2008年11-12月雅思口试重点话题：Your Work/Your Studies

　　1.Your Work/Your Studies
　　Do you work or are you a student?
　　1a) Your Work
　　General Description of Job
　　What job (or, what work) do you do?
　　How long have you been working? (Or: How long have you been doing this job?)
　　What does your company do?
　　What do you do in a typical day at work?
　　(Similar to above) What are your responsibilities at work?
　　Feelings about the Job Do you like your job (or, your work)?
　　Do you prefer your life now, as a working person, to the life you had as a student?
　　Do you think your (school or) university education prepared you well for the work you are doing now?
　　Would you say it's an easy job?
　　What's the most difficult part of your job?
　　Would you recommend this job to other people?
　　Working with Others Do you need to work with (= co-operate with) other people at work? (teamwork question)
　　Do you like working with them?
　　Work Tools, Equipment What tools or equipment do you use in your work?
　　Future What are your work plans for the future?
　　Are you planning to change your job?
　　In the future, what changes do you think will take place in your industry?
　　Why are you taking the IELTS test?
　　1b) Your Studies和谐英语论坛
　　Notes: For high school students or recent high school graduates who have not yet started university, the word "school" or "high school" will be used instead of "university". If you are no longer a student now and have not yet started to work, the questions will be about the last time you were a student, either high school or university and asked in the past tense.
　　General Description of Studies
　　What subject are you studying?
　　Do you think that's a difficult subject to study?
　　Why did you choose to study that?
　　Do you like your subject? (= your major = your subjects if a high school student)
　　(For high school students) What's your favourite subject at school? (Don't say P.E.)
　　study Place Where do you study (= what school/university do you attend)?
　　Why did you choose that (particular) school/university?
　　What do you think of your school/university?
　　(Similar to above)
　　What do you think of the place where you are studying?
　　What is the best thing about your university/school?
　　Length of Time as a Student When did you start this course and when will you finish it?
　　(Similar to above) How long have you been doing this course?
　　(Similar to above, for high school students) How many years have you spent in school?
　　(Possible question) What year are you in at school/university?
　　Life as a Student Tell me about your student life. (= Tell me about your life as a student)
　　Do you like university life?
　　(Similar to above) How do you like university life? ( = How do you feel about life at university?)
　　(Similar to above) What part of university life do you like best? (Why?)
　　In addition to gaining knowledge, what other ways have you benefited from your school/university experience?
　　study Tools, Equipment, Facilities What "study tools" (or equipment) do you use?
　　Do you think these tools are useful?
　　What facilities are there at your school/university to help you in your studies?
　　Future Do you think the things you are studying now in school/university will prepare you well for your future work?
　　What are your future work plans? (after you graduate)
　　When you start working, do you think you will prefer that to being a student?
　　Why are you taking the IELTS test?
　　What are your future study plans?