners as seen by the food editor Craig Claiborne (L.C. S.3, U.1 “At the Table”).

6. Speak about the different ways of doing the shopping (L.C. S.4, U.1 “How Do you Do the Shopping”).

7. Talk about children with exceptional intellectual abilities and various kinds of schools they can go to. (R.C. S.5, U.1. “How Ruth Made History at Oxford”).

8. Talk about the reasons people have for studying at the Open University (R.C. S.5, U.1 Part II. “What Degree of Success Can You Expect from the Open University?”).

9. Speak about England’s best known public school Eton (L.C. S.5, U.2 “An Aussie at Eton”).

10. Speak about learning English in different countries and about the English language as an international language (L.C. S.5, U.3 “Learning English”).

11. Talk about the relationship between the world’s climate and man’s activities (R.C. S.6, U.I “The World’s Climate in the Future”).

12. Talk about Jerusha’s first steps at college (Home-reading. “Daddy-Long-Legs”).

13. Talk about Jerusha’s academic life in college: her failures and achievements (Home-reading. “Daddy-Long-Legs”).

14. Talk about Jerusha’s winter and summer holidays (Home-reading. “Daddy-Long-Legs”).

15. Describe Jerusha’s personality (Home-reading. “Daddy-Long-Legs”).

Notes. 1. Material in Reading Comprehension (R.C.) is taken from “Developing

Strategies in Reading Comprehension”. Book 1. Minsk, 2011.

1st Year, 2nd Term

Problem Questions for the Prepared Talk at the Exam

Based on Reading and Listening Comprehension

For Advanced and Upper-Intermediate Groups

1. Talk about the kinds of fast food that are popular today and the eating places where British people can find it (Reading Comprehension. Section 3, Unit 1 “Eating Out”, “Fast Food”, “Hot Dog”, “Coca-Cola”).

2. Talk about English food and the qualities it is often criticised for (R.C. S.3, U.2 “English Food”).

3. Talk about the problem of food additives in the world (R.C. S.3, U.2 “Food for Thought”).

4. Speak about going out to eat at a restaurant (L.C. S.3, U.1 “Eating Out”).

5. Share the recipe for ‘Irish Oatmeal’ (L.C. S.3, U.2 “The Last Innocent Meal”).

6. Speak about table manners as seen by the food editor Craig Claiborne (L.C. S.3, U.1 “At the Table”).

7. Talk about the difference between teenagers and adults in the attitude to shopping and in their tastes in clothes (“R.C. S.4, U.1 “Shopping with Mom”).

8. Speak about the different ways of doing the shopping (L.C. S.4, U.1 “How Do you Do the Shopping”).

9. Talk about children with exceptional intellectual abilities and various kinds of schools they can go to. (R.C. S.5, U.1. “How Ruth Made History at Oxford”).

10. Talk about the similarities and differences between the “Orientation Week” at an American University and the University you study at (R.C. S.5, U.1 Part I. “Roommates”).

11. Talk about the Open University and the reasons people have for studying there. (R.C. S.5, U.1 Part II. “What Degree of Success Can You Expect from the Open University?”).

12. Speak about children’s attitude to school (L.C. S.5, U.1 “Interviewing School Pupils”).

13. Speak about England’s best known public school Eton and Oxford and Cambridge universities. (L.C. S.5, U.2 “An Aussie at Eton”, R.C. S. 5, U. 1 “University of Oxford.University of Cambridge”).

14. Speak about learning English in different countries, and about the English language as an international language (L.C. S.5, U.3 “Learning English”).

15. Talk about the relationship between the world’s climate and man’s activities (R.C. S.6, U.I “The World’s Climate in the Future”).

16. Talk about Jerusha’s academic life in college: her failures and achievements (Home-reading. “Daddy-Long-Legs”).

17. Talk about Jerusha’s winter and summer holidays (Home-reading. “Daddy-Long-Legs”).

18. Talk about the relationship between Jerusha and her guardian (Home-reading. “Daddy-Long-Legs”).

19. Describe Jerusha’s personality (Home-reading. “Daddy-Long-Legs”).

20. Talk about the book you’ve read on your own (Individual Reading).

Notes. 1. Material in Reading Comprehension (R.C.) is taken from “Developing

Strategies in Reading Comprehension”. Book 1. Minsk, 2011.