Speakout Upper-intermediate: The Arts

What areas of the Arts do you enjoy?
Tell us about a recent exhibition or performance you went to.
Do you think the Arts are important?

These are the questions that people answers in a new installment of Speakout, Longman. Watch the podcast and note down the speakers' answers.



Now it's over to you. If possible, get together with an English-speaking person and answer the same questions about yourself.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Upper-intermediate: Fears and phobias (trouble)

Do you have any fears or phobias?
How do your fears or phobias interfere with your life?
What fear or phobia would be the most troublesome in the modern world?

Fears and phobias is another installment in the Speakout Videocasts, Longman. This episode is suitable for strong intermediate 2 students.

Watch the video clip and make a note of the answers the people interviewed give.



Now it's over to you. If possible, get together with an English-speaking friend and answer the questions above about yourself. Try and use some of the expressions you heard on the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Upper-intermediate: Good or bad manners

What kind of behaviour in public places gets on your nerves?
Give a recent example of when you experienced good or bad manners.
Do you think our attitude to behaviour changes as we get older?

Public behaviour is today's topic in a new installment of the Speakout video podcasts, Longman. Watch the video and note down the answers the people interviewed give.



Now it's over to you. If possible, get together with someone who also speaks English and answer the questions above about you. Try and use some of the expressions you heard on the video podcast.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Upper-intermediate: How do you get your news?

How do you usually get your news?
What kinds of news stories interest you the most?
How has modern technology and new media changed our relationship with the news?
In your opinion, does the media use its power responsibly?

These are the questions people in the street answer in a new installment of Speakout, upper-intermediate, Longman.

Listen to this videopodcast and make a note of the answers the interviewees give.



Now it's over to you. If possible, get together with an English-speaking friend or relative with a similar level to you, and answer the questions above about yourself.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Upper-intermediate: The future (age)

What are you looking forward to in the future?
Is there anything you aren’t looking forward to?
People say that your school days are the best days of your life. Do you think that’s true?

These are the questions people answer in a new installment of Speakout podcasts, Longman.

Watch the video clip and note down the answers the speakers give.



Now it's over to you. Answer the questions at the top about yourself. Try and use some of the expressions you heard on the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Upper-intermediate: Shopping (ideas)

Here is another videocast from Speakout upper-intermediate, Longman.

Watch this video clip, where some people will be answering the following questions:

What items do you enjoy buying most?
What sorts of things do you buy on impulse?
What sorts of things do you plan to buy?
What recent product or service do you think is impressive?
If you could start a business or invent a product or service what would it be?



Now it's over to you. Answer the same questions about your shopping habits and preferences. Try and use some of the expressions and vocuabulary the people on the video used.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Upper-intermediate: Reading habits (stories)

Do you read much?
What was the last book you read?
What’s your favourite book?
Which fictional character would you most like to be, or meet?

These are the questions answered by the people interviewed in this new video podcast from Longman's Speakout.

Listen carefully and note down what each person says.



Now, answer the questions for yourself.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Upper-intermdiate: Downtime

How do you spend your free time?
How would you spend your free time differently if you had more time or money or opportunity?
What are the benefits to society of giving people more downtime or more holidays?

Watch another video from the Longman Speakout series and note down the way the interviewees answer the three questions above.



You can read the transcript here.

Now over to you. Get together with an English-speaking friend or relative and answer the questions for yourself.

Speakout Upper-intermediate: Does money make you happy? (issues)

Do you think money makes you happy?
What things are more important than money?
Should wealthy people be taxed more to support the poor?

Watch this new installment in Longman's Speakout series and note down the answer each of the speakers gives to the questions above.



You can read the transcript here.

Now it's your turn. Get together with an English-speaking friend or relative and answer the same questions about you. Try and use some of the vocabulary and expressions the speakers on the video used.

Speakout upper-intermediate: Annoying habits (beginnings)

Self-study activity:
What's your experience of sharing a flat with people other than your family?
Do you have any annoying habits?
What habits or qualities in a flatmakte would you find most annoying?

Now watch this short video clip from Speakout Longman and try to understand the answers the interviewees give.



You can read the transcript here.

Go over the habits the people on the video have mentioned. What is your experience of those habits? Which ones do/would you find annoying?