Summer Discussion Questions

Summer

What is it?   

Do you like summer?

Are you having a good summer?

When you think of Summer what words or images pop into your mind?

What does Summer symbolize?

Finish this sentence:  Summer is _________________.

How is Summer in Wuxi?  In your hometown?   What is Summer like in a cold climate?  What would you change about summer in Wuxi?

What do you like about Summer?  What do you hate about Summer?

Do you wish everyday was a Summer day?

Is Summer a romantic time?

What are some Summertime activities?

How was Summer when you were young?

Is Summer your favorite season?

What memories do you have of Summer?

Is Summer a time to do some cleaning?

How do we dress for Summer?

What do farmers do in Summer?

What do animals do in Summer?

What do students do in Summer?

What games do we play in Summer?

What food do we eat in Summer?

How does the end of summer feel?

How is the sleeping in Summer?

Is summer a good time to be naked?

The best times of our lives are usually in Summer agree or disagree?

ESL Discussion questions about Behavior

What is behavior?  What does to mean to behave?

How can we behave?

What are some examples of behavior?

What is good behavior?

Are you well-behaved?

What can we call well-behaved people?  (Ladies and Gentlemen)

What can we call badly-behaving people?  (Barbarians, obnoxious,rude,...)

To be well-behaved, we must_________________________.

It is okay to tell someone that they are behaving badly?  What could happen?

How should we behave in the following situations?

The playing of the national anthem

In Church

At a funeral

At a wedding

At a ceremony

At a sporting event

Watching a movie in a cinema

In traffic

As a guest

As a host

In class

At a party

When you think someone has cheated you

You meet a beggar

War

Eating in a restaurant

Smoking

With your boss

With a subordinate

When someone is sad

When someone is mad at you

When you have made a mistake

Who behaves better?

Men or women

Poor or rich

Boys or girls

Adults or children

City people or countryside people

Do foreigners behave well in China?  Have you seen foreigners behave madly?  Have you seen foreigners behave strangely?

What is strange behavior?  Can you give examples of strange behavior you have seen?

Do you like to behave strangely?  What are some things strange behaviors we can try?

Tell me about some bad behavior you have seen recently?

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ESL Discussion Questions about Childhood

What is Childhood?  The time we are children.

At what age does childhood end?

Do we spot being children when we leave home?

Does childhood stop when we get a job?

What is good about being a child?

What was good about your childhood?

What is bad about being a child?

What was bad about your childhood?

Did you have (are you having) a good childhood?  Why?

What do you remember most about your childhood?

Do you want your childhood to end? (Do you want to be a child again?)

What can't we always be children?

Do we ever stop looking at the world through child's eye?

Do you still have contact with your childhood friends?

How have you changed since your childhood ended?  (How have you changed during your childhood?)

Are you happy with your behavior during your childhood?

Most embarrassing thing you can remember about your childhood?

What have you kept from childhood?  (toy, memento, etc.)

How did you play when you were a child?   Did you go outside?  Did you have lots of toys?  What was your favorite toy?  What was your favorite activity?

Did you have to work during your childhood?  Do you parents make you do chores around the house?

Would you rather spend your childhood in the city or the countryside?

Were you spanked when you were a child?

Who took care of you during your childhood?

ESL Discussion questions about Bosses

What are bosses?  Are you a boss?  Do you want to be a boss?  Do you hate being a boss?

What can bosses also be called?  Supervisors, leaders, managers, the man, CEO, General, the man in charge et  cetera.

Do you like your current boss?  Why?  Why not?

Tell me about bosses you have had.  Were they good or bad bosses?

Finish these sentences:

Good Bosses are_________.

Bad Bosses are___________.

Are you a good boss?  Do you think you could be a good boss?  Why?  Why not?

Are you your own boss?

Are you a bossy personality type?  How do you feel when you meet bossy people?

It is good to be thought of as bossy?

Are women more bossy than men?

Do you have bossy co-workers or classmates?  Tell me about them.

Do you have bossy customers.  Have you seen bossy customers in stores or restaurants?

Finish this sentence bossy people are ____________.

Are bossy people rude or over bearing?

Do you like to boss people around?  Who bosses you around?

Do your children boss you around?

Does your spouse boss you around?

Do you boss yourself around?

Do children boss adults around?

Are people born with bossiness? Or can they develop a bossy style?

Who are the most bossy people in the world?

Who is the most bossy person in history?

If you could be the big boss, what would you do?

What does it mean to "show someone who the boss is"?

Crying Discussion Questions and Phrases for ESL

What is crying?

What do we shed when we cry?  Tears.

What emotions accompany crying?

Are we always sad when we cry?

Tears of Joy.  When we do feel tears of joy?

When do we feel tears of sadness?

What are some other reasons that our eyes may tear up? (onions)

Do you cry a lot?

When was the last time you cried?

Can you fake tears?

Do you think some people fake tears so they can get sympathy?

Can crying have you get better service?  Can crying get your problem dealt with?

Can men cry?  How do you feel when you see a man crying?  What do you think of men who cry?  Foreigners crying?

When is it okay for men to cry?

What a man do when a woman cries?

How do you feel when someone cries on you?

Can you hold back tears?

Would you help a crying stranger?

No tears.  When can this expression be used?

Crying idioms

Burst into tears

It is a crying shame.

There is no point crying over spilt milk

For crying out loud!

A lone voice crying in the wilderness.

There is a crying need to have something done about this problem.

He didn't shed a tear.

I was moved to tears.

He sheds crocodile tears.

He was bored to tears.