Conversation topicsDiscuss the following

prompts and questions with your partner. Also ask further questions and see where the conversation

takes you.

Have you ever slept in class?

Are you an organized person? Discuss.

Define good music.

Name some things you should get around to doing.

Discuss.

Discuss the benefits

anddrawbacks

of theseapproaches

to life.

Some people say

youth is wasted

onthe young.

Do youagree?

Describethe perfect pizza.

What?When?

With whom?

Sometimes time drags, sometimes it goes too fast. Discuss.

Name some good ways of making new friends. How can one lose friends?

Discuss the pros and cons of credit cards.

What can you do to conserve wildlife?

What did she find?

Is oneadultat 18?

In America

one becomes

of ageat 21.

Explainwhat

happeded.

What are the best ways of keeping our roads safe?

Does gaming dominate young people’s lives too much these days?

Whatmake of

carwould

youlike

to ownone day?

Why?

Should new drivers have a speed limit of 80 km/h for a full year (the way it used to be)?

What is it that

counts:is it

the looksor

the music?

Give advice to someone

who iseasily

offended.

What did he mean by this?

Discuss.

Talk about the role of coffee in your life.

Discuss.

How does the moon affect Earth and its inhabitants?

What’s your favourite Beatle-song?

They say if women ruled the world, there wouldn’t be wars. Discuss.

How doyou

get to sleepwhen

the demonscome?

What do you do with your old clothes?

How is informationtechnologychangingthe way

teachers teachand

students learn?

What is itabout

celebrities’livesthat

interests peopleso much?

Is thereanything

you regretdoingor not

having done?

What do you think about this business idea?

Talk about bands

whose music used to be

goodbut

who havenow lost

their form.

Which song do you like to sing?

Talk aboutpeoplewearing

earphonesin

different situations.

Who is your favourite composer of classical music and why?

What’s yourBlues Name?

Do you ever getthe Blues?

What do you dowhen

you’re down?

Could you go back to one of these older models of mobile phones?

Talk about Finns and their pets.

Are youhappywith

school foodthese days?

Are you still dead set on getting a dog?

What are your plans after graduating from senior high school?

How does this fact make you feel?

What are some of your favourite summer activities?

Why is the man wearing a paper bag over his head?

Talk about you and shoes.

Discuss.

Your task: Develop ordinary toilet paper as a product so that it will sell more. Any ideas?

Talk aboutchocolate.

Which celebritywould you liketo meet

andwhy?

Talk about relationships.

What’s the right time to move away from your parents’ house?

How widespread is this kind of thinking today?

What’s your secret to getting up early in the morning?

Some people are agoraphobic (=afraid of open spaces or claustrophobic (closed spaces). Name

some other common fears.

Discuss.

Share with your partner your experiences of sitting in detention.

Discuss.

Describe a healthy diet to your partner.

Discuss.

Discuss.

…and Finnish students say they don’t ’like it’ in Finnish schools. Please

elaborate on this.

Share your thoughts on Barack Obama with your partner.

Talk about why London is an interesting city.

Why are horror movies so popular?

Why is it so nice to kick these guys’ asses?

Do youneed

one ofthese?

Discuss.

Tell us about the instrument that you play.

Why aresome people

angry atMc Donald’s?

Should senior citizens

get to live

in their ownhome

or should they

be putin

a home?

Talk about this picture.

Talk about different kinds of addictions.

Pick fiveof the

adjectivesand

tell yourpartner

why theydescribe you.

Do you think there is life out there in space?

Why do women tend to leave the countryside?

Shouldthe use of

smart phonesbe allowed

in class?

Tell your partner about an interesting book that you’ve read lately.

Talk about yourbest

childhoodmemorieswith yourpartner.

Which do you appreciate more: a rewarding job or good pay?

How would you market Finland abroad?

Talk about you and candy.

Are theretoo many

cars in cities

today?How

about the

country-side?

Talk aboutyoung people

andwork.

Share your thoughts on climate change with your partner.

Coke or no Coke? Discuss.

Do you like to take part in competitions?

Discuss.

Discuss.

Talk aboutyour

favouritesmells

and whereyou can

smell them.

Name some ofyour bestexcuses.

Explain the situation.

Talk about facial surgery.

Name some other childhood favourites of yours.

Do peoplehave

guardianangels?

Name some other ways of getting chicks.