English Corner Topic: ResponsibilityWhat kind of responsibilities do you have to your family? Are those responsibilities based on love for yourfamily or a sense of duty or obligation?What responsibilities do you have to your neighbors and your neighborhood? Are the qualities that makefor a good neighbor in the city the same as those in the countryside?What kind of responsibilities do you have to your classmates/colleagues? Can you think of a time that aclassmate/colleague negatively effected class/work environment by not fulfilling his/her responsibilities?What does it mean to be "socially responsible?" What are your social responsibilities? How do you knowthat those are your responsibilities? Are they learned or did you think of them yourself?English Corner Topic: Reality TVWhat is your favorite reality tv show? Why do you like that one better than the others?Why do you think reality tv shows have become so popular in recent years? Do you think that dramasand sitcoms have fallen in popularity?Do you think that reality tv brings out the best in the participants or the worst? How do you think reality tvshows affect the people watching them?If you could participate in a reality tv show, which one would you want to be on? Do you think you wouldbe the kind of person that would do anything to win or the ‘nice’ kind of participant?English Corner Topic: ThankfulnessWhat five things are you most grateful for in your life? Are they tangible things or intangible?What person in your life do you feel the most grateful to? Why?If someone helps you in a big way, how do you express your gratitude? Do you use words, gifts, treatthem to dinner, etc.?ld youIf you do something good for someone but they don’t express thankfulness, how do you feel? Shoudo something in that situation? Is it right to expect people to be grateful?English Corner Topic: LoveHow would you define love? What different kinds of love are there?What are some different ways to express love? Do you think the way you receive love and show love isthe same or different? Do you think that the people you love know you love them?What do you think about telling someone, “I love you”? When do you think that is appropriate? When is it inappropriate? Is it as meaningful if you s ay it in a language that’s not your native language?Why is love important? Do you think love is as important as movies and songs imply that it is? What kindof love is most important?English Club Topic: TrustHow would you define trust? Is it just a feeling? Is it a decision?How do you come to trust a person? Does building trust require time and experience with another personor can you trust someone as soon as you meet them? Are there different levels of trust for different people in your life?Who in your life do you trust the most? How has that person gained or earned your trust? If you found outthat person had lied to you, would you trust them again or not?4.What do you think is a worse quality in a person- being too trusting or not being trusting enough? Inwhat ways would life be hard for both of these kinds of people?English Corner Topic: Fame1. Who is your favorite famous person? Why do you like that person? How did that person becomefamous?2. What different kinds of fame are there? Is the fame a person has for being a scientist different than thatof a movie star? What’s the difference between ‘famous’ and ‘infamous’?3. If you could be famous, what would you like to be known for? Do you think you would like the life of afamous person? What do you think would be hard about it?4. Why do you think so many people who are famous end up in a scandal? Do you think it’s possible to be famous and have integrity and good morals? Do you know of any famous people that are especiallyrespected for their good lives?English Corner Topic: Wealth1.Rank the following in order of importance to you: a) health b) family c) money d) a good reputation e)education. Why did you choose that order? Is there any of these that you could do without?2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of being rich? Do you think the advantages outweigh thedisadvantages or vice versa?3.Can a person be poor and happy? What do you think the hardest part about being poor would be foryou if you were poor? What do you do you think would be the hardest part about being rich?4.Whose responsibility do you think is it to take care of the poor: their family, the government, their neighbors, everyone?English Corner Topic: Music1.What's your favorite kind of music? What do you like about that style of music? What kinds of topicsdoes that style of music usually take as for its content? Is there a style of music that you especially dislike?Why?2.Do you like to sing or play a musical instrument? How often do you go to karaoke (k-tv)? What do youlike/dislike about karaoke?3.Do you like to listen to different music when you are in different moods? What kind of music do you liketo listen to when you are sad? Happy? Do you think music can change a person's mood?4.Why do you think all cultures have music? What is the function of music in culture? What do you thinkour world would be like without music?English Corner Topic LifeStoryBriefly share the life story of someone you admire. Why do you admire that person? What made his/herlife special?Tell the highlights of your own life story. What major events in your life made you the person you aretoday?If you could change one circumstance or event in your life, what would it be? Why?e story. What are some things you want to do/accomplish before you die?Create an ‘ending’ to your lifHow can you do/accomplish those things?English Corner Topic: Dreams1. Do you often remember your dreams? What’s the most recent dream you can remember? Did youdream it in color or in black and white?2. Do you ever have recurring dreams? What are they about? Why do you think you dream about thatspecific thing? Are your recurring dreams usually good dreams or nightmares?3. If you see a certain image in a dream, do you think it has a specific meaning? For example, if you sawthe following things in a dream, what do you think they would mean: a road, your middle school, yourmom, a bird, sand, an open door, darkness, teeth?possible to know4. Have you ever dreamed something that came true in real life? Do you think it’ssomething in a dream before it happens in real life? Do you think you dream about that thing becauseyou fear it or is there another explanation?English Corner Topic: Change1. What kinds of changes in life do you look forward to? What kinds of changes do you not like? Why?2. Do you feel like you are the kind of person that easily adapts to change or new circumstances? Canyou give an example from your life? If you suddenly found yourself in a new city with no friends and nojob, how fast do you think you could adapt?3. If a person does not like change or adapt easily, how do you think that person can develop the ability toadapt? What other qualities does a person that accepts change easily have?4. Are there advantages to keeping things the same? What things in your life would you not like tochange? What things about your country do you think should stay the same?English Corner Topic: Acceptance1. How much do you care about what other people think of you? Do you feel like are you are confident orinsecure? Do you feel self-conscious most of the time?2. If you want to gain other people’s acceptance, what do you think is the best way to do that? Should youtry to be similar to them? Should you be yoursel f? What should you do if the people around you don’taccept you?3. Do you care most about people accepting you according to physical standards, mental standards,nk you shouldemotional standards, personality? If your classmates don’t like your personality, do you thitry to change it?4 .Do you pay attention to fads and trends? Do you care about fashion or technology fads? If you don’t care about these things, why?English Corner Topic: Social Networking1. What forms of social networking do you use? (QQ, Facebook, MySpace, Xiao Nei) How often do youuse them?2. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages to different social networks? Do you thinkone is superior to the others? Do you feel one is particularly safe?possible to maintain deep3. What do you primarily use these social networks for? Do you think it’srelationships only through social networks?4. How do you think social networking has changed the way people do friendships? Do you think thefriendships you make on a social network are as real as the ones you make in the other areas of yourlife?English Club Topic: Vampires1. Do you think vampires really exist? Do you think they ever existed? Why or why not?2. In your mind, what do you think a vampire is like? Handsome or ugly? Horrible or wonderful? Fascinating or repulsive?3. In many places in different parts of the world and at different times in history there have been storiesabout vampires. How do you think so many places and times have come up with stories about vampires?Why do you think people today are so fascinated with vampires?4. If you had to choose between dying as a human tomorrow or becoming a human-blood-drinking vampire that could live forever, what would you choose? Why？English Club Topic: Trust1. How would you define trust? Is it just a feeling? Is it a decision?2. How do you come to trust a person? Does trust require time and experience with another person orcan you trust someone as soon as you meet them?3. Who in your life do you trust the most? How has that person gained or earned your trust? If you foundout that person had lied to you, would you trust them again or not?4. Do you feel that you are trustworthy? If so, why? If not, why not? Do you think trustworthiness is a characteristic you can develop?English Club Topic: Being Cool1. What does it mean to be cool? What does it mean to be a geek/nerd? Is it possible to be both cool anda geek?2. Do you think the people in your high school thought/think you were/are cool or a geek (or both)?3. What social groups or positions were/are there in your high school? (For example, in America, we havegroups and positions like jocks, computer geeks, skaters, class clown, teacher’s pet, student body president, cheerleader) What social group did/do you fall into? Did/do you hold any special position inyour school?4. If you could go back and do high school again, would you? If you did do it again, what would you do differently? Study more or study less? What social group would you want to be a part of?。