Speaking Final Questions

SPEAKING FINAL

The speaking mid-term will be a 5 minute, one-on-one interview. You will be asked five of the following groups of questions listed below, one from each unit (time permitted). As least one of the questions will be a role play. You will be judged according to the following criteria:

(1) comprehension of the questions asked 5%
(2) clear pronunciation with proper intonation 5%
(3) correct grammar and variety of vocabulary 5%


UNIT 6

1. Where did you last go on vacation? Was it your first time there? Where did you stay? Had you stayed there before?

2. Name something fun you did on vacation. Where were you? Why was it fun? Had you done something like this before?

3. Talk about something you didn’t want to do that turned out to be pleasant. Why didn’t you want to do it? Why did it turn out to be better than you expected?

4. Talk about a vacation in which something went wrong. Where were you? How did you try to solve the problem?

UNIT 7

1. Talk about the appearance of one of your friends. What has your friend had done to their hair or any other part of their body? What is their fashion style? Do you like it?

2. How would you change your appearance so that people wouldn’t recognize you? What would you have done to your hair and body? What kind of clothes would you wear?

3. Talk about someone who has dramatically changed how they look. What did they have done? How did they use to look? Was the change positive or negative?

4. Role play. I will give you a situation in which I have to change my appearance. You will have to advise me on what I should change.

UNIT 8

1. What do people your age normally worry about? Why do they worry about this? Do you worry about this problem as well?

2. Discuss a time when you gave a friend advice. Who was it? What was his or her problem? What advice did you give? Did your friend follow your advice?

3. How have your problems changed since you were younger? What did you use to worry about that you don’t think about now? What new worries do you have now that you didn’t have in the past?

4. Role play. I will ask you about an imaginary situation. You will tell me what you would do if you were in that situation.

UNIT 9

1. Talk about a situation where you saw a cultural mistake in customs. What was the mistake? What should the person have done? How was the situation handled?

2. What is the most common way people greet each other in your country? Do men and women greet each other differently? Does the greeting depend on the person’s age? If so, how?

3. Name two Korean customs. How important are each of these customs? If somebody does not follow these customs, what usually happens? Do you think cultural customs are important?

4. Role play. I will describe a situation and you will have to give me advice, using the phrases “should” and “would.”


UNIT 10

1. Talk about a situation where you were skeptical of something. What was it? Why were you suspicious? Did you ever find out for certain what happened?

2. Discuss something unusual that a friend of yours believes. Why do you think your friend believes this and most other people do not? Does he or she give any reasons for believing something so strange?

3. Name something you used to believe when you were younger. When did you stop believing? Are you now convinced it is not true, or are you unsure? Why or why not?

4. Role play. I will describe a situation and you will have to make guesses about what happened.