Thursday, June 21, 2007

SOPHOMORE ESL: Final Exam Discussion Questions


The following are questions to prepare for the oral phase of your final exam during Exam Week.
Discussion Questions for Final Exam

1. Discuss your relationship with your opposite-sex parent: how you got along or did not get along, how the relationship developed over the years, crises in the relationship, difficulties and difficulties overcome, etc.
2. How do you think men and women choose their romantic partners. How do you think they should choose those partners? How would you choose your partner? Do you see a difference between a romantic partner and a marital partner (an ideal spouse)?
3. What do you find most appealing in people? Most unappealing?
4. Make up your own mnemonic (memory aid) on a deck of cards. This will be one of your own invention. Aim for the same consistency as in the model you studied.
5. Describe what you believe a criminologist should look for at the scene of the crime and beyond the scene of the crime, such as motive, etc.
6. For what cause would you like to be an advocate? Explain.
7. Do you think holidays have been too commercialized today? If so, which ones? Explain. If so, how should these holidays be observed? Explain.
8. As in your gun control debate, discuss what should be prohibited in Taiwan society, why, and how you would effect this?
9. Evaluate the film, Imitation of Life, based on specific criteria: plot, acting, theme, music, direction, etc. Assign the movie one to four stars.
10. Discuss your future plans. Try an acrostic on the word "summer": "S" is for the "sunshine" I hope to enjoy, "u" is for the "use" I plan to make of the summer holiday by reading a lot, etc.


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