WRITING TOPICS

1. People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example,
new experience, career preparation, increased knowledge) Why do you think
people attend college or university?
- Career preparation
- New experience: far away from home
- Increased knowledge

2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best
teachers.
No.
- Too close to the children emotinally. Limit children’s freedom because
they’re worried
- Expect children interest to be similar to theirs
- Parents want to pass on their values to their children. Point of view are not
proper nowadays

3. Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the
way people live?
Yes.
- Prepare more quickly
- Preserving food make it possible to enjoy a wide variety of food
- Healthful eating are easier

4. It has been said “Not everything that is learned if contained in books”

Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge
gain from books. In ur opinion, which source is more important?
Experience is more important
- Things book can teach: fact and information, skills, professional
development
- Things book can’t teach, experience can: make friends, failure and success
feeling, things we like and dislike, make decisions, get along with …
mates, triumph and disaster of career teach how to improve career,
improve relationship; have a family, raise children, love

5. A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your
community. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence
on your community. Do you support or oppose?
Oppose
- Factories cause pollution: air we breath, rivers, health affected
- More job will be created.  Ads: living condition, stores; Disads: many
new people move in, more traffic
- Our city will lost the quietness. Everybody knows everybody else. The
small-town feel will be lost.
 6. If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would
you change?
- Facts: Few activities for youngsters. Student Union is boring. Teenagers
have to study a lot. Extracurricular are not encouraged.
- Change: New student Union, Decrease the period each week,
extracurricular grade, community charity

7. How do movies or television influence people’s behaviour?

- influence their like, dislike. The publicity turned to one criminals because
the tivi said he was a good guy trying to save his daughter. A movie says
extrover people are better than introvert guys
- Terrify them. Movies with disaster, ghost movie frightens children .
Television with rumors.
- Make tv addict less active. Just sit with potato chip and watch.

8. Do you agree or disagree : television has destroyed communication among

friends and family.
Disagree.
- Topic to talk about between friends and family
- Family and friends have good time sit together watching TV and have fun

9. Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city.
Which place would you prefer to live in?
Big city
- Shopping is comfortable
- Easy transportation
- City life is more exciting

15. TOPIC: Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what are
the qualities of a good neighbor? Use specific details and examples in your answer.
“Neighbor”, the very mention of the word brings in our mind the image of the
people next door, living in close proximity, who directly affect the social environment we
live in. It is expected that a good neighbor possesses nice qualities like dependability,
harmony and honesty to create a pleasant neighborhood.

10. When people succeed it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with
success/ Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above?
Disagree. Luck is often the final factor that turns years of working hard into
success.
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ToPIC: People recognize a difference between children and adults. What

events (experiences or ceremonies) make a person an adult? Use specific
reasons and examples to explain your answer.
- Pay a full ticket
- Earn the first money
TOPIC: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Reading fiction
such as novels and short stories) is more enjoyable than watching movies. Use
specific reasons and examples to explain your position.
Book.
- Books can be read at any time and at any place.Eg: In bus, at school, at home
etc.
- Books are less expensive than watching movies.
- Reading skills develop and so are writing skills. In other words , comm. skills
develop. Reading a book leads to imaginations and creativity, whereas in
movies, one observes characters as potrayed on the celluliod.

Topic 38:
Learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the present. Do you
agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Agree.
- Learning about the past is valuable to us because we can understand our future
perspectives better if we know where we have come from
- we can also learn from the mistakes made in the past,
- and finally, we will be more optimistic about our situation if we realize the
improvements made over time.