各种英语角话题

各种英语角话题

English Club Topic Direct and Indirect Communication

1. Do you feel that you are a direct communicator or an indirect communicator? Give an example.

2. Who do you feel you can communicate directly with and who do you feel you should communicate indirectly with?

3. In the following situations, is direct communication or indirect communication more effective? Why?

a) Asking a favor

b) Breaking up with a boyfriend/girlfriend

c) Telling your teacher you didn?t do your homework

d) Firing an employee

4. Have you ever had a bad experience in which someone said something to you too directly?

5. If someone is communicating with you indirectly and you don?t understand the message they are trying to tell you, how do you deal with the situation?

The Fifth Tone

English Club Topic: Friendship

1) Come up with a definition for what friendship means in China. 2) What are 3 qualities you want in a good friend? What are 3 qualities you don?t want in a friend? Why?

3) How and where do people in China make their closest friendships?

4) If you move to a new place, what is a good way to make new friends?

5) What advice would you give a foreigner about how to develop good friendships with Chinese people?

6) If there is a foreign volunteer in your group, ask him/her what advice he/she has about being friends with westerners.

English Club Topic:Work

1) What is your ideal job? (Including: How many hours per week? What kind of benefits? Located in which city?)

2) What does it mean to be successful in your work,

3) What kinds of situations would cause you to change jobs? 4) How can you maintain good relationships with your co-workers? What qualities do you want in a co-worker?

5) If you have a problem with your boss, how can you resolve it? Should you talk to him directly about your problem? 6) If a person has a good job opportunity in a city far away from his/her spouse and child, do you think he or she should take the job?

English Club Topic: Education

1. Tell your group about your most enjoyable learning experience of the past. What made it good?

2. Describe what qualities you think the ideal teacher must have. What are some qualities you don?t want in a teacher?

3. In Chinese society, do teachers have a high status or a low status? Do you think being a teacher is a good job? Why or why not?

4. Is it the teacher/school?s or the parents? responsibility to teach a child good morals and behavior?

5. In your opinion, do men or women make better teachers?

English Club Topic: Holidays

1. What is your favorite Chinese holiday? Which Western holiday most interests you?

2. Do you think holidays are very significant? What meanings are expressed by such holidays as National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas, Spring Festival and Thanksgiving?

3. What is the history of your favorite Chinese holiday? (For example, what?s the history of Dragon Boat Festival?)

4. What did you think of the National Day celebration?

5. Describe your ideal holiday.

English Club Topic: Life Stories

1. Briefly share the life story of someone you admire. Why do you admire that person? What made his/her life special?

2. Tell the highlights of your own life story. What major events in your life made you the person you are today?

3. If you could change one circumstance or event in your life, what would it be? Why?

4. Create an …ending? to your life story. What are some things you want to do/accomplish before you die? How can you do/accomplish those things?

English Club Topic: Rich and Poor