TALK TIME

1. Are people strange? 2. What’s the worst thing about people? 3. What kind of people do you like best? 4. What kind of people do you get fed up with? 5. Are you a people person? 6. Do you trust people that you don’t know? 7. Have you ever used couchsurfing? 8. Why is it hard to trust people sometimes? 9. What makes a good person? 10. How do you trust a person?

1. Are you a proud person? 2. What achievement are you most proud of? 3. Who are you most proud of? 4. When was the last time you were very proud of yourself? 5. Are you proud of your country? 6. Are you proud of your heritage? 7. When can pride be dangerous?

1. What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘poverty’? 2. What kind of poverty exists in your country? 3. Is poverty different in rich countries than in poor ones? 4. Is it possible for the world to make poverty disappear? 5. How would the world be different if there was no poverty? 6. What are the causes of poverty? 7. Why does poverty exist in rich countries like the USA? 8. What do you think a poverty trap is and is it easy for people to escape it?

1. How would you describe the population of your country? 2. How has your country’s population changed over the years? 3. Is the population of your cities growing? How is this affecting the countryside? 4. Is population growth a concern in your country? 5. Is your society moving towards an ageing population? Is this a problem? 6. Do you think a diverse population is good for your country? 7. What factors influence changing population patterns? 8. What will your country’s population look like in 50 years from now?

1. Do you like solving problems? 2. Do you need to fix many problems in your job? 3. What is the biggest problem in your life right now? 4. What is the best way to solve problems? 5. Who do you speak to when you have a problem? 6. Can you stay calm when you have a problem? 7. What are some problems in your country?

1. Do you like philosophy? 2. Do you think philosophy is important? 3. What’s your philosophy in life? 4. Who’s the greatest philosopher you know of? 5. Do you think modern philosophy is different from ancient philosophy? 6. Would you like to study philosophy? 7. What can philosophy teach you? 8. What things do you think you’d study in a philosophy course?

1. Do you like reading and listening to poetry? 2. How do you think poetry first started? 3. What role does poetry play in your culture? 4. Do you have a favourite poem? 5. Is poetry important? 6. Do you think you’re good at writing poetry? 7. If you were to write a poem right now, what would your subject be? 8. What can poetry teach us about life?

1. How would you describe your personality? 2. Are you happy with your personality? 3. How has your personality changed over the years? 4. What or who has helped shape your personality? 5. What of your personality traits do you like most? 6. What is the most attractive personality trait a person can have? 7. What are the personality differences between you and other family members? 8. Do you think you have an outgoing personality?

1. Why do people lie? 2. Is it okay to tell lies? 3. Do you think white lies are okay? 4. How often do you lie? 5. What’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told? 6. Is lie detector test accurate? 7. Do you think you could lie and beat a lie detection test? 8. Were you a good liar when you were a child? 9. What job requires people to lie the most?

1. What does peace mean to you? 2. Are you at peace with yourself and the world? 3. Do you love peace and quiet? 4. Do you think there’ll ever be peace in the world? 5. Which is more important, freedom or peace? 6. Would you be a good peacemaker? Why do you think this? 7. What’s the best way of achieving peace? 8. What is peace of mind and inner peace? 9. Would people need to change how they think, for the world to be peaceful? 10. How peaceful are you now?

1. When was the first time you remember feeling real pain? 2. When was the last time you had muscle pain? 3. What do you do when you feel pain? 4. Who is the biggest pain in the neck? 5. How do you deal with painful memories? 6. “No pain, no gain” – Do you agree? 7. What are you willing to struggle for? 8. What can you do to help a friend in pain?

1. What are natural disasters? 2. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? 3. What was the last natural disaster you saw on TV? 4. Have you ever prepared for a natural disaster? 5. Are there often natural disasters in your country? 6. What’s the worst natural disaster in your opinion? 7. Do you think natural disasters are happening more frequently in the world today? 8. What’s the best natural disaster movie you’ve ever seen? 9. What would you do if you knew there would soon be a serious natural disaster and this could be your last day on earth? 10. Are you willing to donate money to help victims of a natural disaster in your country or other countries?

1. Have you joined any social networking sites? Which ones? 2. What’s the best social networking site? 3. What are the pros and cons of social networking? 4. Have you ever tried to find friends on a social networking site? 5. What new features would you like to see on social networking sites? 6. Do you prefer networking face to face or online? 7. Should children be allowed to use social networking sites? 8. Is it possible that social networking sites make people lonelier? How?

1. How often do you post pictures on social media? 2. How many pictures do you have on your phone? 3. What’s the last picture you took? 4. Do you ever take picture of your food? 5. Do like looking at old pictures? 6. Do you have any pictures of yourself as a kid? 7. Are you concerned about old pictures of you being on the internet? 8. “A picture is worth a thousand words” – do you agree?

1. Can you play a musical instrument? 2. If you could play any musical instrument, what would it be? 3. Do you like singing karaoke? 4. Do you listen to music while doing your work? 5. Have you ever been to a concert? 6. How does music make you feel? 7. How much time do you spend listening to music? 8. Where do you usually listen to music?

1. How important is money? 2. What would life be like without money? 3. How often do you think about money? 4. What’s the best way of making a lot of money? 5. Can money buy happiness? 6. Have you ever lost a lot of money? 7. How much pocket money should a 13-year-old get? 8. Have you ever raised money for charity? 9. Of the things you have bought in your life, which do you remember most happily?

1. What are some characteristics of modern life? 2. What is the impact of modern life on society? 3. What are some of the challenges of modern life? 4. Would you consider yourself a modern person? Why or why not? 5. Are your parents modern? Why or why not? 6. Is it easier to make friends in modern times? 7. Do you wish you could live in the past sometimes? 8. What do think the future holds for people and society?

1. What is love? 2. How important is love? 3. How do people fall in love? 4. How and why do people fall out of love? 5. What does it feel like to say, “I love you”? 6. Are there any rules to love? 7. Do you love yourself? Should you do so? 8. Has love changed over the past 10,000 years?

1. The Inspector – ISTJ Personality At first glance, ISTJs are intimidating. They appear serious, formal, and proper. They also love traditions and old-school values that uphold patience, hard work, honor, and social and cultural responsibility. They are reserved, calm, quiet, and upright. These traits result from the combination of I, S, T, and J, a personality type that is often misunderstood. 2. The Counselor – INFJ Personality INFJs are visionaries and idealists who ooze creative imagination and brilliant ideas. They have a different, and usually more profound, way of looking at the world. They have a substance and depth in the way they think, never taking anything at surface level or accepting things the way they are. Others may sometimes perceive them as weird or amusing because of their different outlook on life. 3. The Mastermind – INTJ Personality INTJs, as introverts, are quiet, reserved, and comfortable being alone. They are usually self-sufficient and would rather work alone than in a group. Socializing drains an introvert’s energy, causing them to need to recharge. INTJs are interested in ideas and theories. When observing the world they are always questioning why things happen the way they do. They excel at developing plans and strategies, and don’t like uncertainty. 4. The Craftsman – ISTP Personality ISTPs are mysterious people who are usually very rational and logical, but also quite spontaneous and enthusiastic. Their personality traits are less easily recognizable than those of other types, and even people who know them well can’t always anticipate their reactions. Deep down, ISTPs are spontaneous, unpredictable individuals, but they hide those traits from the outside world, often very successfully. 5. The Provider – ESFJ Personality ESFJs are the stereotypical extroverts. They are social butterflies, and their need to interact with others and make people happy usually ends up making them popular. The ESFJ usually tends to be the cheerleader or sports hero in high school and college. Later on in life, they continue to revel in the spotlight, and are primarily focused on organizing social events for their families, friends and communities. ESFJ is a common personality type and one that is liked by many people. 6. The Idealist – INFP Personality INFPs, like most introverts, are quiet and reserved. They prefer not to talk about themselves, especially in the first encounter with a new person. They like spending time alone in quiet places where they can make sense of what is happening around them. They love analyzing signs and symbols, and consider them to be metaphors that have deeper meanings related to life. They are lost in their imagination and daydreams, always drowned in the depth of their thoughts, fantasies, and ideas. 7. The Performer – ESFP Personality ESFPs have an Extraverted, Observant, Feeling and Perceiving personality, and are commonly seen as Entertainers. Born to be in front of others and to capture the stage, ESFPs love the spotlight. ESFPs are thoughtful explorers who love learning and sharing what they learn with others. ESFPs are “people people” with strong interpersonal skills. They are lively and fun, and enjoy being the center of attention. They are warm, generous, and friendly, sympathetic and concerned for other people’s well-being. 8. The Champion – ENFP Personality ENFPs have an Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Perceiving personality. This personality type is highly individualistic and Champions strive toward creating their own methods, looks, actions, habits, and ideas — they do not like cookie cutter people and hate when they are forced to live inside a box. They like to be around other people and have a strong intuitive nature when it comes to themselves and others. They operate from their feelings most of the time, and they are highly perceptive and thoughtful. 9. The Doer – ESTP Personality ESTPs have an Extraverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Perceptive personality. ESTPs are governed by the need for social interaction, feelings and emotions, logical processes and reasoning, along with a need for freedom. Theory and abstracts don’t keep ESTP’s interested for long. ESTPs leap before they look, fixing their mistakes as they go, rather than sitting idle or preparing contingency plans. 10. The Supervisor – ESTJ Personality ESTJs are organized, honest, dedicated, dignified, traditional, and are great believers of doing what they believe is right and socially acceptable. Though the paths towards “good” and “right” are difficult, they are glad to take their place as the leaders of the pack. They are the epitome of good citizenry. People look to ESTJs for guidance and counsel, and ESTJs are always happy that they are approached for help. 11. The Commander – ENTJ Personality An ENTJ’s primary mode of living focuses on external aspects and all things are dealt with rationally and logically. Their secondary mode of operation is internal, where intuition and reasoning take effect. ENTJs are natural born leaders among the 16 personality types and like being in charge. They live in a world of possibilities and they often see challenges and obstacles as great opportunities to push themselves. They seem to have a natural gift for leadership, making decisions, and considering options and ideas quickly yet carefully. They are “take charge” people who do not like to sit still. 12. The Thinker – INTP Personality INTPs are well known for their brilliant theories and unrelenting logic, which makes sense since they are arguably the most logical minded of all the personality types. They love patterns, have a keen eye for picking up on discrepancies, and a good ability to read people, making it a bad idea to lie to an INTP. People of this personality type aren’t interested in practical, day-to-day activities and maintenance, but when they find an environment where their creative genius and potential can be expressed, there is no limit to the time and energy INTPs will expend in developing an insightful and unbiased solution. 13. The Nurturer – ISFJ Personality ISFJs are philanthropists and they are always ready to give back and return generosity with even more generosity. The people and things they believe in will be upheld and supported with enthusiasm and unselfishness. ISFJs are warm and kind-hearted. They value harmony and cooperation, and are likely to be very sensitive to other people’s feelings. People value the ISFJ for their consideration and awareness, and their ability to bring out the best in others. 14. The Visionary – ENTP Personality Those with the ENTP personality are some of the rarest in the world, which is completely understandable. Although they are extroverts, they don’t enjoy small talk and may not thrive in many social situations, especially those that involve people who are too different from the ENTP. ENTPs are intelligent and knowledgeable need to be constantly mentally stimulated. They have the ability to discuss theories and facts in extensive detail. They are logical, rational, and objective in their approach to information and arguments. 15. The Composer – ISFP Personality ISFPs are introverts that do not seem like introverts. It is because even if they have difficulties connecting to other people at first, they become warm, approachable, and friendly eventually. They are fun to be with and very spontaneous, which makes them the perfect friend to tag along in whatever activity, regardless if planned or unplanned. ISFPs want to live their life to the fullest and embrace the present, so they make sure they are always out to explore new things and discover new experiences. It is in experience that they find wisdom, so they do see more value in meeting new people than other introverts. 16. The Champion – ENFP Personality ENFPs have an Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Perceiving personality. This personality type is highly individualistic and Champions strive toward creating their own methods, looks, actions, habits, and ideas — they do not like cookie cutter people and hate when they are forced to live inside a box. They like to be around other people and have a strong intuitive nature when it comes to themselves and others. They operate from their feelings most of the time, and they are highly perceptive and thoughtful.

PERSONALITY (VOCABULARY ABOUT PERSONALITY) 1. adventurous - willing to undertake new and daring enterprises 2. affable - diffusing warmth and friendliness 3. affected - influenced 4. affectionate - having or displaying warmth or fondness 5. amiable - diffusing warmth and friendliness 6. animated - having life or vigor or spirit 7. astonished - filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise 8. babyish - characteristic of a baby 9. candid - openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness 10. caustic - capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action