Instructions for Speaking Test Board Game (see the board for setup instructions) PART 1: A player lands on a square and chooses one of the other players to ask him or her a
question about the item on that square. The other players can ask further questions if necessary.
Important! If the other players consider the answer(s) given too short or not appropriate, they can
appeal to a student chosen as a referee, who must decide if the answer is good enough for the player
to stay on the square. Otherwise, the player must go back to the square he or she came from.
PART 2: A player landing on a 'Topic Talk' square uses the indicated topic talk card (A-F) and is
given 1 minute to prepare a short talk for 1-2 minutes. The other players should each ask 1 further
question at the end. Note: Only one Topic Talk' is required of each player, and when the talk is
completed, he or she waits on the star square ('Wait Here After Topic Talk') until the next turn.
PART 3: The KEY below is for squares 33-35-37-39-41-43-45. Choose a prompt for the 'Topic Talk' given.
Discuss the role of movies in society today.
Discuss the role of advertising in modern culture.
Discuss how important tourism is in your country these days.
Discuss the importance of role models for the youth of today.
Discuss whether you think books are too expensive to buy.
Discuss what you think makes a good school.
Compare movies made in your country with movies made in America.
Compare products made in your country with those made overseas.
Compare travel in the past, say a hundred years ago, with travel today.
Compare the differences between students in your own country and those from overseas.
Compare the differences between reading a book in your own language and in English.
Compare the education system in your own country with that of your host country.
How often and where do you go to the movies? Describe the cinema you usually go to.
How do products made these days compare with those made in the past?
How might the tourist industry in your country change in the future?
How can students improve their performance at school?
How useful are books translated from English or from other languages into your language?
How have schools changed in the last hundred years?
What are the advantages of being a movie star or director?
What are some of the advantages of advertising?
What are some of the advantages of travel?
Are there any advantages of being popular at school?
What are the advantages of a book compared with a movie version of a book?
What are some of the advantages of doing well at school?
What are the disadvantages of being a movie star or director?
Are there any disadvantages of seeing advertisements everywhere?
What are the disadvantages of the increased popularity of tourism?
What are the disadvantages of being unpopular at school?
Are there disadvantages of making books out of paper? Are there any alternatives?
In what ways does a bad teacher disadvantage students?
Do you think television has helped to make the world a better place to live in?
Do you think banning advertisements for alcohol and smoking is worthwhile? Why?
What do you think is the best way to plan a holiday? Why?
Do you think it is harder to study when you are young or when you are older? Why?
In what ways do you think being a writer might be an interesting job?
What sort of equipment do you think is useful in a language school? Why?
Explain what you think movies might be like in a hundred years from now.
Explain some of the differences between a consumer society and a primitive society.
Explain what we can do to protect nature in the future.
Explain the most effective methods of punishment for bad students.
Explain why you cannot learn English only from a book.
Explain how schools might look in the future.
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