Speaking B2 activity wheel
What's on this wheel (20 options)
- TALKING TO STRANGERS: Do you ever talk to strangers? When and why? Is talking to a stranger a risk or a huge benefit?
- LIFE LESSONS: Think of an important life lesson. Should we always ask other people for advice and follow it? Is it worth making your own mistakes and learning from them?
- PERSONALITY TRAITS: Give examples of different important personality traits. Do you agree that appearance reflects our personality? Do you agree that people can change their personality?
- DREAM JOB: Discuss the positive and negative aspects of a social media job. Have you noticed any changes in this area over the last few years?
- SCHOOLS: Give examples of changes that should be introduced to improve the system and the process of learning/teaching. Was there anything about your school that you particularly liked/disliked?
- COMMON COMPLAINTS: Discuss the top complaints that people make. Decide together if it is worth making a complaint. Give an example.
- CHILDHOOD MEMORY: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a perfect memory. Think of a childhood memory and discuss how many details you can recall. How good is your memory?
- RIVALRY & FAMOUS PEOPLE: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being famous. Do you agree that rivalry between people is the only key to success and the only motivation to achieve more?
- ARGUMENT WITH SOMEONE-Do you agree that life is too short to argue with other people? What groups of people do you typically argue with, and about what?
- POSSESSIONS: Describe a precious possession to your partner. Why are certain objects so important to us? Why is it so easy to throw away some things and impossible to destroy others?
- SOCIAL MEDIA USE: Discuss the unwritten rules of using social media and phones in private and public places. What impact do mobile phones/social media have on people’s lives? How does one’s virtual life differ from their real life
- MONEY MANAGEMENT: Discuss your money habits and money management strategies. Are you a saver or a spender? Is it a good idea to set aside some money for emergency
- LOVE IT OR LOATHE IT?: Talk about things you like and loathe. Decide together what helps you focus on the positive aspects in life and why.
- NEGOTIATING: Think about the last time you had to negotiate with someone. Would you be a good crisis negotiator? Why? Why not?
- TRICKY CONVERSATIONS: Think of a difficult/tricky conversation you have had with someone. What happened? Decide together what to do in such difficult, tricky, or awkward situations.
- BUSINESS PLAN: Do you agree that you need some specific personal qualities to start a business? What business would you like to start?
- CULTURAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS: Discuss the importance of it in your life and work. Have you experienced any cross-cultural misunderstandings? Is it important to check cultural aspects before you visit a foreign country?
- FILMS OR TV SERIES: Talk about your favourite films or TV series, plots, actors. If you had to choose the best film of all time, what film would you choose?
- DIFFICULT LIFE DECISION: If you had to make a difficult life decision, what would you do? What would have happened if you had made a different decision? What difficult decisions can you think of?
- AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY: Discuss why people want to speculate about what happened and sometimes create strange theories about other people´s lives.