Topics for oral credits and exam

1. Describe the personality of your role-model (a person you want to be like).

2. Describe the appearance of a person you find very attractive.

3. Which factors do you consider when you buy a new piece of clothing? Where do you usually shop for clothes?

4. Talk about a day in your life when you felt really happy.

5. Describe the outfits (casual, formal, smart) which you wear to different occasions.

6. What traits of character (good and bad) do you normally associate with typical representatives of the following professions: a politician; a teacher; a nurse; a top executive of a multinational company?

7. In what way is a person’s character, mood, social status reflected in his or her clothes?

8. Which outside factors and circumstances can influence your mood? In what way?

9. What is the interrelation between people’s appearance and personality?

10. Talk about the warmest memory of your childhood.

11. What are your family values?

12. What is your attitude towards adoption and surrogate parenting?

13. What do you think the saying “You are what you wear” means?

14. Compare and contrast male and female roles in a society.

15. Describe the features of your own personality which you like and the ones you’d rather get rid of.

16. What do you think is your parent’s role in shaping up your personality? Will you raise your children in the same way your parents brought you up?

17. What is a “generation gap”? Have you had a personal experience of this phenomenon?

18. Describe in detail the accommodation you have at the moment.

19. Compare holistic and western approaches to treating diseases. Which do you prefer? Why?

20. The factors you consider when buying and renting accommodation.

21. Compare advantages and disadvantages of urban and rural lifestyles.

22. What is the connection between bad habits and health? Give examples.

23. Compare different types of accommodation.

24. What are the most common problems around the house and the ways to deal with them?

25. Describe a dwelling of your dream.

26. Describe the location, layout, interior decoration of your current accommodation.

27. What is your idea of a healthy life style?

28. Tell us about first-aid measures you would take to help a victim in emergency

29. Describe the park you enjoy walking in?

30. What causes a fresher’s neurosis?

31. Compare Ukrainian cuisine with any other national cuisine.

32. Give the recipe of your favourite dish and explain how to cook it.

33. Describe the place you like eating out.

34. Contrast and compare shopping for food at a supermarket and an open-air market.

35. Tax system in Ukraine. Honesty to pay taxes.

36. Charity funds and money-laundering

37. Saving is the most reasonable approach to budgeting money.

38. Love of money is the root of all evil.

39. Money is a good servant but a bad master.

40. Sights in Ukraine which are worth visiting.

41. Kinds of holidays and ways of travelling.

42. Pros and cons of package and self-catering holidays.

43. Recollect the most pleasant travelling you have ever had.

44. Your first day as a student at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

45. Your psychological manifestations.

Затверджено на засіданні кафедри 28 серпня 2015 р.

Завідувач кафедри англійської мови Мазін Д. М.

Дата добавления: 2015-10-21