4| Apréndete los tópicos

Siempre es mejor que la información la tengas de tu centro en concreto. Los tópicos

pueden variar entre las distintas comunidades y niveles. En cuanto al contenido de esos
3temas, aquí te dejo una breve lista de los potencialmente probables:

1. Success (celebrities, success and private life, work)

2. Politics (corruption)
3. Technologies (computers and the Internet)
4. Consumerism (online shopping, men vs. women, the crisis, shopping habits, television
commercials, shopping addiction)
5. Crimes, law, politicians, corruption, public safety
6. Inventions (past, present and predictions for the future, cloning, playing with DNA,
Robotics)
7. Medicine (stress, traditional vs. alternative, lifestyle and health)
8. Communication and relationships (networks, online dating)
9. Education
10. Money (the crisis, politicians, banks, goverments, economic situation,
mortgages,celebrities, sportspeople)
11. Environment/ climatechange/ global warming
12. Job market
13. Travelling/ living abroad
14. Food and healthy lifestyle (eating disorders, eating habits)
15. The media (the news, newspapers, the radio, TV and children, reality shows,
advertising)
16. Charity (animal rigths, famous people, governments, ways of raising money)
17. Appearance (cosmetic surgery, beautiful models and perfect bodies, television)
18. Work (parents and child raising, civil servants, unskilled workers, immigrants)
19. Family and relationships (the elderly, marriage)

Topics para monólogos de exámenes

Lista con distintos topics que pueden salir en exámenes orales de inglés por
ejemplo de la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas.

1. Technologies
2. Computers and the Internet
3. Consumerism (online shopping, men v. women, the crisis, shopping habits,
television commercials, shopping addiction, etc)
4. Crimes, law, politicians, corruption, public safety.
5. Inventions (past, present and predictions for the future, cloning, playing with
DNA, Robotics, etc)
6. Medicine (traditional v. alternative, NHS = National Health System, lifestyle
and health, etc)
7. Modern nature (cloning human beings, technological advances, genetic
engineering, etc)
 8. Communication and relationships (networks, online dating, etc).
9. Education
10. Money (the crisis, politicians, banks, goverments, economic situation, 40-
year mortgages,celebrities, sportspeople, etc)
11. Environment/ climate change/ global warming (carbon footprint – make sure
you know what it is)
12. Job market (men v. women, unemployment, civil servants, etc )
13. Travelling/ living abroad
14. Food and healthy lifestyle (eating disorders, stress, eating habits, etc.)
15. The media (the news, newspapers, the radio, TV and children, reality
shows, advertising, etc)
16. Charity (animal rigths, famous people, governments, ways of raising money,
etc.)
17. Appearance (cosmetic surgery, beautiful models and perfect bodies,
television, etc.)
18. Work (parents and child raising, civil servants, men v. women, unskilled
workers, immigrants, etc)
19. Family and relationships (present and past, changes, the elderly, marriage,
etc)
20. Success (young age, celebrities, success and private life, work, stress,
corruption, etc)

Temas para hablar en inglés

Temas para hablar en inglés, ¿necesitas? Here you have some topics which could
be useful for you to practise your oral skills. They are quite advanced topics
intended to make students give their opinions and arguments on some current
topics which affect society on their everyday life.

Remember, if you really want to improve your English, you must practise as much
as you can, even on your own, just to get fluency, as the saying goes “practice

makes perfect”

1. To what extent is the use of animals in scientific research acceptable?

2. Zoos are sometimes seen as necessary but not poor alternatives to a
natural environment. Discuss some of the arguments for and/or against
keeping animals in zoos.
3. Education is the single most important factor in the development of a
country. Do youagree?
4. Children should never be educated at home by their parents. Do you agree
or disagree?
5. In Britain, when someone gets old, they often go to live in a home with other
old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the
government has to pay for this care. Who should be responsible for our old
people? Givereasons.
 6. In some countries the average worker is obliged to retire at the age of 50,
while in others people can work until they are 65 or 70. Until what age do
you think people should be encouraged to remain in paid employment?
Givereasonsforyouranswer.
7. To what extent has the traditional male role changed in the last 20 years?
8. TV: could you be without it? Discuss.
9. Tourism is becoming increasingly important as a source of revenue to many
countries but its disadvantages should not be overlooked. What are some of
theproblems of tourism?
10. Should children be taught sex education in schools?
11. Most high level jobs are done by men. Should the government encourage a
certain percentage of these jobs to be reserved for women?
12. Are famous people treated unfairly by the media? Should they be given
more privacy, or is the price of their fame an invasion into their private lives?
13. Will modern technology, such as the internet ever replace the book or the
written word as the main source of information?
14. Should criminals be punished with lengthy jail terms or re-educated and
rehabituated, using community service programs for instance, before being
reintroduced to society?
15. Recycling Is Necessary. Do you agree or disagree?

Cómo estructurar un monólogo

DESTACADOS, NIVEL B1 (Intermediate), NIVEL B2 (Advanced), Speaking, Speaking

Cómo estructurar un monólogo

Si estás preparando un monólogo para un examen oral oficial, por ejemplo, en la

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, o en cualquier otra institución, esta explicación te
puede venir bien. No se trata de hablar simplemente, sino de estructurar tu
intervención correctamente, utilizando una serie de phrases que den cohesión y
calidad a tu monólogo.

Os voy a poner aquí una guía que pueden utilizar tanto alumnos de B1 como de
B2.

1) DIVIDIR TU MONÓLOGO

 I’ve divided my presentation/speech/monologue/ into three/four main parts.

 In my presentation/speech/monologue I’ll focus on three/four major issues.

2) TO GRAB THE ATTENTION OF THE AUDIENCE, YOU MAY EMPLOY

 Rhetoricalquestions

Example: Are children and teenagers watching too much TV these days?
Remember that when you ask a rhetorical question you don’t have to answer it, it’s
just used to make the audience think and make your topic more interesting.

 Interestingfacts

Examples: according to an article I read recently, … / Did you know that…? / I

would like to share an amazing fact/figure with you.

 Stories

Examples: Let me tell you what happened to me…/ Suppose…/ Imagine…/ Say…
(=imagine)

 Problems to thinkabout

Examples: Suppose you wanted to…/ Imagine you had to… / What would be your
first step?

 Quotations (citas, cosas que alguien conocido/ famoso ha dicho)7

Examples: as … once said, …/ To quote a well-known writer, … / To put it in the

words of…

3) INTRODUCING A POINT

 First of all, I would like to point out…

 Themainproblemis…
 Thequestion of…
 Speaking of…

4) ENUMERATION OF POINTS (if you provide several reasons, factors or

arguments in a row)

 First of all, I would like to say…

 In addition to that…
 Moreover, …
 Furthermore, …
 Another example of this is…
 First, second, third…
 Finally, …

5) MOVING TO THE NEXT POINT

 This leads directly to my next point.

 This brings us to the next question.
 Let’s now move on to…
 After examining this point, let’s turn to…
 Let’s now take a look at…

6) GOING BACK(para mencionar algo que se ha dicho anteriormente)

  As I said/ mentioned earlier…
 Let me come back to what I said before…
 Let’s go back to what we were discussing earlier.
 As I’vealreadyexplained, …
 As I pointed out in the first section, …

7) STATING SOMETHING AS A FACT

 As everyoneknows…
 It is generally accepted that…
 There can be no doubt that…
 It is a fact that…
 Nobodywilldenythat…
 Everyoneknowsthat…

8) GIVING YOUR OPINION NEUTRALLY

 I think…
 I feelthat…
 In myopinion, …
 As far as I’m concerned…
 As I seeit…
 In myview…
 I tend to think that…
 From my point of view…

9) GIVING A STRONG OPINION

 I’mabsolutelyconvincedthat…
 I’msurethat…
 I stronglybelievethat…
 I have no doubt that…
 There is no doubt that…
 I am absolutely certain that…

10) EXPRESSING UNCERTAINTY

 I definitely doubt if that…

 I am not sure that…
 I am not certain that…
 As far as I know…

11) GIVING REASONS

 The reasons for this is (that)…

 I base my argument on…
 I tell you all this because…

12) REPHRASING OPINIONS (para volver a explicar algo, si pensamos que no ha

quedado claro)
  What I mean to say was… (lo que he querido decir es…)
 Let me putthisanotherway (voy a decirlo de otra forma)
 Perhaps I’m not making myself clear…
 Thebasic idea is…
 One way of looking at it is…
 Another way of looking at it is…
 What I want to say is…

13) INDICATING THE END OF YOUR TALK

 I’m now approaching the end of my presentation.

 Well, this brings me to the end of my presentation.
 As a final point, I would like to say…
 Finally, I would like to highlight one key issue.

14) DRAWING CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMING UP

 Theobviousconclusionis…
 Lastbutnotleast…
 The only possible solution/conclusion is…
 In conclusion we can say that…
 To cut a long story short, …
 Just to give you the main points again, … (en resumen, resumiendo)

Bien, ahora que ya tienes toda la estructura a seguir para tu monólogo, te

propongo unos temas para que practiques:

– exámenes orales inglés

– temas para hablar en inglés

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gonzalo

25 Junio, 2016 a las 12:43 (UTC 1)

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saludos
en primer lugar felicidades por el articulo. la semana pasada me dieron las notas del b2, quinto
de la escuela de idiomas. He suspendido el speaking, mi profesor dice que debo mejorar un poco
la entonación y que dije varias expresiones traducidas directamente del español…como podría
mejorar de aquí a septiembre? me paso todo el dia viendo películas y series en vose,
escuchando música en ingles, he quedado con personas extranjeras para practicar aunque esto
ultimo no siempre me es posible…no sequemas hacer.
gracias de antemano

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patty

25 Junio, 2016 a las 18:24 (UTC 1)Enlace a este comentario

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Hola Gonzalo,
siento que no hayas aprobado el speaking. Déjame que te dé mi opinión, modesta
opinión. El tema de ver películas y series en inglés me parece muy buena idea, viene
genial para hacer oído, acostumbrarse al inglés oído, a la rapidez del discurso
hablado, a la entonación, así como para aprender vocabulario y lenguaje informal.
Pero el speaking es otra historia, ahí debes practicar mucho oral para coger fluidez y
cuando uno tiene un examen, aunque todo esta práctica es importante, es igual de
importante que la persona con la que hablas te pueda corregir los errores. Si hablas
con personas extranjeras pero casi no te corrigen tus errores, cogerás fluidez, pero no
eliminarás tus posibles errores, que te pueden perjudicar en el examen. Hay alumnos
que me comentan que al hablar con nativos no les corrigen los errores, y si lo hacen,
en menor medida, no como un profesor te corregiría. Yo siempre digo que hacer un
examen oral de inglés es como el examen de conducir, hay que entrenarse para
hacer ese examen en particular, tener en cuenta lo que no hay que hacer porque el
examinador no te va a pasar, etc. Yo te aconsejo que busques un profesor que te
pueda preparar el speaking para septiembre, te ayude en la gramática que debes
utilizar en nivel b2, te ayude con la pronunciación y la entonación, etc. Y es
importante que el profesor tenga experiencia en la preparación del examen en la EOI.
Si no conoces a ninguno, en la Web del Inglés te podemos ayudar, con nuestras
clases por Skype, que nos están funcionando de maravilla. Estamos ya preparando
los exámenes de septiembre de EOI.
Un saludo y si necesitas ayuda, no dudes en preguntarnos.

Gracias por seguirnos

Patricia