EOI-CV CERTIFICATION EXAMS B1 / B2

SPEAKING MONOLOGUES
THE MEDIA THE MASS MEDIA
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS RELATIONSHIPS How do you keep informed? The news: objective or biased? Say why
The type of media you use most: TV,
press, internet, radio,..how often? Does watching the news influence
Is family important to you? Best Different types of friends at different What for? people…
memory of your family doing stages of life
something together Spanish media: favourite TV How are traditional media adapting to
Changes in the traditional family programmes, radio station, press, new technologies?
Childhood memories. School magazines,…Spanish TV: what would
friends. The right time to fly the nest you change? How do you prefer to keep informed?
(newspapers, TV,..)
Changes in the family model. New Elderly relatives Is the mass media too powerful?
types of families Does it have too much influence on Public vs private TV
Relationships in the working people?
Your friends. / Your best friend: environment Tabloids vs broadsheets and gossip
describe him and describe your magazines
relationship. Relationships and new technologies
Your favourite radio stations and
Relationships & social network Online dating: pros and cons programmes

Love relationships. Long-distance The internet and the mass media

relationships
TV & CINEMA TV OR NOT TV
Which do you prefer: TV or cinema? Junk television
As a child, favourite programmes &
films? Censorhip

TV and cinema habits: How often? Public television vs pay TV

TV programmes and films: you like/
don’t like Local channels

The last film you saw: describe

Would you like to participate in a TV

quiz show?
 TECHNOLOGY THE WORLD THAT COMES HOLIDAYS TRAVEL THE WORLD!
Advantages and disadvantages. How E-learning vs traditional education
Your preferences: when, where, Your favourite type of holiday. Favourite
have they changed our lives?
how long, who with, …. means of transport.
Social networks and new ways of
Your favourite gadget. What do you communicating
Countries /places you’ve been to. The impact of tourism on the
use it for? How often?
The one you liked/disliked most. environment
New gadgets: smartphones,…
Anecdotes?
New ways of communication:
Travelling broadens your mind: yes/no
whatssap, social networks, mobile Changes in the future?
Different types of tourism
phones,… FAce to face/ virtual
Your reasons when choosing a holiday
Technology: positive or negative?
Young people’s addiction to new Effects on environment, work,
Low-cost airlines
techonology / video games medicine,..
Places in the world you would like to
Reading: paper or e-books? New technology and teenagers
visit/ have no desire to visit. Why?
New technologies and changes in
Package tours vs organizing trips on your
communication/lifestyle/work/studies
own

Your best/worst trip ever

Things can go wrong when travelling

 EATING DIET
EDUCATION LEARNING
Your eating habits. Mediterranean diet vs American diet Your experience: Subjects, schools, Practical training vs theoretical learning
teachers….Primary/secondary
Your favourite food, dish, Fast food, pre-cooked food and super-
school Important subjects
restaurant,… sizing
Studying abroad The role of new technologies
Cooking: can you cook? Would you Your eating habits: changes over the
like to? Who cooks in your family? years Learning foreign languages University and career prospects
Ready meals vs homemade meals How diet has changed over the last
State vs private schools The most useful languages to learn
International vs Spanish cuisine generation
Bilingual schools: utopia or reality
Vegans & vegetarians
Genetically modified food vs organic Schooldays: the best days of your life?
food
Things you’d change in the school
Typical dishes in different countries system
A different food experience
Work prospects of young people when
leaving school

Teaching as a job: pros and cons

WORKING OR STUDYING WORK LIFESTYLES HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Alternative vs traditional medicine
Your lifestyle: eating habits, keeping
Your occupation: job / studies (daily Having the same job all your life: a good fit, stress, daily routine… (healthy and Medical malpractice
timetable, tasks unhealthy habits) YOur family
thing or a bad thing?
The problem of drugs
What you like & what you’d change Which is more important: a high salary Lifestyles: at present/ in the past/in
the future? The most important advances in the last
or a satisfying job?
Housework: tasks you have to do at 20 years
home Retirement
KEEPING FIT Spanish National Health System vs
Which is better: to work for a large or a
Working/ studying abroad private health system
small organisation? Keeping fit at present/in the past
Cloning and genetic engineering: pros
Your ideal job when you were a What do you do to keep fit? Now or
and cons
child/now in the past?

3 things you like/dislike about your Stress in our lives

Your preferences: indoors/outdoors,
job/studies individual/ team sports,
summer/winter sports,…
The job market: past and present
Work- private life balance Popular sports in your country in your
family, your friends,…
Being self-employed/working for others
or being a civil servant?
 IDOLS /CELEBRITIES EXPECTATIONS MONEY CONSUMERISM
Your favourite famous person Childhood dreams: accomplished?
(describe him/her) How important is it? Money and
Required qualities to be succesful in Big shopping malls vs main Street
happiness. Are they connected?
The person you most admire (family, life
shops
Friends?)
Are you a saver or a spender?
Succesful people you admire
Being a celebrity: pros and cons The crisis: changes in our attitude to
YOur shopping habits: what, where, shopping
Your expectations from
Gossip magazines and programmes: how often, who with, payment
politicians,..Corruption.
why so popular? method,… Kinds of shopping: catalogue, online,
teleshopping,…
LOOKING GOOD /APPEARANCE Ever borrowed or lent money?
How important is appearance in your Advertising strategies: deceptive?
daily life? Is it important to get a Ever won or found any money? What
job? Are attractive people more would you do if you won the lottery? Becoming rich at a young age: pros &
successful? cons

Urban tribes: emos, mods, heavies, The rich and the poor: the gap
lolitas, gothics,..The way they dress = between them
the way they think?
Taxes
Clothes or jewelry or cosmetics you “We all would be better without
like/hate wearing money and material possessions”:
your opinion
New trends: tattoos, piercing
Online shopping: pros/cons
Looking good = feeling good?
What would you do if you became a
millionaire

Fair trade products

Effects of consumerism on
environment

Shopaholics.

Teenagers and consumerism

COUNTRY OR CITY LIFE
Pros and cons : pollution, facilities,
transport, security,….

Your favourite city and village:

describe (location, size, things to see,
..)

Your town. The area where you live.

Moving around your town (transport)
HOUSES
HOuse or flat preferences. YOur flat:
describe it and things you’d change.

The area where you live. YOur

neighbours.

Your dream house

Pets at home?
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental problems and
consequences. What can we do to
protect it? (government / at home)
Recycling: is it easy in your town?

YOu and animals

You and the countryside

You and the weather

Recycling: a necessity
 repossessions

CURRENT ISSUES Alcoholism, drugs and rehabilitation

Social aids: education, health,…

CHANGES IN SOCIETY Charities, NGOs you know. What kind of work they do

Changes in society you would like to see / something PROGRESS

you believe will never change
The world in a 100 years
Are changes always good? (social changes, changes in
The greatest/ worst invention of the 20th century
personal life, techonological development,..)
Scientific research, space exploration,..is it worth?
Learning languages: pleasure or necessity?
CORRUPTION
Different problems the world faces today: social,
economic, political,… Corruption: is society worried about it? Why?

IMMIGRATION Politicians and corruption

Immigration and social integration

Working or studying abroad CRIME & PUNISHMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT Punishment: fines, community service,…

Unemployment rates Future after prison?

GLOBALISATION Violence in films, computer games, in our daily life,..

Globalisation: language learning Types of crimes & punishment

Globalisation of world economy: pros and cons. Effects Technology-related crime: piracy, hacking,..
on developed and developing countries
Public safety in our cities: compare past and present
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Personal anecdotes related to crime
The crisis: problems with banks. Evictions and house