Speaking practice in English in our conversation classes with challenging questions on interesting topics that are archived in this category with embedded podcasts and flashcards.
English Question about Morality English Question about Morality How do you feel about taking a sick day at work when you aren’t ill? Have you ever made unauthorized, personal, long-distance phone calls or taken tools or supplies from work? Have you ever falsified a time card or an expense report? If through a computer error, …
English Question about Finding Money English Question about Finding Money Most people say if they found a wallet full of cash on the street, they would return the money; do you believe them? Most also think their own lost wallets would not be returned; do you feel similarly? How do you explain this contradiction? Would …
English Question about Untimely Death English Question about Untimely Death What if you had to choose the 10 people who would die? Would you rather have someone else in the group make the decision even though you might be picked to die? Please respond to this question in the interactive comment form below to have a …
English Question about Close Friends English Question about Close Friends If you were offered a much better job in another city and knew you would, over the years, drift away from your closest friends if you took it, would you go? Please respond to this question in the interactive comment form below to have a detailed discussion over it and receive useful feedback.
English Question about Taking Risks English Question about Taking Risks What would induce you to give up life as you know it and face the unknown? Were people in previous centuries more adventurous than we are today, or was it simply harder to avoid risk and adventure? How much does affluence make people complacent and …
English Question about Social Life English Question about Social Life What are you looking for when you converse with people? What kinds of things do you usually discuss? Are there other things that would be more interesting to you? Please respond to this question in the interactive comment form below to have a detailed discussion …
Free English Webinar on Resilience Free English Webinar on Resilience To join this free English webinar, please do the following: Login to see the comment form at the bottom of this page. Leave your comments about the current topic by using the interactive comment form below. The other participants and I will correct your errors …
English Conversation on Schadenfreude English Conversation on Schadenfreude Lecture on schadenfreude Watch this presentation on schadenfreude and express your opinions about it in the comment form at the bottom of this post. Watch this video on YouTube Sasan It seems to me that Schadenfreude is a horrible feeling that can ruin peoples’ lives. What would …
English Conversation on Luck English Conversation on Luck Selected Text Source: Wikipedia.org Luck is the concept that defines the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events. The naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events happen all the time in human lives, both due to random and non-random natural and artificial processes, and that even improbable events can happen …
English Conversation on Cold Calling English Conversation on Cold Calling Selected Text Source: Wikipedia.org Cold calling is the solicitation of business from potential customers who have had no prior contact with the salesperson conducting the call. It is an attempt to convince potential customers to purchase either the salesperson’s product or service. Generally, it is referred as an over-the-phone process, making …