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First off I'd like to thank an amazing website where I… er… borrowed a lot of these questions from: The Internet TESL Journal's Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom.

The following questions are not simply cut 'n' pasted from there though - for as great as the TESL journal's resource is, their organisation skills suck ass.

Their questions are simply thrown together in various categories but not organised in any way within each section (mainly due to users adding their own questions which are just bolted onto the bottom of the list).

This disorganisation means that the TESL Journal's resource is very difficult to use in a classroom as you have to keep jumping around.

Luckily the Dodgy Barneted One has come to the rescue and spent the last 5 months or so organising them. Whenever I've had a free class I've been adding my own questions, deleting the shitty / repeat questions, and playing with the formatting. I'm now ready to share these with the world.

These lists are always being added to, as I find students open up new tangents during the class which I make a note of. I then periodically updating the lists, and upload them below.

Please feel free to use print them off for yourself, just buy me a beer if you meet me one day. If you think of any further questions then by all means contact me so that I can add them to the resource for everyone to share.

NOTE:

I wouldn't advise just handing out these sheets - some of the questions are inappropriate to some audiences. Asking a conservative granny about sexual issues probably won't go down too well.
 
The Questions are prepared for a Korean audience, so for your needs you'll have to change the word "Korea" to your own country.
 
Some of the questions assume your audience is Asian - clearly all races are different, so some questions might not be relevant if your students are from a different continent.
 
Some questions I've written in my own form of shorthand, so they might not make sense. Oh well, better than nothing!
 
You'll find the questions laid out in the following format:

            What's your favourite website?

The first few empty boxes are there for a reason; I use them to mark when I've asked a particular class a particular question. I have 8 different classes in a week and so forget which classes have been asked which things. I just tick a box when its been covered.

Useful for me at least.
 
The best ones that I recommend are:

Crime
Fun to talk about whilst your boss robs them blind in extortionate charges.
Culture
This is my favourite one; as all cultures are excitingly different and weird.
Drinking, Partying and Gambling
Everyone likes a beer!
First Class
Cunningly useful for new classes.
Health
Everyone's a hypochondriac at heart.
Jobs, Occupations & Work
Unfortunately, we all have to work.
Sleep and dreams
Zzzzzzzzzz…
Things that make you angry
I'm a grumpy bastard so perfect for me.
World problems / current events / the future
Some students couldn't give a crap, but you can make them feel bad for being ignorant.
What if. / Have you ever. / Would you ever.
More of a stopgap when you run out of things to say. Use as a filler to dive into.


Anyhow, here's the list then. Some headings are still in the process of being updated. The CONTENT column is by no means in exhaustive detail - I just use it to remind me what sort of questions are contained in each section.

 

TITLE CONTENT
Adoption
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Age: Youth & Old Age
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Animals & Pets
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Art YOU AND ART
WHAT IS ART?
Books WHAT YOU'VE READ
WHAT BOOKS DO YOU ENJOY
SHOPPING FOR BOOKS
MOVIES 'n' BOOKS
Beauty and Physical Attractiveness CHOOSING A PARTNER:
CHANGING VIEWS OF BEAUTY
COSMETIC SURGERY
LOW FAT FOOD / DIETING
EATING PROBLEMS
BODY ART
YOUR BEAUTY
Charity
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Clothes & Fashion FASHION
HAIR
BODY
SHOES
STYLE + controversial
Colours
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Comics
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Computers ACTUAL COMPUTERS
SOFTWARE
GAMES  
INTERNET
PERIPHERALS
WEB DESIGN
PROGRAMMING
   
Crime DRUGS
PREVENTION
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
POLICE
DRINK DRIVING
GUNS
PRISON
PERSONAL ILLEGALITY
Culture MOVING TO A NEW COUNTRY
DIFFERENT CUSTOMS
SAYING YES/NO IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
FOOD / EATING
MARRIAGE / DATING
SWEARING
TAKING THE PISS / HUMOUR
Death
& Dying
OTHER PEOPLE DYING
BIOLOGICAL/MEDICAL ISSUES
PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS
AFTERLIFE / RELIGION / GOD

Depression and Trauma

For notes about this handout place your mouse HERE

DEPRESSION
BI-POLAR DISORDER
ANXIETY ATTACKS
PHOBIAS
OCD
SCHIZOPHRENIA
TRAUMA
   
Discrimination GENDER ROLES
Drugs ALCOHOL
BEING DRUNK
CIGARETTES/TOBACCO
QUITTING SMOKING
MARIJUANA
DRUG ISSUES
Drinking, Partying and Gambling DRINKING
ALCOHOLISM
BEING DRUNK
HOUSE PARTIES
HANGOVERS
GAMBLING
Education LEARNING ENGLISH
SCHOOL
OTHER SKILLS LEARNT AT SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY
Entertainment (Movies /
TV / . )
MOVIES
TV
COMEDIANS
RADIO
THEATRE / CULTURAL STUFF
THEME PARKS
ADVENTURE ACTIVITES
SPORTS
OTHER
Environment & pollution
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Family
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First Class
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Fears
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Food
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Friends
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Health GENERAL HEALTH / WELLBEING
LONG LIFE
ALLERGIES
EATING / DRINKING
VEGETARIANISM
DRINKS
WEIGHT
FITNESS
SICKNESS / TREATMENT
EASTERN MEDICINE
INJURIES
VISITING DOCTORS
SURGERY / BIG ILLNESS / HOSPITALS
VISITING DENTIST
HEALTH SERVICE
EPIDEMICS
Holidays & Festivals DEBUNKING CHRISTIANITY
END OF THE YEAR
OTHER FESTIVALS
Home HOME
CITIES / RURAL
Immigration
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Jobs, Occupations & Work WHAT AGE
CURRENT JOB
BOSS
COMPANY TEAM BUILDING
PROMOTIONS
LOSING YOUR JOB
EXTRA COURSES
MONEY ISSUES
OWN BUSINESS
RETIREMENT
WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE
OTHER POSSIBLE JOBS
CRAP JOBS / WEIRD JOBS
JOB HUNTING
INTERVIEWS
Love, Dating & Marriage
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Martial Arts
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Memory
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Military Service
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Money & Shopping
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Music
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Names
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News
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Parenting
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Personality traits & Disorders

For notes about this handout place your mouse HERE

PERSONALITY TRAITS
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
 
   
Product Safety
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Rites of passage
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Regrets
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Restaurants & Eating Out
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Sleep and dreams GETTING TO SLEEP
FAN OF DEATH
DISTURBED SLEEP
WAKING UP
NAPPING
DREAMING (Content
NIGHTMARES
MEANING OF DREAMS
Sports
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Stress
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Superstitions, Supernatural & Ghosts
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Teenagers
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Things that make you angry PEOPLE ASKING FAVOURS: What's the most annoying request?
PET PEEVES - People who.
MOBILE PHONES:
MISC
FAMILY PROBLEMS
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Living with parents / Living with kids
RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
ROAD ISSUES
CONSUMER COMPLAINTS
SCAMS / CONS
Transportation
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Travel
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Vacations PLANNING FOR A VACATION
COMING BACK FROM A VACATION
- - - - -
Weather
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World problems / current events / the future: What do you worry about?
THE FUTURE
What if.

Have you ever.

Would you ever.
LIFESPAN / DEATH / TIME
REINCARNATION
TIME TRAVEL
MORAL DILEMAS
TOUGH CHOICES
SPECIAL SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE
EMBARRASING THINGS YOU'VE DONE
SELF SACRIFICE
RELATIONSHIP BASED
CHANGE YOURSELF
JOB
MEETING OTHER PEOPLE / CELEBRITIES
BEING JOHN MALCOVICH
IF YOU WERE A . WHAT WOULD YOU BE
TRAVEL
DESERT ISLAND
POSSESIONS
HAVE YOU EVER .