Center for English as a Second Language



Conversation Topics

• Movies

• Music

• Traditional/Favorite foods

• Ask them to describe where they are from

• What are ways they would like to learn English outside the classroom

• Popular hobbies at home

• Tips on what to do around Carbondale

• Tips on where to eat around Carbondale

• Tips on cities to visit near Carbondale and what to do there (i.e. Chicago, St. Louis, Springfield)

• Sports they enjoy playing or watching

• Holidays in country

• Major in school and aspirations for future career

• Family size and structure

• Reason they chose to study English

• How long they studied English at home and how they studied (school, self taught, parent, etc)

• Where they have traveled or want to travel to

• What they want to achieve from conversation partners

• Activities they want to participate in on and off campus

• Funny or unique stories about their time in the USA

• Questions they about day to day activities in the USA

• Slang terms

• How birthdays and weddings are celebrated

• Do you think you have changed since coming to the USA? If so, how?

• Biggest adjustments or surprises since coming to the USA

• What was your first day like in the USA

• Views on current topics in the News

• Their plans for continuing their education after their intensive English study

• Likes and Dislikes about Carbondale

• Favorite leisure activities at home

• Of all of the places they have lived in or traveled to what is unique about their time here?

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