Conversation Topics and Teacher's Guide

After a Vacation

• Did you encounter any problems during your vacation? How did you resolve them?

• Did you have a part-time job during the holidays?

• Did you have any bad experiences?

• Did you meet any interesting people? Tell me about them.

• Did you notice any cross-cultural differences during your vacation?

• Did you study during the vacation? If so, what did you study?

• Did you enjoy your last vacation?

• How do you feel after a long vacation?

• How many days was your vacation?

• How much money did you spend on your last vacation?

• How was your trip?

o Why did you visit the place(s) you went to?

o How did you get there?

o Why did you choose the means of transportation that you chose?

o How much luggage did you take?

o Would you take the same or different equipment next time?

• How was your vacation?

• In what ways did you obtain real satisfaction when you were on vacation?

• Was the place you went to very different from where you live?

o What were the women like?

o What were the men like?

o Were people friendly?

o Did you stay in a hotel?

o What was the daily rate?

• What historical sites did you visit and what did you learn?

• What interesting people did you meet? Tell me about them.

• What souvenir or did you buy?

• What was the best food you ate during your vacation?

• What was the most enjoyable thing that you did during your vacation?

• What was the most interesting thing that you did during the vacation?

• What was the most interesting thing you did during the holiday?

• Where did you go for your last vacation?

o Did people speak English there?

o Did you have any problems?

o Did you use a lot of English?

o How did you get there?

o How long did it take to get there?

o How long were you there?

o How much money did you spend?

o What did you do there?

o What did you see in each place?

o What kind of food did you eat?

o What souvenirs did you buy?

o What was the activity you enjoyed the most, and why?

o What was the weather/food/scenery like?

o What were the people/restaurants/scenic spots like?

o Where did you stay?

o Where did you visit?

o Where would you like to go next?

o Who did you travel with?

o Would you recommend your friends visit there, why or why not?

• Where did you go? How long did you stay? How did you get there?

• Where is your favorite place to go on vacation?

• Where in the world would you most like to go for your next vacation?

• How do you get to sleep when you are traveling on a plane?

• How far was it to the beaches, to the nearest town, village etc.?

• How long did it take you to get there?

• What sort of condition was the hotel in?

• Did the room overlook the sea?

• Did you have a nice view from your room?

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Beauty and Physical Attractiveness

• Who do you think is the most beautiful person in your country?

• Who do you think is the most beautiful person alive today?

• Who was the most beautiful person in history?

• Who is the most attractive in your family?

• Does beauty affect one's success in life?

• Is it better to be physically attractive or intelligent?

• Is it better to be physically attractive or wealthy?

• Is beauty related to power?

o Can you think of anyone who is in a position of power that is not physically attractive?

• Do people spend too much time and money on beauty?

• How much time should be spent on making yourself look better each day?

• Who would you say is beautiful that others maybe wouldn't?

• Do you think people should have cosmetic surgery to enhance their looks?

o If so what is the minimum age when someone should have plastic surgery?

o How popular is plastic surgery in your country?

o What is the most popular feature for cosmetic alteration?

o Do you think self-esteem affects beauty?

o Do you think beauty affects self-esteem?

• How important is beauty in your daily life?

• Have you ever noticed anyone ever feeling pressured to be more beautiful?

• What do you think of the proverb, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder?"

o Do you have any proverbs or idioms from your country that relate to beauty?

• What are some beauty tips that you could share?

• Do you think people with many tattoos can be beautiful?

o How many tattoos is too many?

o Would you ever get a tattoo?

o Do you have a tattoo?

• Do you think people with many piercings can be beautiful?

o What kind of body piercing, if any, do you feel are acceptable?

o What kind of piercing, if any, do you feel are unacceptable?

• What personality trait is the most important for inner beauty?

• How do you define beauty, using your own words?

• Would you ever date someone who was not conventionally attractive?

• What makes one person more attractive than another?

• Do you think people from different countries than you see attractive the same way?

• Is there someone famous that is considered beautiful, that you think is not?

• Are beauty pageants good or bad?

• Should children be entered into beauty pageants?

• Do you think one gender or group worries more about beauty than another?

• Would you want your children to be beautiful or talented?

• What are some of the negatives about being beautiful?

• What are some examples of social pressures to improve on natural beauty?

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Clothes & Fashion

• About how much money do you spend on clothes a year?

• Do you like shopping for new clothes?

• Do you often buy new clothes?

• Do you read fashion magazines?

• Do you sometimes wear a hat?

• Do you think it is important to wear fashionable clothes?

o (Do you think it is important to be in fashion?)

• Do you wear jewelry?

o If so, what kind of jewelry do you wear?

o How often do you wear jewelry?

• Do you wear the same color clothes now that you wore ten years ago?

• Do you wear the same size clothes this year as you wore last year?

• Do you think people feel different when they wear different clothes?

• Have you ever made your own clothes?

o If so, what did you make?

o Do you often make your own clothes?

• How many pairs of gloves do you have?

• What are some of the strangest fashions you have seen?

• What colors do you think look good on you?

• What colors do you think look good on your mother?

• What did you wear yesterday?

• What do you think of body piercing?

o Do you have pierced ears?

o Do you know anyone with a pierced nose?

o Would you ever pierce your tongue?

• What do you think of people who dye their hair green?

• What do you think of women who wear high heel shoes?

o Do you think high heel shoes are bad for a person's health?

• What fashions that you see today do you think will be out of fashion within two years?

• What is your shoe size?

• What kind of clothes are in fashion now?

• What kind of clothes do you usually wear?

• What's the most expensive piece of clothing you have ever bought?

• What's your favorite color for shoes?

• When was the last time you got dressed up?

o Why?

o How often do you get dressed up?

o Do you like to get dressed up?

• Where are some good stores to buy clothes in this area?

• Where do you usually buy clothes?

• Would you like to be a fashion model?

• Questions on Styles, Clothing and Fashion-based Stereotypes

o What would you think of a women who cut off all her hair and went around bald as a fashion statement?

o What do you think of a man who is bald for fashion's sake?

o What do you think of women who wear short mini-skirts?

o What do you think of people who always and only wear black?

o What do you think of people with tattoos?

 Do you have a tattoo?

 Do you know someone with a tattoo?

o What do you think of people with body piercings?

 Do you have pierced ears?

 Would you pierce other parts of your body?

o What would you think of a high school student who always wore very conservative clothes?

o What type of clothing do you wear when you are angry and you want to express yourself?

o What colors do you choose to wear when you are happy?

o Would you dress the same as you do in your country if you went to America for a visit?

o Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy?

 In what ways do you dress differently?

o If you went out with a group of high school friends, would you dress differently then if you went out with your grandmother and her friends?

o In what ways does your Grandmother dress differently then you?

o When you get old do you think you will dress like your grandmother or grandfather?

o Would you ever wear dreadlocks?

 What do you think of the people who wear them?

o Have you ever worn your hair braided in small braids.

 Did anyone look at you differently because of it?

o Would you ever wear contacts to change your eye color?

o What is the difference in the people who choose to wear contacts and the people who choose to were glasses?

o What do you think about women who don't wear earings?

o What do you think about men who wear earings?

 What do you think of women who do?

o Is it possible for women to wear too much make-up?

 When is a person wearing to much make-up?

 What do you think of men who wear make-up?

o Is it possible to be beautiful without wearing any make-up, earings or other accessories?

o Do fashionable clothes really change the way a person looks?

o What differences have you noticed in the fashions here and in your country?

o What do you think about secondhand clothes?

 Why do you think people buy secondhand clothes?

 Have you ever been to a store that sells secondhand clothes?

 Have you ever bought secondhand clothers?

 Would you buy secondhand clothes?

o When and where did you buy an article of clothing you're wearing right now? Why did you choose it?

o What would you think if the mother of the groom wore black at a wedding?

 What would you think if a bride wore red?

 Should a bride's dress be long or do you think it could be the length of a regular skirt?

o What items of clothing do you consider provocative?

 (It would be interesting to see if foreigners perceive their own clothing to be provocative or not, but to get them to admit that, the question should be phrased - would it be so in American or Canada, etc.)

 What do you think of men wearing high heels?

 What do you think of women wearning high heels?

 Is there a stigma attached to people who buy no-name (no brand) clothing?

 Are some people more fashion conscious than others? What types/groups of people?

 Have you ever bought pirate/imitation brand clothing?

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Education

• Are college tuitions reasonable?

• Are foreign languages part of the curriculum? If so, which languages?

• Are most schools coeducational in your country?

• Are there any subjects/classes you wanted to study but they weren't available at your school/college?

• Are there good colleges in your country?

• Are women encouraged to pursue education?

• Do you have difficulty with school work?

• Do you know anyone who does not know how to read or write?

• Do you think teachers are paid enough?

• Do you think your school is a good one? Why/why not?

• Do you think your teachers give too much homework?

• Do you think it is easier to learn as a child or as an adult?

• How can we improve our classroom?

• How do you travel to school?

• How long must you go to college to get a degree?

• How much is too much homework? How should the homework load be managed?

• If you have not attended college, do you plan on doing so?

• Is it difficult for people without a college education to get good jobs where you live?

• What are some good ways to learn English?

• What are some important factors in determining which college to attend?

• What are the qualities of a good student?

• What are the qualities of a good teacher?

• What classes would you take?

• What do you study? What's your major?

• What is the average age of a high school graduate?

• What is your favorite class?

• What was (or is) your favorite subject? Why do you like it?

• Who selects the college you will attend -- you or your parents?

• Why are you studying a foreign language?

• Why do you think people become teachers?

• Why is it helpful to learn a Second language ?

• Why is it sometimes very difficult to speak another language?

• Would you consider studying abroad?

• How much free time does a high school student in your country have?

• Do parents home-school their children in your country?

o What do you think of home-schooling?

o Do you know anyone who was home-schooled?

• Do you think that most parents influence what university their child will attend?

• Once you graduate from a university should you stop learning?

o What are some ways a person can continue to learn?

• Does education guarantee a good job?

• Which is more important, the essential skills in life you've learned to develop on your own or the artificial structure in college about the "real" life?

• Which high schools and colleges are the best in your country?

• Which high schools and colleges are not so good in your country?

• We should not just prepare for life, but live it. Do you agree?

• What kind of world do you think this would be if people never went to school?

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Entertainment

• Are there any kinds of movies you dislike?

o If so, what kinds?

o Why do you dislike them?

• Are you going to watch TV tonight?

o If so, what will you watch?

• Do you like to gamble?

• Do you like to watch cartoons?

• Do you like to watch horror movies?

• Do you like ___? (Insert the name of a TV show.)

• Do you listen to classical music? Why or why not?

• Do you often go drinking? Where? Who with? How often?

• Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction books? How about movies?

• Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV?

• Do you think it is good for children to watch TV?

• Do you think TV is educational? LI>Do you think that there is too much violence on TV?

• Do you think that TV is a good thing?

• Do you usually watch movies at home or at a movie theater?

• Have you ever been to a play? If so, when was the last time?

• Have you ever been to Disneyland?

• Have you ever been to the theater?

• Have you ever hosted a party?

• Have you ever seen the same movie more than once?

o If yes, name it (or them).

• Have you ever seen ___? (Insert the name of a movie.)

• Have you ever tried water skiing?

• Have you ever used a slot machine?

• How far in advance do you begin planning a vacation?

• How often do you go to movies?

• How often do you go to parties?

• How often do you read comic books?

• How often do you rent videos?

• How often do you visit museums? When was the last time?

• How often do you watch TV?

• If a book has been made into a movie, which do you prefer to do first, see the movie or read the book? Why?

• Is gambling legal where you live?

• Should books be censored?

• Should movies be rated? Explain.

• What are some forms of gambling people do in your country?

• What are some games that you don't like to play? Why?

• What are some good books that you have read?

o What is the best book you have ever read?

• What are some of the good movies you have seen?

• What are some of the most popular amusement parks in your country?

• What are some things you can do without spending a cent?

• What are the advantages of watching TV?

• What are the disadvantages of watching TV?

• What computer games have you played?

Which are your favorites?

o Which do you think are not so interesting?

• What did you watch on TV yesterday?

• What do you do in your spare time?

• What do you like to do on a night out?

• What do you think of soccer? (baseball, hang gliding, ...)

• What do you think of people who talk during movies at a movie theater?

• What do you usually watch on TV?

• What games are popular in your country? Why are they popular?

• What is one of your favorite TV shows?

o Why do you like it?

o When is it on?

o Does you father like it, too?

• What is the best movie you have ever seen?

o Who was in it?

o Why did you like it?

o Who was the director?

• What is the most popular drama/comedy/game show in your country, and what is the storyline (drama) or format (game show)?

• What is the scariest movies you have ever seen?

o What's the funniest?

o What's the most romantic?

• What is the worst movie you've ever seen?

• What is your all-time favorite movie?

• What is your favorite game? Why?

• What is your favorite holiday? Why?

• What is your favorite movie?

• What kind of movies do you dislike? Why?

• What kind of movies do you like?

• What kind of music do you like?

• What kind of things do you like to read?

• What kind of TV programs do you usually watch?

• What kind of TV shows do you not like? Why?

• What movie star would you most like to meet?

• What singer would you most like to meet?

• What TV commercials do you like? Which ones do you hate?

• What TV commercials do you like? Why?

o What's your favorite commercial?

o What is the purpose of advertising a product?

o Do you think there are subliminal messages?

o When you drive or walk, do you get distracted by advertisements on buses or billboards?

o When you go food shopping, do you buy foods you've seen in TV commercials?

o Do you like the Bennetton's advertisements? If not, why? (You can substitute any company's name.)

o Do you think it's right to see naked women in TV commercials selling beauty products?

• What types of TV program are there?

o Which type do you like best?

• What was the last book you read?

• What was the last movie you saw?

o Was it good?

o Who did you see it with?

• What's the best movie you've ever seen?

• What's the most popular holiday in your country?

o When is it?

o How is it celebrated?

• What's your favorite magazine? (What are some of your favorite magazines?)

• When do you usually listen to the radio?

• When do you usually watch TV?

• Where do you usually read?

• Which do you like better, action movies or comedy movies?

• Who are some of the famous actors and musicians in your country?

• Who are some of your favorite actors and actresses?

• Who do you think is the funniest comedian?

• Who is the most popular entertainer in your country?

• Who is your favorite actor or actress?

• Who is your favorite author?

• Who is your favorite comedian?

• Who is your favorite musician?

o Who is your favorite female singer?

o Who is your favorite male singer?

o Who is your favorite guitarist?

• Who is your favorite writer? (author)

• Why do some people gamble?

• Would you rather go to a bar or a nightclub?

• Do you think that films can be educational?

• Do you think that TV makes people lazy?

• Do you think too much time is spent watching TV?

• Does TV make a person passive? Does TV take away a person's ability to think for himself or herself?

• Do you think that TV prevents people from communicating?

• What do you think of TV shows that are designed to "discover new talent?"

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Family

• Are friends more important than family? What do you think?

• Are chores assigned to children in your family?

• Are you married?

• Are you pressured by your family to act in a certain way?

• Are you the oldest among your brothers and sisters?

• Are your parents strict?

• Did you ever meet any of your great grandparents?

• Do you get along well with your family?

o Do you get along well with your brothers and sisters?

o Do you get along well with your in-laws?

• Do you have any brothers or sisters? If so, how old are they?

• Do you have any children? If yes, what are their names and ages?

• Do you have to clean your own room?

o Does your mother make you clean your room?

• Do you like your family? Why or why not?

• Do you live with any of your grandparents?

• Do you live with your parents?

• Do you look more like your mother or your father?

• Do you often argue with your mother or father? What about?

• Do you often visit your grandparents?

• Do you think people should adopt children from other countries?

• Do you usually have any influence on family matters?

• Do your parents let you stay out late?

o What time do you have to be home?

o Do you have a curfew?

• How did you get your name?

o For whom are you named?

o Who are you named after?

• How many (first) cousins do you have?

• How many aunts and uncles do you have?

• How many brothers and sisters do you have?

• How many children do you have?

• How many members do you have in your family altogher?

• How many people are in your (immediate) family?

• How many people are in your family?

• How often do you see your cousins?

• How often do you see your grandparents?

• How often is your entire family together?

• How old are your brothers and sisters?

• How old are your children?

• How old are your grandparents?

• How old are your parents?

• Is spanking a good way to discipline children?

• Should people follow the religion of their parents, or should they have the liberty to choose another?

• What are some of your fondest memories of childhood?

• What are your parents like?

• What do you and your family like to do together?

• What do your mother and father look like? How about your grandparents?

• What do your parents do in their free time?

• What are the occupations of your family members?

o What does your father do? What's his job?

o What does your mother do?

• What is the best memory you have of your family doing something together?

• What kind of things do you do with your family?

• What would you change about your childhood?

• Where do your grandparents live?

• Where does your father's father live?

• Where does your mother's mother live?

• Who do you get along better with, your mother or your father?

• Who is the black sheep (odd ball) in your family?

• Would you get involved in your in-laws' family problems?

• Would you live with your parents after you get married?

• Should children help with the housework?

o How much or how often should they help?

o What kinds of housework is not appropriate for children to do?

• Do you live in a nuclear family or an extended family?

o What are the advantages and disadvantages of these types of family?

• What impact has divorce and/or modern day living had on the family?

• Is the nanny and/or the day-care centre the third parent?

• Where is the best place to raise a family?

o Where do you think the best place to raise a family is? Why?

• Do you think your parents understand you? Why or why not?

• Who does the household work, your father or your mother or both of them?

• Have you ever seen your mother (or father) cry? When was that and why?

• What do you think of your mother and your father?

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Favorites

• What is your favorite animal?

• What is your favorite color?

• What is your favorite country? And why?

• What is your favorite day of the week? Why?

• What is your favorite drink in the summer?

• What is your favorite food?

• What is your favorite kind of food?

• What is your favorite holiday? Why?

• What is your favorite kind of book?

• What is your favorite kind of ethnic food?

• What is your favorite kind of movie?

• What is your favorite kind of music?

• What is your favorite magazine?

• What is your favorite memory of childhood?

• What is your favorite movie?

• What is your favorite radio station?

• What is your favorite season? Why?

• What is your favorite sport?

• What is your favorite time of day?

• What is your favorite TV program?

• What is your favorite Web site?

• What is your favorite vegetable? Why

• fruit, meat, salad dressing, etc.)

• What's your favorite smell?

• What's your favorite word in English? Why do you like it?

• Who is your favorite actor?

• Who is your favorite actress?

• Who is your favorite athlete?

• Who is your favorite baseball player?

• Who is your favorite soccer player?

• Who is your favorite character from literature?

• Who is your favorite musician?

• Who is your favorite singer?

• Who is your favorite superhero? Explain why.

• Who was your favorite teacher? Why?

o ....in high school?

o ...in junior high school?

o ...in elementary school?

• What was your favorite subject in school?

o ....in high school?

o ...in junior high school?

o ...in elementary school?

• Who was your favorite singer when you were younger? How about now?

• In place of singer: actor, actress, baseball player, athlete, ...

Note: Many of the above questions can be changed from "What is" to "What was."

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Foods

• About how many different color foods did you eat for dinner last night?

• Do you think about color when you are preparing a meal?

• Are there any foods that you wouldn't eat as a child that you eat now?

• Are you a good cook?

• Are you a vegetarian?

• Are you concerned about your daily calorie intake when choosing something to eat?

• At what times do you usually eat your meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)?

• Can you cook well?

• Did you drink coffee this morning?

• Did you eat lunch today?

• Do you always eat dinner with your family?

• Do you always eat vegetables?

• Do you cook? If yes, what food do you cook the most often?

• Do you drink milk every day?

• Do you drink tea every day?

• Do you eat beef?

• Do you eat bread every day?

• Do you eat breakfast every day?

• Do you eat fruit every day?

• Do you eat lunch at school every day?

o How much does lunch usually cost at school?

• Do you eat rice every day?

• Do you ever skip breakfast? If so, how often and why?

• Do you have a favorite bar or cafe? If so, where is it? Why do you like it?

• Do you have coffee for breakfast?

• Do you know someone who struggles with an eating disorder?

• Do you like British food?

• Do you like Chinese food? Why or why not?

• Do you like deep-fried food?

• Do you like food from other countries? If yes, which do you like the most?

• Do you like Japanese food?

o What kind of Japanese food do you like?

• Do you like peas and carrots? How about spinach?

• Do you like to cook? Why or why not?

• Do you like to eat a lot of food every day?

• Do you like to eat American foods?

• Do you like to eat at fast food restaurants?

• Do you like to eat cakes?

• Do you like to eat junk food?

• Do you like to eat some desserts after dinner?

• Do you like to eat? Why or why not?

• Do you like to have breakfast each morning? Why or why not?

• Do you like to try new food and drinks?

• Do you often eat out?

• Do you prefer fish or meat?

• Do you prefer to eat at a restaurant or at home?

• Do you prefer your own country's food or other kinds of food?

• Do you read the nutritional information on the foods you buy?

• Do you take vitamin pills?

• Do you think a vegetarian diet is better than a diet that includes meat?

• Do you usually want to eat dessert after dinner?

• Have you ever been a diet? If so, how long did you stayed on it?

• Have you ever eaten dog meat?

• Have you ever eaten Mozambican food?

o ...French food?

o ...Chinese food?

o ...Italian food?

• How long do you take to eat lunch?

• How many calories do most people need every day?

• How many meals do you usually eat every day?

• How much do you eat when you are sad or happy?

• How much does it cost to eat dinner at a hotel in your country?

• How much rice do you eat?

• How often do you eat at a fast-food restaurant?

• How often do you eat bread?

• How often do you eat fresh fruit?

• How often do you eat in a restaurant? (How often do you eat out?)

o Where do you usually go?

o Who do you usually go with?

o About how much do you spend?

o Do you ever go to an Indian restaurant?

• How often do you eat steak?

• How often do you go drinking? What's your favorite drink?

• How often do you go shopping for food?

• If you are living abroad, what is the food that you miss most from home?

• Is there any food that you really dislike to eat?

• What are some foods that are considered unhealthy?

• What are some foods that you know are healthy for your body?

• What country's food do you like?

• What did you eat for lunch yesterday?

• What did you eat the last time you ate at a restaurant?

• What did you have for breakfast this morning?

• What did you have for supper last night?

• What do you eat for breakfast every day?

• What do you eat when you feel sad?

• What do you like to drink?

• What do you like to eat for your dinner?

• What do you think of Thai food? Chinese food? English food?

• What do you usually eat for lunch?

• What do you usually like to drink when you go out?

• What food can you cook the best?

• What food do you hate? Why do you hate it?

• What foods do you hate?

• What foods do you love?

• What foods have you tasted which you will never forget for the rest of your life?

• What fruit do you eat the most often?

• What have you eaten so far today?

• What is a typical meal from your country?

• What is one of your favorite foods?

• What is the cheapest place to eat that you know?

o About how much is a meal?

o Where is it?

o How often do you go there?

• What is the food you like about your country.

• What is the last meal you cooked for someone else?

• What is the most expensive meal you have ever eaten?

• What is the most expensive restaurant that you have ever been to?

o What did you eat there?

o When did you go?

o Who did you go with?

• What is the most unusual thing you've ever eaten. Did it taste good or bad?

• What is the strangest thing you have ever eaten?

• What is your favorite food?

o Please describe your favorite food.

• What is your favorite Chinese food?

o ... French food? etc.

• What is your favorite dessert?

• What is your favorite fast food restaurant?

• What is your opinion of Chinese food? American food? British food?

• What kind of beverages do you usually drink?

• What kind of desserts do you like to eat?

• What kind of food do like to eat when you are angry?

• What kind of food do you eat between meals?

• What kind of food do you like the most?

• What kind of food do you like to eat?

o What kind of food do you like?

• What kind of food does your mother make?

• What kind of food that you think is the least healthy?

• What kind of food that you think is the most healthy?

• What kind of food you usually eat?

• What kind of fruit do you like the best?

• What kind of restaurants you like?

• What kind of vegetables do you like?

• What kinds of food do you usually eat for lunch?

• What Korean food do you like? Chinese, French, Italian, etc.

• What restaurant in this city do you recommend?

o Why is it a good place?

o About how much does a meal cost?

• What special foods do you eat on holidays? (Christmas, New Year's Day, etc.)

• What time do you usually eat breakfast? How about lunch and supper?

• What vegetable do you like best?

• What's the best restaurant you've ever been to?

• What's the best restaurant you've ever been to? Why did you like it?

• What's the strangest food you've ever eaten?

• What's your favorite dessert?

• What's your favorite drink in the summer?

• What's your favorite fish?

• What's your favorite food?

• What's your favorite fruit?

• What's your favorite junk food?

• What's your favorite kind of ethnic food?

• What's your favorite kind of food?

• What's your favorite kind of meat?

• What's your favorite restaurant? Why do you like it?

• What's your favorite snack?

• When was the last time you ate at a restaurant?

• When was the last time you ate dinner with your mother?

• Where do you usually eat dinner? (...lunch, ...breakfast)

• Which country's food do you like the most?

• Which do you eat more often, rice or bread?

• Which fast food restaurants do like?

• Which fast food restaurants do you eat at the most often?

• Who do you usually eat dinner with?

• Why are diets usually short?

• Why can't people stop eating?

• What do Chinese people eat for lunch?

o (Substitute the nationality of your students.)

• Do you know the nutritional value of the things you eat every day?

• Do you believe that "we are what we eat?"

• How many meals a day do you think should be eaten?

• Do you usually eat at home or eat at a restaurant?

• If you were on death row, what would you request for your last meal?

• Do you pray before each meal?

• How many calories are in one hamburger?

o If you don't know, can you make a guess? Is it more or less than an ice-cream cone?

• Have you ever had pot-luck?

• What would you bring to a pot-luck lunch?

• Do you like brunch?

• How much should you tip the server in a restaurant?

• What type of restaurants would you not tip in?

• Have you ever found something disgusting in your food?

• Have you ever sent food back in a restaurant?

• Have you ever left a restaurant without paying ("dined and dashed")?

• Do you like trying new foods?

• What new foods have you tried this month?

• What is the strangest food you have ever tried?

• Do you have any food allergies?

• Which food from this country do you like the least?

• What do you think about super-sizing?

• Should fast food restaurants serve healthier food?

• Are food portions too big for our health?

• What food would you like to see in a restaurant in this country?

• Do you think it is good to count calories when you are eating?

• Which food is overpriced?

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Health

• Are you a member of a health spa/gym?

• Are you afraid of needles?

• Are you healthy?

• Are your parents healthy?

• Do think that you need to lose weight?

• Do you always eat healthy food?

o (Is your diet healthy?)

• Do you bruise easily?

• Do you catch a cold more than once a year?

• Do you consider alcohol a drug?

• Do you drink a lot?

• Do you eat a lot of vegetables?

• Do you eat lots of fruit?

• Do you eat vegetables every day?

• Do you ever get headaches? Do you know anyone who suffers from migraine headaches?

• Do you ever read magazines or news articles about health? If yes, what subject(s) do you find the most interesting?

• Do you exercise?

o What kind of exercise do you do?

o How often do you exercise?

• Do you go for regular medical check-ups?

• Do you go to the dentist's twice a year?

• Do you have a lot of stress?

• Do you have any allergies?

• Do you have any scars?

• Do you know anyone who suffers from backaches?

• Do you know anyone with false teeth?

• Do you often eat fast food?

• Do you smoke?

o If so, do you smoke more than two cigarettes a day?

o Do you think smoking is not bad for your health?

• Do you take medicine when you are sick?

• Do you take vitamins or mineral supplements?

• Do you take vitamins?

• Do you think it is unhealthy to keep a cat in your home?

• Do you think nuclear power is safe?

• Do you think pets are good for a person's health

• Do you think that the tobacco companies should be held reasonably responsible for a person's addiction to nicotine?

• Do you think you are overweight?

• Do you think you will live until a ripe old age? Why or why not?

• Do you think you would be a good surgeon? Why or why not?

• Do you use an alarm clock to wake up?

• Do you usually get enough sleep?

• Do you watch your weight? What foods do you think are healthy?

• Have you ever been hospitalized?

o (Have you ever been in the hospital?)

• Have you ever been to an acupuncturist? What do you think of acupuncture?

• Have you ever broken a bone?

• Have you ever burned yourself with hot water?

• Have you ever donated blood?

• Have you ever gotten a black eye?

• Have you ever had braces on your teeth?

• Have you ever had stitches?

• Have you ever sprained your ankle?

• Have you ever taken a sleeping pill to get to sleep?

• How can you reduce stress in your life?

• How have you been feeling lately?

• How many hours of sleep do you get a night?

• How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

• How often do you eat junk food?

o What kinds of junk food do you eat?

• How often do you exercise?

• How often do you get a cold?

o (How often do you catch a cold?)

• How often do you get sick in one year?

• How often do you go to the doctor's?

• How often is garbage collected in your neighborhood?

• How would you recommend treating a cold?

• If a company sells the public a product they know to be harmful or addictive, should they be held responsible for the use of that product even if the government approves it?

• If you smoke, how old were you when you started smoking?

• If you were President of Korea, what would you do to improve Koreans' health?

• Should smoking in restaurants be banned?

• What are some things people can do to keep healthy?

• What are some things that cause stress?

• What are some ways to deal with stress?

• What are some ways you know that you can personally keep yourself healthy?

• What disease frightens you the most? Why?

• What do you do to stay healthy?

o (What are some things you do to keep healthy?)

• What do you do, if you can't get to sleep?

• What do you think about abortion? Why do some people support it and others are against it?

• What do you think about getting old?

• What do you think is the most serious health problem in Korea?

• What do you think of cosmetic surgery? Do you know anyone who has had cosmetic surgery? Would you ever consider having cosmetic surgery?

• What drinks to you think are healthy? What drinks do you think are unhealthy?

• What foods to you think are healthy? What foods do you think are unhealthy?

• What is the best way to find a doctor, if you're new in the area?

• What is the best way to stop smoking?

• What is the most horrible accident you have ever had?

• What kind of pollution is the most risky?

• What time did you go to bed when you were a child?

• What's the best way to stop smoking?

• What's the highest temperature you've ever had?

• What's your blood type?

• When did you last take a bath?

• When was the last time you went to a dentist?

• When was the last time you went to a doctor?

• When was the last time you went to a hospital?

• When was the last time you were sick?

• When you were in high school, how many days of school did you miss each year because of sickness?

• Who do you think is responsible for the care of your health--you yourself, your parents, or your doctor and medical people?

• Who is the healthiest person in your family? Who is the least healthy?

• Why do people smoke?

• Would you consider donating your organs after your death?

• What is the health service like in your country?

• What do you think of the health service in this country?

• How can the health service be improved?

• Have you been to hospital since you arrived here?

• What do you know about the SARS virus?

o What do you know about AIDS?

o What do you know about the common cold?

• What is alternative medicine?

o Have you ever practiced alternative medicine?

• What treatments or remedies do you follow when you have a cold?