Tematické okruhy na ústnu časť MS – anglický jazyk B1

1. FAMILY

• Talk about yourself and your childhood
• Relationships in your family
• Advantages and disadvantages of having siblings
• Functions of a family
• Non-functional families
• Generation gap

 

2. CULTURE AND  ART

• The role of art in society
• Performing and decorative art
• Cultural possibilities in villages and cities
• Musical genres
• Your preference for films
• Cultural life in your town
• Some cultural events you have been to

 

3. SPORTS AND  GAMES

• Your attitude to sports
• Your favourite sport
• Importance of doing sport regurarly
• Popular sports in the UK, the USA and Slovakia
• World-known tournaments and championships
• Olympic Games
• Advantages and disadvantages of doing sport professionally

 

4. HOUSING AND  HOME

• The place where you live
• House of your dreams
• Types of houses
• Advantages and disadvantages of living in towns and in the countryside
• Domestic chores in your family

 

5. SHOPPING AND  SERVICES

• Your attitude to shopping
• Ways of shopping and paying – pros and cons
• All types of shops
• Services in your town

 

6. HEALTH CARE

• Healthy lifestyle
• Effect of stress on health
• At the doctors
• The most common diseases and their symptoms
• The development of medical science in history
• Your lifestyle

 

7. TRAVELLING

• Reasons for travelling
• Planning a holiday
• At the airport – travelling by air – pros and cons
• Means of transport – advantages and disadvantages of travelling by them
• Future of travelling
• Your preference for holidays
• Your travel experience

 

8. EDUCATION

• The school system in Slovakia
• Subjects at your school
• The importance of learning foreign languages
• Extracurricular activities
• Some changes about our school
• School rules
• Reasons for playing truant
• The status and authority of teachers nowadays

 

9. JOBS AND  PROFFESIONS

• Definition of employment
• Economically active and inactive population
• Skills for physical and intellectual work
• Reasons for unemployment
• What will you consider while choosing a job
• Your summer job experience

 

10. HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS

• Formal and informal relationships
• Recipe for a good long-lasting marriage
• Describe a true friendship
• People with social problems – disabled, addicted, homeless
• How to get on with other people – what is important in relationships

 

11. MAN AND  NATURE

• Climate in our country- seasons in Slovakia
• Weather changes
• Ecological issues
• What can we do to save our planet
• How to behave in forests
• People and animals

 

12. SCIENCE AND  TECHNOLOGY

• Definition of science and technology
• Important inventions
• Technological progress
• Information and communication technology
• The Internet
• Facebook

 

13. MAN AND  SOCIETY

• Etiquette and ethics
• Rules of modern etiquette
• Ettiquette in conversations
• Table etiquette
• Loss of manners – reasons
• Ill-mannered behaviour of children – reasons

 

14. COMMUNICATION AND  ITS  FORMS

• Communication and communications skills
• Written and oral forms of communication
• Non-verbal communication
• Direct and indirect ways of communication
• Modern ways of communication – social networks
• Formal and informal communication
• Reasons and importance to learn foreign languages

 

15. YOUNG PEOPLE  AND  THEIR  WORLD

• Definition of puberty – changes
• Social problems of young people
• Generation gap
• Relationships of young people
• Free time of young people
• Opportunities for young people at present

 

16. MASS MEDIA

• Definition and types of mass media
• Roles of mass media
• Radio stations
• TV channels
• The quality of newspapers and magazines
• The Internet
• Negative impact of massmedia on people
• Your preference

 

17. FOOD

• Slovak eating habbits
• Slovak traditonal meal – how to prepare it
• The impact of food on your health
• Your eating habbits
• Your opinion on junk food
• Slimming diets
• World´s cuisines popular in Slovakia

 

 

18. HOBBIES, LEISURE AND  LIFESTYLE

• Reasons for doing hobbies
• Common ways of spending free time – different kinds of free time activities
• Hobbies of teenagers, children and adults
• Connection of lifestyle with our hobbies
• Your free time activities

 

19. MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

• Holidays in Slovakia
• Slovak Christmas and Easter
• The Slovaks as a nation
• Minorities in Slovakia
• Melting pot and assimilation to multiculturalism
• Your opinion on immigrants coming to EU

 

20. FASHION

• What fashion reflects
• Clothes made by a tailor and bought in a shop
• Top designer´s clothes
• Clothing and weather
• Special occasions

 

21. IDOLS, CELEBRITIES AND  FAMOUS  PERSONALITIES

• Who is idol for you
• Influence of role models on young people
• Qualities you value or hate on people
• Literary heroes
• Negative impact of violent heroes

 

22. READING BOOKS

• Literary genres – types and your preference
• Definition of fiction and non-fiction literature
• Name some english authors of children´s literature
• Reading crisis among the young

 

 

23. SLOVAKIA – MY HOMELAND

• Slovakia – location, national symbols, geographical facts
• Crucial historic events
• Places and towns – we are proud of
• Slovak traditions and habbits
• Slovaks as a nation
• Slovak personalities

 

24. THE UNITED  KINGDOM

• Great Britain and the United Kingdom
• Give some facts about these countries, some crucial historical events
• Capital cities – monuments, interesting places
• Well-known british personalities
• Public holidays in GB

 

25. THE UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA

• Give some facts
• Some crucial historical events
• Important American cities
• Places and attractions for tourists
• World-known American personalities
• American holidays – their traditions
• American way of life – your opinion

 

26. TOWNS AND  PLACES

• The place where you live
• Pros and cons of living in your town
• Cultural and educational opportunities in your town
• What would you change about your town
• Interesting places, monuments, events in your town
• Famous personalities