My Phone and Me
1. What make is your smartphone? What do you like and dislike about it?
2. How many hours a day do you use your phone?
3. What apps do you use the most? And why do you use them?
4. Do you call or text your friends more? Why do you prefer that to the other one?
5. What is your favourite app? Why?
6. When did you get your first phone? Can you describe your first phone?
7. Which app do you use to listen to music on your phone? Why do you prefer it instead of the other apps?
8. Have you ever broken your phone? What happened, and how did you fix it?
9. What games do you play on your phone?
10. Would you like a new phone soon? What would you like to buy?
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EXAMPLE ANSWERS: My Phone and Me
1. I have a Nothing Phone. It is very fast and has good quality. It also takes great photos. There is nothing I dislike about it.
2. I use my phone for about an hour every day.
3. I use WhatsApp and the Spoken Cafe App. I use whatsapp to connect with my friends and family. And I use the Spoken cafe app to learn English. There are great teachers in the Spoken Cafe App.
4. I call my friends more. Texting takes a lot of time, and it makes me feel anxious.
5. My favourite app is definitely Spoken Cafe. It is the first in the world. You can find teachers to practice English in both online and face-to-face groups.
6. I had my first phone in 1998. It was a Siemens S10. Actually, it was our family phone. I got my first personal phone in 2000 when I started university. It was a Maxon phone. It was a very small and practical phone.
7. I listen to music on YouTube Music. Because it has a lot of functions, and I can also use it in my car when I drive, using Androapp.
8. I have never broken a phone. I think I am a good phone user.
9. I only play Angry Birds 2. I started playing it 16 years ago. I love it.
10. I am not planning to buy a phone soon. But if I buy one, I will definitely buy another Nothing Phone.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
India: The World’s Best Readers
While social media is very popular today, many people still love to read. India is the country where people spend the most time reading! A 2017 study shows that the average person in India reads for 10 hours and 42 minutes every week. This makes India the best reader in the world.
In comparison, people in the United States only read for 5 hours and 42 minutes each week. Other countries with high reading times include Thailand, China, the Philippines, and Egypt. However, India’s love for reading stands out, showing that many Indians value books and learning more than anything else. Even with the rise of social media, reading still holds a very special place in their lives.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
READ/SPEAK
Do you like reading? What type of books and magazines do you read, and where and when do you read them?
How many hours do you spend reading each week?
What is your favourite type of book to read?
What is the last book you read?
Do you have a favourite author?
Are there any places where you like to read more, like at home or in a park?
Used to say that two things are completely different and it is not sensible to compare them:
“You’re comparing apples with oranges. They are two very different jobs, with very different types of stress.”
LEARN THE IDIOM AND SPEAK
Can you compare your father and mother? What are their resemblances and differences?