Speaking

1:talking to stranger
a) Yes i do, because I'm a pretty friendly person and get along
with the people around me
b) I often help them and compliment them when they do
something, it helps me to improve my communication skills
c) I asked them about their hobbies, so I could spend more time
talking to strangers
2: social media
a) I used it for 7 years, when I was a lower secondary school
student
b) I store my good memories on social media, and I also update
the news every day, it helps me feel more relaxed.
c) No I don’t,because it's not true in real life, for example, young
people today, students say bad things about their friends on
social networks
3:memories.
a) My memory can remember good memories, when I met my old
friends, we all reviewed our memories when we were a
student.
b) When I was a kid, I used to go to the football field to play with
the kids in the neighborhood every afternoon
c)
4: Agrument:
a) yes, i saw my friends arguing in class, and as a result they
stopped playing together
b) I argued with my teacher about his bad teaching, then he got
angry and kicked me out of the class.
 c) It was about 2 months ago when I had an accident near my
house, and I felt very angry about it.
5:spendings habit:
a) yes, because my parents give me 100k for 1 week
b) I think I'm a good manager, because I always save money and
never spend money on stupid things.
c)
6: Love it or loathe it.
a) It's the fact that I've been in toxic relationships in the past, it
scares me
b) that's me jumping to head when i'm playing football
c) that's when I ride the roller coaster with my friends, that
experience makes it hard for me to breathe
7. Business plans.
a) I will be in the clothing business, because my
parents are opening a big clothing store in Danang, so I
can easily run the business.
b) I will rent a house in the city center then I will
import some trendy clothes of today's youth. And I can ask
my parents about the business.
c)I studied business administration at the university
of greenwich, so I have experience in business.
8: films:
a) My favorite is detective movies, because it always intrigues
the viewers as well as has unexpected details.
b) the most unusual movie ever seen was black adam, i didn't
understand what it meant and i fell asleep while it was
playing in the cinema
c)
9: Art
a) yes, i have, and i usually draw when i have free time
b) I am most impressed with still life paintings, because it depicts
the most wonderful things that this life has to offer
c) it is van gogh's sunflower work, because it brings great things
as well as the message that the artist wants to give us
10: Future achievements.

a) I will study hard and get an international degree at greenwich

university and will go abroad for 5 years.
b) I will open a big company and when I retire, I will rest and leave
a fortune to my children and grandchildren
c) Yes, because I'm proud of my efforts and I'm very happy with
what I get
11: Daily routine/holidays.
a) I think the evening is the most important time of the day,
because it helps me relax and rest after a busy day.
b) no I dont. because I'm so used to my daily routine, it's tiring
to change my routine.
c) yes, because it helps us to rest and relax after tiring and
stressful working days

12: Best friends.

a) my best friend looks funny and very friendly is loved by

everyone.
b) I met him when we were students and we became best friends
after football games
c) In my opinion, it is always helping each other in life, the second
is sharing the interesting things in life,
13: Public transportation.

a) It is walking around the city, it helps us to avoid traffic jams and

see the city more clearly.
b) The means of transport that I like the most is the bicycle,
because it helps us save fuel and helps protect the environment.
c)
Part 2:
1) You have just entered university. Which life lesson do you find
the most useful for you?
• If you want to succeed in life, you first have to fail.
• There is nothing in life more valuable than friendship.
because I have a lot of toxic relationships around me

• Never compare yourself to others. Just be happy with who you are
because we have to compare to know where our selves are

I think If you want to succeed in life, you first have to fail. Is the best
choice
First, it will help you grow when you fail.
Second, it helps you experience more things in this life.
Finaly, failure will help us do better in the future.
2. You are considering a birthday present for your mother.
There are three suggestions:
• An accessory.
first, her phone is old, so she needs a new phone
Second, my mother really needs a phone, but because she can't
afford it, she can't buy a phone.
Finally, I want to repay what she did for me when I was a child
• A piece of art.
Because my mon doesn’t like art
• A piece of furniture.
.because my house is so beautiful she doesn't need it anymore
3. You have a chance to do an internship at a company.
There are three types of jobs:
 Astronaut
 Journalist
 Video game designer.
Which one would you take?
I will choose an intern at a game design company, because I did a
good job at a university, so I was taught game design skills. I am
ready to help people when they need it, that helps me to connect
with the people around me, I am a very passionate gamer and I can
sit in front of the screen for 5 to 6 hours a day, I I have the ability to
work in a team very well and bring people together, I used to work
unpaid at a design company, so I have accumulated a lot of
experience.
4most of the money.
There are three options suggested:
 Invest it.
 Share it with your friends and family.
 Make a large donation to charity.
Which one would you do?
I will invest that money, because it can help you earn more money,
from which you can give that money to many different purposes such
as giving to charity or sharing with relatives and friends.
5. Imagine you had to disappear to run away from some
hunters. You’re preparing to go on a run so hunters cannot
track and find you.
There are three options suggested:
 Disguise yourself.
 Go to a small village in the countryside.
 Deceive them into thinking you die.
Which one would be the best thing you would do to disappear?
I will run to a village near the countryside, because it has people there
and makes you feel safer there.
I reject the above 2 ideas because those 2 ideas will be easily detected
by hunters and you will be in danger

6. You are asked to give advice on what should be

prioritized in order to feel fulfilled and happy with life.
There are three options suggested:
 Family
 Friends
 Career.
Which one would you recommend people to prioritize?
I think family is something we should prioritize.
First, the family is the place where we grow up
Second, we can rely on our family when we fail
Finally, family Create experiences with happy memories
7. You see a boy who is bullied. What will you do?
 Talk to his teacher
 Talk to his parents
 Talk with his friends
Which do you think is the best way?
I will talk to his parents, because only parents can teach their children
are in danger, from which they can come up with the best solution.

8. Your friend is going to travel to Da Nang.

There are three suggestions of when to go there:
 Spring
 Summer
 Winter
Which one would you recommend?
I think summer is the best choice
Firstly, this is the right time for outdoor activities such as swimming,
sunbathing and sightseeing.
Second, in Da Nang in the summer, the weather is very pleasant
Finally, tourists to Danang are very crowded in the summer.
PART 3 - TOPIC DEVELOPMENT
Students give a talk about a topic with suggested ideas
AND/OR their own ideas. There are some follow-up questions
when they finish their talk.
1. Personalities.
a Some personal qualities you need to be a true leader:
• confident
Firstly, confidence will make it easier for us to work and connect
many different relationships
Second, it makes it possible for us to communicate with people
without any problems

• open to experiences
Openness to experience is a valuable quality of a leader. This
is simply to develop our work and help us improve our thinking

• organised
Being well organized is one of the key things about being a
president, it will help us have a clearer path and a stronger
system.

• your own ideas

Follow-up questions:
b Do you think your personal traits are suitable to be a leader?
c Do you think people can change the main characteristics of
their personality? Why/Why not?
d Do you think the way people look always reflects their
personality? Why/Why not?

2. Social media.
a Being a social media influencer is popular now. There are
some possible problems with that kind of work.
• Not have a stable working hour
Firstly, interacting on social networks will make us have no time to
do other things like exercise and entertainment.
Second, it makes us get caught up in a virtual world.
• Not have a stable income
I think because this is the right idea because being a social media
influencer it just makes us more famous, but not sure about income,
because it depends Do you run ads?
• Have to be very creative
I think to be an influencer you have to be creative, because it
will help more people know you, so you will get more attention
from the public.

• Your own ideas.

Follow-up questions:
b What are some benefits of being a social media influencer?
c Is becoming popular or influential today different from in the
past?
d What other jobs in social media do you know?

3. School problems.
a There are some school problems.
• Students break the rules.
It comes from the fact that the school's educational system has many
problems such as not being strict with students
Sometimes bad students become criminals. The warning signs are
there, and teachers may do their best to try and prevent something
like this from happening. However, kids will still make poor choices
no matter what others do to prevent this.
• Exam results are poor.
The reason students get poor grades is due to external factors such as
games, social evils that have impacted, making students unable to
focus on their studies.
• School violence.
This is a problem that schools need to address and it stems from
parents not managing their children carefully.
• Your own ideas.
Follow-up questions:
b What are some issues teenagers are facing these days?
it is a social evil. game addiction and negative things on social
networks
c Which problem do you think is the biggest?
I think school violence is the biggest problem, because students'
thinking is not mature, so school violence is easy to happen.
d What are possible solutions to those problems?
Parents should pay more attention to children's emotions and manage
them more closely

4. Possible future.
a There are some situations which will likely happen in the
future.
• Virtual reality will be improved and become more popular.
• Intelligent machines will replace most jobs.
• AI will be smarter.
• Your own ideas.
Follow-up questions:
b Which situation do you think will have a good outcome?
c Which situation do you think will have a bad outcome?
d Are there any ways to avoid the bad outcome of that future?

5. Mysteries and theories.

a There are still a lot of mysteries in our life.
• Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370)
The first is the route of the plane from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing but
the plane's wreckage was found near the madagascar, and the plane
has been missing for 7 years.
• Bermuda Triangle.

is an unstable area located in the western part of the North

Atlantic Ocean, and the mystery is that the ships that pass
through here will disappear.
• Dan Cooper.
The incident began on Easter afternoon, November 24, 1971, at
Portland International Airport in, Portland, Oregon.
• Your own ideas.
Follow-up questions:
b Which mystery do you find the most interesting so far?
It's the bermuda triangle, because I find it strange that everything that
passes through this place disappears.
c Among theories people have created to explain it, which
theory is the most convincing to you? Why? Or do you have
your own theory?

d Which theory do you think is unconvincing? Why?

6. New solutions.
a People use phones everywhere and most of the time even
when they’re walking on the street and unaware of their
surroundings. Such absent-minded pedestrians are a danger to
themselves and to others. People have come up with some
possible solutions:
 Ban using phones on streets and fine people if they use
 Put up signs to warn people of the possible danger.
 Install long strips of LED lights in the pavement
 Your own ideas.
Follow-up questions:
b Which one do you think is the best solution?
c Can you think of any other activities that are annoying, and/
or dangerous?
d Are there laws against any of these activities in your country?
First, it helps us to focus on walking without having to face the
phone, because it will affect the people around us.
Second, being fined will help us raise our awareness when on the
road.

Last but not least, will help us avoid accidents when participating in
traffic

For example, using a mobile phone will make us unable to look

around, so we may disturb those around us.
Put up signs to warm people of the possible danger.
Firstly, help people can avoid risks when traveling on the road.
Secondly,help keep everyone safe.
For example, some big cities have started put up signs at busy
junctions warning people not to text while crossing.
Fisrtly, function traffic lights tha pedestrians can see even when they
are looking down at thier phones
Secondly, make us see more clearly when on the road
For example,some german and dutch cities have opted for a more
state of the art solution by installing so called ‘’lightlines

7. Technology and education

a Technology helps students learn better.
 Involve more in the lessons
it makes students have more experience in learning and also
helps to improve the quality of that lesson
 Can take distance learning course
make it easier for students to understand the lesson and
students can be more creative in all areas
 Can do research online
 Students do their own research by finding materials available
on the internet that can help students learn more easily.
 Your own ideas.
Follow-up questions:
b What are the negative effects of using computers and the
Internet on young learners?
it will make them prone to eye pain and bad health effects.
c Do you think that online learning will replace traditional
classroom in the future?
yes, because online learning will help students less commuting to
school and will be easier to absorb the lesson
d How do you think technology will affect education in the
future?

8. Fast food
a Fast food is becoming more and more popular in the world
due to some benefits.
 Can easily be taken away
 Is suitable for the taste of young people
 Can be served quickly
 Your own ideas.
Follow-up questions:
b Do you think children should be taught about healthy diets
and cooking at school? Why/ why not?
c Do you think people eat healthier food nowadays compared
with people in the past?
d How do you think the way we eat will change in the future?