Topics for the orał exam- communication activities.
' 1. You are Personnel Managers in a big Corporation. You need to hire two production engineers. Decide together what qualities a production engineer should have, what qualifications and what other requirements a proper candidate must have..
2. Decide together which method of food preservation is best for different kinds of foods e.g. fruit and vegetables, meat, fish etc. Think about storage time. Discuss which method is better for long and short term preservation.
3. Your company is going to build a bridge over the big river. Think about important factors for bridge building. Decide what kind of bridge is best for big spans, think about materials you might use and other important things.
4. You are journalists. working for a big newspaper. You are going to write an article about Millennium Bridge in London. Decide what questions you would ask construction engineers about the construction details, specifications (length, width, type, materiał used etc. (You don't have to think about the answers)
5. You need to order plastic packaging for your products. Decide what kind of packaging would be most efficient for fruit and vegetables, dairy products, meat and sausages or electronic equipment.
6. You need to hire people to work on the oil rig. Decide what qua!ities are important for a roustabout or a driller so that they work effidently away from home for a long time.
7. You want to diversify supplies of energy for your company. Decide what are the possibilities and what kinds of energy you would use. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each energy type?
8. What do you think is the best alternative energy source in Polish geophysical conditions?
9. You work as air traffic controllers on one of the big airports. You are talking to a journalist about your job. Mention good and bad points of your job and qualities that an air traffic controller must have.
10. You are going to buy an earth home. Think about positive and negative features of the earth home.
11. Imagine a home in the 22nd century. Discuss how much it will differ from a contemporary home. Think about intełligent technologies.
12. You want to go from London to the seaside at the south of France. How do you want to! travel? Think about advantages and disadvantages of travelling by piane, train orcar. Discuss with a partner prices, time, comfort and any other things.
13. Persuade your partner who hates flying that this is the safest and the most comfortable way of travelling. Give arguments for and against.
14. You want to !ive in an eco-city but your partner refuses. Try to convince your partner that life in an eco-city is possible and comfortable.
You want to make a robot. Think about: what you would use it for, what features it should have, what shape or dimensions it should have. ytćDo you think stealth technologies are necessary for defence policy? Discuss. Think about advantagesand disadvantages.