Discussion Topics (4th CAL)

Here are the discussion topics we talked about last Wednesday in our common class:


UNIT 1
1. Illness and treatment using present perfect (simple and continuous).
2. Personality. What does your signature say about you? Use adjectives and phrases to describe your personality.
3. Imagine you are in a Speed dating meeting. Show interest in the answers given to you and ask for more information, you can use auxiliary verbs, question tags, "echo questions" and present perfect simple and continuous.

UNIT 2
1. How do Spanish people dress? Different dress styles.
2. Tell your partner about different experiences you have gone through in a flight. Use so/ such...that and narrative tenses.
3. Talk about your reading habits. Use present perfect, suitable adverbs and adverbial phrases.
4. When was the last time you said "never again"? Use time expressions.

UNIT 3
1. Decide on creative punishments for different crimes or offences using suitable vocabulary and passive forms.
2. How can you avoid or reduce the climate change? Use future perfect and continuous.
3. What type of weather is common in Spain, China, The United States…?

UNIT 4
1. What would you do if your house caught fire? Use unreal conditionals.
2. Can you remember a time when you felt....exhausted, grateful, homesick...? Use idioms and intensifiers.
3. If one friend of yours doesn't arrive on time to an appointment with you, make assumptions about his situation using past modals.
4. What do you understand by the phrase "body language"? Use suitable idioms.

UNIT 5
1. How does Music make you feel? Speak about emotions using verbs of the senses.
2. Are people sleep deprived nowadays? What do you think? Talk about your past sleep habits or your current customs about it using the verbs "used to, be used to, get used to"
3. Have you ever been in a Music Festival? If not, would you like to have this experience? What are your favorite instruments and musicians?
4. Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of knowing the news through the media.

UNIT 6
1. Imagine a tourist asks you about the main landmarks and sights and other important buildings in your city.
2. Could you speak about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a big city? Use the suitable adjectives.
3. What do you know about local customs in your city: sightseeing, food and drink, shopping...?

Thanks a lot to Concha, our secretary, who sent it really quickly. It was me who didn't have the time to post it before now. See you next week! Have a nice Sunday!

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