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EDUCATION HEALTH HOUSES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TRAVEL ENGLISH SPOKEN HERE FREE TIME SHOPPING WORK HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
FREE TIME ENGLISH SPOKEN HERE HEALTH SHOPPING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION HOUSES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TRAVEL WORK
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
NIVEL AVANZADO INTERACCIÓN
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 1 EDUCATION 1.
What is a good education?
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Is the level of education in your country good?
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What would you like to change about the education system of your country?
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Would you like to work in education?
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What‟s your opinion about homeschooling?
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What kind of experience and qualificati ons do you think a government‟s education minister/secretary needs?
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When does education begin?
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What do you think Mark Twain meant when he said, “never let school interfere with your education”?
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What do you think of single-sex education?
10. What do you think of of the idea of of lifelong education?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 2 HEALTH 1.
Do you usually go go to the doctor at your local local Health Centre or to a private doctor/specialist?
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What do/should you do to keep fit?
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What do you think of alternative medicine? Can you mention any alternative medicines?
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Why do people smoke?
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What do you think of the anti-smoking law in your country?
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Do you eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day?
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Do you catch a cold more than once a year?
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Do you think nuclear power is safe?
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How often do you eat junk food? What kinds of junk food do you eat?
10. How would you recommend treating a cold? cold?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 3 HOUSES 1.
Do you you live in a flat or in in a house? What are the advantages advantages and disadvantages disadvantages of living in a house?
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Is it better to rent or to buy? Give reasons for your answer.
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What is your present house/flat like? Does it reflect reflect your your personality? What would you change in your house/flat? Give reasons.
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What‟s your idea of a perfect flat/house?
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Describe your neighbourhood / your street. Is it quiet?
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What will you do if you want to find a place where where to live? (Adverts (Adverts in newspapers, estate agents…?)
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of sharing sharing a flat/house with other people? people? Have you ever done it?
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In what what ways is a holiday home different from the one where you regularly live?
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In twenty years‟ time, do you think you‟ll be living in the same place as now?
10. What are the most most important things you you would look for when choosing choosing a house to live in?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 4 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1.
What do you think are the three most important important or interesting inventions of the 20 th Century?
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Are there any inventions that should should never never have have been created? What are they and why?
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What invention invention do you think has had had the greatest impact impact on society in recent times? Why?
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What do you think robots should be used for?
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Do you think animals should be cloned? Why or why not? What about about pets?
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Do you you think scientists should be allowed allowed to clone clone people or organs organs of people? people? Why?
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What do you think about about GM (genetically modified) vegetables? vegetables? Is it better to use natural food even if it might be less productive, or should we use GM crops?
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What do you think about genetically genetically modified farm animals? animals? Would you eat pork pork from a genetically modified pig?
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Do you you think couples should be allowed allowed to choose the sex or other characteristics of their baby like eye color? Why or why not?
10. Would you be willing to pay more for food that is totally organic? organic? How much more?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 5 TRAVEL 1.
What springs to mind when you hear the word „travel‟?
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Package holidays have become a major form of of international international tourism. Do you agree?
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Do you think the type of holiday holiday one takes reflects one's social status?
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Is it better to travel or to arrive?
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What are some things that you always take with you on a trip?
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Do you prefer a budget or first class hotel? Why?
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What are some benefits of travel?
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Mason Cooley said: "Travelers never think that they are the foreigners." Do you agree?
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Would you you rather go to a place where there are a lot of people or to a place where there are few people?
10. What are some some countries that you would would never visit? Why would would you not visit them? them?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 6 ENGLISH SPOKEN HERE 1.
Do you you think English is a difficult language language to learn? Do you you agree agree that it is a global global language? Can you think of any drawbacks in it being so?
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Have you you ever ever spoken English on the phone? If so, how did it go? If not, do you think you could manage?
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How often do do you practice your English? How can you you improve your vocabulary? What is your favourite way to practise English?
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Do you think non-verbal language is helpful when maintaining a conversation? Can you think of any examples?
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What do you think you will be able to do, say or achieve achieve in English in the future?
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What would would you you do do if you had to travel to a country where its people people don't don't know know how to speak neither your language nor English? Do you think i t‟s possible to travel without knowing any other language than your own?
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Have you ever used the English language to communicate abroad? Can you tell us any anecdotes?
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Is your your mother tongue spoken in any other countries? countries? Which ones? ones? Are there there differences between your language and the one spoken in other places?
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Do you think the majority majority of languages languages around the world world will will eventually die out? Could it be prevented? Should governments have programmes to protect minority languages, or should we accept that they will die out?
10. What do you you think would would be the the advantages advantages and disadvantages of having having one universal universal language?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 7 FREE TIME 1.
What don‟t you like doing in your spare time?
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How often do you visit museums? When was the last time?
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How far in advance do you begin planning a vacation?
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Have you ever used a slot machine?
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What is the most popular drama/comedy/game show in your your country, country, and what what is the story-line (drama) or format (game show)?
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Do you listen to classical music? Why or why not?
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Have you ever been to a play? If so, so, when when was the last time?
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Tell us about some games that you don't like playing? Why is that?
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Tell us about some good books that you have read.
10. What would would you you never do on a night out? out?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 8 SHOPPING 1.
Is shopping an addiction? How can it be cured?
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What do you hate the most when you go shopping?
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Is window shopping a total waste of time?
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When did shopping as we know it nowadays become so popular?
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Do you prefer shopping in malls, markets or streets?
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What‟s top of your shopping list? What is the thing you forget most often when you do
the shopping? 7.
Do you prefer to do do the shopping in one go or every day? Explain why.
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Would you like to go on a shopping holiday to Paris or New York?
9.
In which store would you like to go on a shopping spree?
10. Do you like going shopping in other countries?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 9 WORK 1.
Do you know what the expression “working “working to live or living to work w ork ” means?
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How would you define “work “work satisfaction” satisfaction”?
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What is the most interesting interesting or unusual job you have ever had or heard of?
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Would you you prefer to work work in a pleasant environment with a lower lower salary or is money the only thing that matters? Would it make a difference if you had a family or chi ldren?
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If you you had to design an office building, what services and facilities would would you provide?
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Would you like to work from home? Why/ Why not?
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Do you you know anyone who is self-employed? self-employed? What does he / she do? What are the advantages and the inconveniences inconveniences of doing so? How do you prefer prefer to work, in a team or alone? Why? / Why not?
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Do you think that men and women get the same opportunities at work?
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Have you ever ever had had a summer job or a part time job? Is it common common in Spain to have this kind of jobs?
10. Do you know what “Casual Friday” is? What is your opinion on this?
Casual Friday (also Friday (also known as Dress-down Friday, or simply Casual day) is an American an American and Canadian and Canadian custom which has spread to other parts of the world. While, during the rest of the week, business shirts, suits, shirts, suits, ties, ties, trousers, trousers, and dress shoes dress shoes are the norm, on Casual Friday workers are allowed to wear more more casual dress. Some companies allow allow jeans, T-shirts, jeans, T-shirts, hoodies, and sneakers and sneakers but others require business require business casual or smart smart casual dress. Some offices have a themed dress down day, or encourage people to wear very casual clothes. On this day, even managers are allowed to dress down.
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
Pruebas de Certificación de Idiomas 2010. Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del Principado de Asturias
INTERACCIÓN TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE TRIBUNAL-ASPIRANTE MODELO 10 HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS 1.
What makes friends different from family?
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What qualities do you think are important in a friend?
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Do you think it is better to be single or to be married?
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Do you you think it is okay for a couple to live live together together before getting married? Why or why not?
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Do you you know know anyone who has had an arranged marriage? Do you you think arranged marriages are a good idea? Why or why not?
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What do you prefer: to have a few close friends or many acquaintances?
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How do people usually express affection in your country?
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What do you normally do when you meet someone for the first time?
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Are young people generally more selfish than their parents and grandparents? Does age make you more aware of and caring towards others?
10. Are there many many things that the old can teach the young? young? What things were you taught by your older family members? How have they been useful to you in your life?
Prueba Específica de Certificación de Nivel Avanzado de idioma Inglés Expresión e Interacción Oral. Interacción. JUNIO 2010
