SPEAKING EXAM / 20 PTS

QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT DO YOU STUDY? / WHAT DID YOU STUDY?

I study civil engineering because, I consider that this professional
career is one of the most exciting of which thanks to my parents I was
able to choose, now I have completed my studies satisfactorily.
2. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO STUDY THAT CAREER? / WAS IT THE
CAREER YOU HAVE PLANNED TO STUDY?
I study civil engineering because my father is a civil engineer, since I
was a child I wanted to be an engineer to become an engineer like
my father, I want to specialize in structures because I really like the
analysis of structures.
3. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE FILM OR TV PROGRAMME?
My favorite television program is "Bayly" the program is hosted by
Jaime Bayle, in this program the interview with many Spanish
speaking celebrities for example singers, politicians, actors, writers.
It's really fun because he plays many songs you can never get bored
4. WHAT’S YOUR CITY LIKE? / DO YOU LIKE LIVING IN YOUR CITY?
WHY? WHY NOT?
I currently live in Trujillo, I think Trujillo is a good option to live but
not the best since it is still a small city, I would like to live in Lima
because it is a city where there are more job opportunities and places
to visit and to do tourism.
5. TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. (DO YOU HAVE
SIBLINGS? / WHO DO YOU LIVE WITH?)
I come from a large family, I have a younger brother than me for five
years, in my house I live with my parents and my grandmother, in the
other floors of my house my trios live and my cousins in birthdays or
special parties we all meet to have a good time, I have a good
relationship with everyone.
6. WHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN YOUR FREE TIME? / WHAT DO YOU
DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?
It depends on times of study I have to go to the gym three times a
week, on weekends I go running to the park to release stress. in my
holidays I help my parents or I meet my friends from school we go
to eat or go out to play football
7. WHO’S THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN YOUR LIFE? WHY?
I think that I do not have a single important person in my life but
important people in my life, for example my parents, my brother,
my grandmother, I owe them the person I am, I hope someday to
reward what they have done for me.
8. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO ON A TYPICAL DAY?
When I'm in school, a typical day is to go to class in the morning and
in the afternoons to do my tare, go to the gym, sometimes go with
my friends to the movies. When I'm on vacation I go to the beach or
I go to Lima to visit my relatives.
9. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL?
my favorite course is history because I like to know the life of the
historical characters besides being able to know very old places that
I can never go. he got good grades, especially on university history
10.DO YOU THINK THAT LEARNING LANGUAGES IS IMPORTANT TO
YOUR CAREER? WHY?
English is important for my career because I can read important
texts in English. I can also study some specialty in other countries
where they speak English,
11.WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO IN THE FUTURE?
I plan to live in Lima because it is a great city and offers many job
opportunities for my career, in the long term I want to study a
master's degree in another country to increase my professional
success
12.WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SOME VOLUNTARY WORK? WHEN?
WHERE?
In the future I would like to work as a volunteer being a firefighter, I
think the firefighter helps save lives to many people who are in
danger in a fire. I know many friends who have been firefighters for
a certain time.
13.DO YOU THINK SPEAKING IN PUBLIC IS VERY DIFFICULT? WHY?
Speaking in public is always a bit difficult because it requires a lot of
practice and security as well as public speaking techniques to
function correctly before the public.

14.WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE STATEMENT ‘PEOPLE SHOULD

LEARN HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC’? DO YOU AGREE OR DISSAGREE
WITH THE STATEMENT?
I agree that public speaking can give you more confidence in your
life, besides people who can speak in public have more success in
your life, this can be a positive aspect for the person who seeks to
be successful in their professional life
15.DO YOU THINK POWER CORRUPTS PEOPLE? WHY?
I think it is relative since it depends on the person, not always the
person is corrupted depends on the values and education that this
person has had, the ambitious people are easier to corrupt by the
power
16.PEOPLE USUALLY SAY ‘BEHIND EVERY POWERFUL MAN IS A
POWERFUL WOMAN, IS THIS TRUE?
I think it is true because behind each person is our mother who raised
us when we were children, I think that a successful man owes his
mother the education he has had, so we must thank our mother what
she does for us when we are children
17.WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LOTTERIES?
I think that lotteries mean taking advantages of the money of naïve
people spend their money on this .I have never participated in any
lottery because I have no interested in addiction to lottery because
I have no interest in addiction to they are designed so that you do
not win easily.

18.DO YOU THINK LOTTERIES ARE A GOOD OR A BAD THING? WHY?

I think that lotteries are a bad thing because they can become an
addiction and the person can lose his family work and friends if he
can not control this addiction

19.DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING FAVOURS? HOW DO YOU

FEEL WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU FOR A FAVOUR?
I think that a person should ask a few favours from their friend , I
feel unconfortable asking for favours for my friends I try to ask
favours only my parents .

20.WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING SAYINGS:

- …’MONEY TALKS’ money makes people powerful as well as it gives
people influence
- ….’MONEY DOESN’T GROWN ON TREES’means we must work hard
to earn some money, and not expect to have money easily
- … ‘MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING’ I agree, not everything is money,
there are things that can not be bought like health, friends or
family, we should not despair about earning a lot of money, but we
should balance our lives in all aspects

ARE YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THEM?

21.DO YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT TO SAVE MONEY? WHY?
I think that if it is important because we can afford that money in
difficult times or spend it on something very expensive, saving money is
a good habit that we should always practice to avoid suffering from lack
of money in future situations
22.WHAT SORT OF ROLE DOES POETRY PLAY IN YOUR COUNTRY?
In my country there is very little poetry, this is because poetry is not
very well paid, poets are sometimes poor people because our society
does not reward them economically enough people prefer to
dedicate themselves to something else that is well paid.

23.WHAT DO THINK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:

- ADVERTISING IS LEGALISED LYING.
I think it is false since advertising is used to sell a product, in
many cases they exaggerate but this is not necessary to be called
in this way.
- ADVERTISING IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY.
I think this is correct because in a country with democracy there is no
censorship of advertising of any kind as long as it is correct

24.DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM? WHY? WHY NOT?

I think that the American dream requires a lot of sacrifice to be able

to succeed in the United States, I think that it is possible but it is
difficult now even more because of the little help that is given to the
Latin people that come to this country the United States
25.TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THE ESSAY YOU HAVE WRITTEN.

the essay I wrote was about television, a great invention that allows
us to learn about things that happen in another part of the world and
also events, concerts, or other things, we must learn to control the
time we spend in front of the TV because it is an imperative activity.