English Topics: How can communicating via text be different than in person?

Ice Breaking Topics

  • Do you enjoy reading in English?
  • Why is it necessary to advertise?
  • What technology do you use the most for work?
  • Are there any disadvantages to being attractive?
  • Do you have any close relatives that you're really close to?
  • Who do you call when bored?
  • What would you do if you had to spend 24 hrs without a phone?
  • How can schools better address issues related to bullying and peer pressure?

Main Topics

  • Why do you think body language is important?
  • How do you use body language in your daily life?
  • How does body language help you to communicate?
  • How does your native culture use body language?
  • How can you misinterpret nonverbal communication?
  • How can communicating via text be different than in person?
  • Do you use much slang in your native language?
  • Do you try to use body language when you communicate in English?

Free Topics

  • Do you often hold the door open for strangers in public?
  • Where do you want to be in 10 years?
  • When was the first time you remember using a computer?
  • What is there to do in your city?
  • If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
  • Who is someone you can call in the middle of the night?
  • Who controls/will control the finances in your relationship/future relationship?
  • Which book do you think has the most beautiful cover art and why?