English Conversation Club

Topic: ‘Schooling

(Make sure you introduce yourselves as necessary, perhaps joined to the first question. Also remember that are free to talk about anything you like!)

1. If you were the principal of a school and had to make one subject compulsory, what subject would it be?

2. Which schools have you attended?

3. Who was your favourite teacher? What did you like about him or her?

4. What do you think might be different between the schooling system in your country and that in Australia?

5. Has your experience of University study or English study been different in Australia to your home country? In what ways has it been different?

6. What was the worst thing you remember about school?

7. How was a typical school day structured?

8. Do you prefer exams or take-home assignments? Why?

9. Do you think assessment helps or hinders education? Explain.

10. If you have children, would you send them to the same schools that you have attended? If not, which would you choose, and why?

11. What are some of your favourite school memories?

12. Do you think children should receive homework? Explain your reasons.

13. As a child, did you give your teachers any presents? What was the occasion and what did you give?

14. How important do you think it is to receive a good education? Is anything more important?

15. Do you think everyone has the right to a free education? To what level?

16. At what age do you think children should start formal schooling? What should be the minimum age they can stop it?

17. What is a good teacher like?

18. What do you think is most important to being a successful student?