NGUYEN QUANG DIEU GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH GROUP

SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR SPEAKING

(THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION - SCHOOL YEAR 2021-2022)

NOTE: All the questions below each topic are just sugggested ones. Students may have their own
topic-related preferences or questions for discussions.

GRADE 11

TOPIC 1: FURTHER EDUCATION

1. Have you chosen a university to continue your education? What do you want to do in the future?
2. Which type of further education would you prefer? Campus-based or cloud-based courses?
3. After graduating from secondary school, students can choose to enter a university immediately or
take a gap year. What is your opinion?
4. Going overseas to study is exciting. However, some people think it is better to stay home because
there are many difficuties when you study abroad. What is your idea?
5. You are thinking about pursuing higher education in a foreign country. What do you prepare for
your studying?

TOPIC 2: TRAVEL
1. What heritage site in your country do you want to visit some day? Why?
2. What three attractions in your country would you recommend a foreign tourist to visit?
3. Which activities can tourists do when taking a tour to the Mekong Delta?
4. What can we do to attract more tourists to our country?
5. “Travelling is the best way to learn”. To what extent do you agree with this?

TOPIC 3: HEALTHY LIFESTYLE & LONGEVITY

1. How do you keep a healthy lifestyle?
2. Do you have any bad habits? What do you do to kick bad habits?
3. People have different ways of escaping from stress: reading, exercising, or working in their
gardens. What are your best ways of reducing stress?
4. Do you know any traditional therapy (treatment without medicine)? Share the basic idea of that
therapy.
5. What are the factors responsible for the increase in life expectancy?

GRADING CRITERIA

Criteria Score
Vocabulary 0.5
Fluency 0.5
Pronunciation 0.5
Creativeness 0.5
TOTAL 2.0

- Students talk in pairs, in the order of the class list.

- Each pair draws ONE of the 3 topics given.
- A reduction of 0.5 point is applied each time you change the topic.
- Length of talk: 5 minutes/pair.