Topic 1: Motivation
What motivates you? Why?
Are you very motivated to do things or do you need motivation?
What activity do you have no motivation to do?
What is a great motivational quote?
Have you read any good motivational books or articles? What were they about?
Does motivation come from inside a person or from their environment? Explain why you think so.
How can you help someone who has no motivation?
How often do you exercise or workout? What is the best way to motivate yourself to work out?
What song do you listen to for motivation?
What do you think of motivation posters in offices, do they actually help?
Topic 2: Childhood
What was the best thing about your childhood?
What do you miss most about being a child?
Do you think that children these days have a better or worse childhood than your generation? Why?
What do you think is most important for a happy childhood?
What about your childhood do you wish you could change?
Where did you grow up? How did that affect your childhood?
What were some of your favorite activities when you were a child?
Who, besides your parents, had the biggest impact on your childhood?
What do you want to provide your children that you didn’t have when you were growing up?
Who were you really jealous of when you were a child? Why were you jealous?
What was your experience at school like? (elementary, junior high, or highschool)
Topic 3: Aging
What are some of the benefits of getting older?
Do you think humans will ever be able to stop aging?
Is aging more difficult for men or women? Why?
Which celebrities have aged well?
Are older people actually wiser?
What kind of support should children give their aging parents?
How long do you want to live?
Who is the oldest person you know? How is their view of the world different than yours?
How are older people viewed in your country?
How well do you relate to people who are 5 years younger than you? How about 10 years younger?
Topic 4: Friendship
Do you prefer to have many friends or just a few that you are close to?
What are the benefits of having just a few close friends? How about the benefits of having many friends?
Describe your best friend.
Are you close friends with anyone who you knew in elementary school?
Why do people need friends? What can happen if a person has no friends?
What is the biggest thing you have done to help a friend?
Do you have any friends who would risk their life to save you?
Would you risk your life to save a friend? How about a stranger?
What kind of qualities do you look for in a friend?
What is the best way to make new friends? Do you like making new friends?
Do you think sites like Facebook are good for friendships or do they stop people from becoming close?
How did you meet your best friend?
Topic 5: Advice
What three pieces of advice will you give your children?
Whose advice do you follow more, your parents’ or your friends’ advice?
If you could give the leader of your country some advice, what would it be?
If you could go back in time and give yourself some advice, what would you tell your younger self?
Who was the wisest person in your country’s history? What kind of advice did they give?
Where do you go to get good advice?
Now it’s your turn to give some advice:
What are some things students should do to improve their English?
What should I do to make more money?
How can I get more free time?
What should people do when first meeting their boyfriend/girlfriend’s parents?
What should someone do to be happy?
Topic 6: Appearance
1, What is the first thing you notice about a person?
2, What do the clothes someone wears say about that person?
3, Is there a part of your appearance that you are very proud of? (i.e. eyes, fashion sense, hair etc.)
4, What is the most interesting haircut you have seen?
5, Have you every gone through the entire day without noticing something was wrong with your appearance? (i.e. missing button, food in your teeth)
6, What kinds of things do you do to improve/maintain your appearance?
7, Are there any fashion trends in the past you followed but think are silly looking now?
8, How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
9, Have you ever been intimidated by someone’s appearance?
10, Do people in your country talk a lot about other people’s appearance?
11, Is it rude to tell the person that they need to improve their appearance?
Topic 7:Individuality
Last week, the topic was about APPEARANCE. It seems like most of you did not want to stop. Therefore, we have chosen a topic that is related.
Each of us has a passion to be unique, special, or another way to say it, an INDIVIDUAL. Our Culture, Family, or Company often wants us to conform to their desires and do not take into account our desires.
1, What makes you unique?
2, Is it okay to look different from other people or should you look the same as other people?
3, What do you think when you see someone who looks very different?
4, If you went to a job interview with green hair, what do you think would happen?
5, If you see someone with a lot of tattoos or a colorful hairstyle, what do you think of them? (Often a tattoo is ones opportunity to significantly change their body and make a statement).
6, If you HAD TO change your hair color, what color would you change it to? Why?
7, Have you ever felt like a square peg in a round hole?
8, What are some things you do to blend in?
9, If you HAD TO do one crazy thing to your appearance what would you do?
10, If you got a tattoo, what would it be? Why?
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