FIRST TIME STUDENT RUNDOWN

INTRODUCTIONS

Introduce yourself however you would like.  Include as much or as little information as you feel comfortable doing.  

PERSONAL BROAD QUESTIONS (long form)

Tell me about your summer.  

What were your plans, and did they happen they way you planned them?

Did you meet new people?  Did you see new places?  Will you return / see them again?

What was something unexpected that happened?  

How would you define your life, what it has been, what it is now, what you want it to be?

What are the issues that matter to you in society?  What would you change about the world?

Tell me about your work. What is your position?  What are your career objectives?

How important are your family and friends to you?  Are you close to them?  What are your personal objectives?  What is most important to you?  Who is most important to you?

PERSONAL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS (verbal tenses)

Is there anything you collect?

When was the last time you rode a bicycle?

How often do you go to the grocery store?

How long have you been studying english? living in Madrid?

Had you started working before you graduated university?

In 5 years time, how will your life have changed?  What do you hope to have accomplished?

Would you have studied a different language if they had given you the option in school?

If you could make one law that everyone had to follow, what would it be?

Which holidays do you enjoy the most and why?  or, are holidays not important to you?

It is 6pm.  If today were Saturday, what would you be doing?

7 STRUCTURES QUIZ

https://www.sites.google.com/view/swtenglish/home/formula-all/short-7-structures-quiz?authuser=0

NEWS STORIES

past: tell the story of

present:  which level of news, which outlets? what stories?

WHAT MEDIA DO YOU CONSUME?

Netflix, news, youtube, twitter, facebook, tik tok

PODCASTS for LISTENING

https://sites.google.com/view/swtenglish/home/listening

HOMEWORK: QUESTIONS
Write a list of 10 or 20, (or as many as you want) questions.  They can be questions for me, or general questions about the world, questions of personal curiosity, questions that you would ask your favorite celebrity, or the president of spain, etc.   To be reviewed at the next class.