LISTENING AND SPEAKING 3 – QSKILL SPEAKING AND LISTENING (2ND EDITION) REVIEW 1. LEADERSHIP
2. What kinds of people become leaders?
3. What are some characteristics of people who are not good leaders?
4. What are some difficulties/challenges of being a leader?
5. What are some important skills and qualities of a leader?
6. What negative effects might come from having power?
7. What leadership qualities do you want or need in the future?
8. What do you think are some differences between leadership and power?
9. What are some positive effects power may have?
10. Are people born to be leaders or must they learn it?
11. What are some main advantages of hiring a friend?
12. What are some challenges of being a friend’s boss?
13. Would you like to take a course in leadership?
14. Do you think that becoming a leader makes a person’s life difficult in some ways?
15. How can leaders motivate team members?
16. What leadership quality do you most value or admire?
2. THE IMPORTANCE OF APPEARANCE
1. When you were a child, were you neat or messy? How have you changed as you get older?
2. How would appearance affect an employee’s chance of promotion?
3. Is it rude to tell someone that they need to improve their appearance?
4. How messy are you? What are some benefits of being messy?
5. What are some disadvantages of being messy?
6. Is personality more important than appearance?
7. In what types of job does a person’s appearance not matter?
8. Do you think that when people look sloppy, they are less careful at work?
9. What could a person do to improve his or her appearance?
10. What are some benefits of a happy appearance?
11. Do people’s appearances matter if they can get the job done successfully?
12. Do people in your country talk a lot about other people’s appearance?
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13. How does your appearance at work or school affect how you feel?
14. Is it better to be physically attractive or intelligent?
15. Is personality more important than appearance? 16. 3. ADULTHOOD
1. In your opinion, at what age does a person become an adult? Why?
2. What important events or experiences can make you feel more like an adult?
3. Do you think it’s better to be an adult or a child?
4. What are some reasons why children have to take on adult responsibility?
5. What emotions might children feel when they have to take on adult responsibilities?
6. Are young people generally more selfish than their parents and grandparents?
7. What do you think a person can learn from making something by hand?
8. Which items do you prefer to be hand-made rather than machine-made?
9. What are some hand-made things you have ever created?
10. Do you think that having some adult responsibilities is good for adolescents? Why or why not?
11. Do you think that there should be a formal event to mark adulthood? Why or why not?
12. What difficulties/challenges can an adult face?
13. In your opinion, at what age does a person become an adult? Why?
14. What important events or experiences can make you feel more like an adult?
15. How do people celebrate adulthood in your country? 16. 17. CRAFTS
1. Why do most children not do crafts?
2. Why are business people interested in crafts these days?
3. What quality can you train/learn through doing crafts?
4. Why do people enjoy doing crafts?
5. When old buildings are demolished, what do you think happens to the wood that was used to make the buildings?
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6. What is something you would like to build or make?
7. What handmade products do you use on a regular basis?
8. Do you have a favorite homemade object in your house? What do you like most about it?
9. Do you think that handmade products are important to society? Why?
10. Do you think hand-made products are popular in your country? Why or why not?
11. What are some do-it-yourself crafts or activities that are becoming more popular?
12. Do you think that schools should teach crafts to all children as part of the curriculum? Why or why not?
14. What kind of handmade products would you be interested in making or selling?
15. It is believed that making things by hand is a waste of time compared to academic
study. Do you agree or disagree?
16. Would you be willing to pay more money for hand-made products? Why or why not?