Speaking themes

1. S P E A K I N G T A S K S F O R I N T E R M E D I A T E A N D
U P P E R - I N T E R M E D I A T E L E A R N E R S
Picture descriptions, a
mock-debate and role-plays

2. Big families (with minimum
three children) are better
than small ones.
Small families (with only one
child) are better than big
ones.
 Convince your partner.  Convince your partner.
Families: Mock debate
(Which statement do you agree with?)

3. Language
learning
Speak about…
Ways of language
learning
Usefulness of languages
International languages
Characteristics of good
teachers

4. Language learning Language learning
 You have a foreign
friend who wants to
settle down in your
country and study your
mother tongue. Help
him/her to achieve
his/her goal.
 You are a foreigner.
You want to settle
down in Hungary and
learn the Hungarian
language. Ask your
friend for his/her
advice about language
learning.
Education

5. Current issue:
Migrant crisis
War-zone
Syrian civil war
Large influx
Looking for shelter
No identification
Crossing borders illegally
Cultural differences
Refugee camps
Aids
The attitude of EU
(welcome or refuse?)
Razor wire fences
Danger of terrorism?
(Islamic State)

6. Work

7. Work- Role play
 You are an office worker.
You are always late for
work. You sometimes don’t
keep the deadlines of
submitting formal
documents. Tell your boss
that you would like to
perform better, however,
you cannot because you
have not been very well
recently. You have health
and private life-related
problems too.
 You are the boss of a small
company. One of your
workers is very negligent,
he/she is always late for
work and never hands in
the required documents on
time. You are fed up with
his/her superficial work.
Try to speak to him/her
and find out what the
problem(s) is/are.

8. E-mails Letters
Correspondence

9. Professional sports Amateur sports
Sports

10. Gym complaint: Role-play
 You are totally dissatisfied with a gym.
You find the advertisement of the gym
misleading as it is not well-equipped at
all.
 In the gym there are only two rooms,
however, the advertisement says that it
has three ones.
 You like running, however, there is only
one treadmill and it is always engaged
by an irritating guest.
 The bathroom cannot be used for free
of charge. Moreover, it is dirty.
 You don’t find the aerobics/TRX/cross-
fit/zoomba lessons difficult at all. You
think the trainers are not prepared
enough. They finish their lessons 3
minutes earlier than they should.
 Speak to the receptionist and make a
complaint. Ask the receptionist to pay
the price of your season ticket back.
 An irritating guest arrives and starts
complaining about the gym.
 Tell him/her that the gym has three
rooms, just he/she hasn’t seen the 3rd
one yet as this room is downstairs.
 Tell him/her about the equipment of
the 3rd room (3 more treadmills, 7
exercise bikes, chess press, weights,
jumping ropes, rowing machines,
shoulder press exercise machines,
tricep dip machines, fitness balls, leg
weights, super benches, etc.)
 Tell him/her that all of your trainers
are well-qualified and they are great
professionals.
 Tell him/her that the bathroom is
cleaned daily and the usage price is
minimal.
 Don’t give his/her money back.

11. Complaints
With services or
products

12. Thank you for your participation!
Good job! 