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 Watching TV English Question about Watching TV If giving up TV is too much of a sacrifice, would you consider switching to black-and-white viewing? There are almost no pleasures left in life that someone hasn’t suggested we give up to better ourselves. Sugar, smoking, meat, clutter, coffee, even our smartphone. Soon we’ll…
Shocking News | An English Conversation Class Shocking News | An English Conversation Class Challenging Question: After a medical examination, your doctor calls you and gravely informs you that you have a rare lymphatic cancer and only a few months to live. Five days later, she notifies you that the lab tests were mislabeled, and…
English Question on Sacrifice for IELTS & TOEFL English Question on Sacrifice for IELTS & TOEFL with a podcast based on the recorded class, some challenging questions, a selected passage with illustrated flashcards, and the possibility of listening to any selected text When you make a big sacrifice, do you tell people about it or…
English Question on Rearing Children English Question on Rearing Children for IELTS and TOEFL with comments and opinions left by our students to practice writing and grammar in an asynchronous fashion In what ways will you treat (or have you treated) your children differently from the way you were treated? If you’ve already raised children…
English Question on Time of Death English Question on Time of Death for Discussion by leaving text and voice messages asynchronously to get ready for IELTS and TOEFL How might knowing when you’ll die help you plan your life? Is life enhanced by feeling that death could strike at any time? If you knew someone…
English Question on Impressing Friends for IELTS with a set of questions, a podcast and illustrated flashcards to improve your vocabulary and practice speaking and free discussion Do you think your friends would agree with one another about the kind of person you are? How much energy do you spend doing things to favorably impress…
English question on history for IELTS & TOEFL students to practice conversation and writing and receive feedback in an interactive way How might the world be different if you could actually change some historical event? How sure are you that the long-term consequences would be positive? Do you believe that “history repeats itself”? Reading practice…
Outliving your friends as an English question for discussion and conversation for IELTS & TOEFL candidates with a comment form to practice writing and speaking How hard would it be to outlive and lose each person you grew close to? If you lived a greatly lengthened life, would you experience so much that you’d soon…
Cheating on exams – an English question for IELTS & TOEFL candidates to practice writing and speaking If you saw someone cheating on an exam, how would you react? What if you had signed an honor code? Reading practice Students cheat on assignments and exams. Students might not understand or may have different models of…
Childhood Years – and English Question for Discussion with illustrated flashcards and selected reading to improve your reading and speaking abilities and expand your vocabulary Do you feel that children should be sheltered from unhappiness? What from your childhood has proved most valuable? What from your childhood has proved to be most difficult to overcome?…