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Suggested topics for VSTEP speaking skills
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Topics
Transportation

Part 1
Answer some questions about transportation.

Part 2
There are 3 means of transport:
train, car, motorbike. In your
opinion, what is the best choice?

Part 3
The importance of air travel
- promote international trade
- facilitate international tourism
- [Your own ideas]

2

Technology

Answer some questions about technological
advances.

There are 3 choices: advances in
healthcare, the development of air
travel and space exploration. What

is your vote? Why?

The drawbacks of technology
- Make people lazy
- Kill people’s leisure time
- [Your own ideas]

3

Vacation

Answer some questions about your holidays.

Between going to the beach,
mountain hiking and visiting
hometown, which one might be the
best choice?

Reasons for travelling
- Relaxation
- Discovery
- [Your own ideas]

4

Technological
items

Answer some questions about mobile phones.

There are 3 things: a dishwasher,
mobile phone or a laptop. What do
you think you will buy? Why?

Common uses of mobile phones
- Communication
- Entertainment
- [Your own ideas]

5

TV

Answer some questions about TV program.

Between watching a sports
program, a short movie and a games
show, which one might your best
choice?

Benefits of watching TV
- Widen our knowledge
- Update information
- [Your own ideas]

6

Keeping fit

Answer some questions about sport.

Between doing aerobics, skiing and
playing football, which one might
be the best choice to keep fit?

Advantages of regular exercise
- Good health
- Be in shape
- [Your own ideas]

7

movies

Answer some questions about films.

Between a comedy, a horror movie
and a love story, which one is the
best choice?

Reasons for watching movies in the cinema
- More real feelings
- Hot movies
- [Your own ideas]

8

Presents/ gifts

Answer some questions about presents/gifts.

Which gift you are going to bring:
some fruit, a bunch of flowers or

The difficulties of choosing presents
- Take lots of time


cakes?

-

Hard to choose a suitable one
[Your own ideas]

9

Tourist
accommodatio
n

Answer some questions about travelling?

You have three choices: a big and
expensive hotel, a small but
comfortable hotel and a home-stay.
Which one might be the best choice
for you? Why?

Relationships between tourists accommodation and

tourism
- Tourism helps develops tourists
accommodation
- Tourist accommodation promotes tourism
- [Your own ideas]

10

cities

Answer some questions about a famous place/
city.

New York, Ho Chi Minh city and
Tokyo, which one might be your
best choice?

11

jobs

Answer some questions about your job in the
future.

Between becoming a doctor, a
teacher and an engineer, which one
will you choose? Why?

12

Charities
activities

13

Family

14

Famous
people

15

Hobbies

Answer some questions about what to do to help Between an organization that
people.
rescues wildlife animals, a charity
that helps the people with HIV, and
a charity that helps street children,
which one would you like to work
for?
Answer some questions about your family.
Which one would be your best
choice: a large family with many
children, a small family in which
you are the only child, and a small
family with 2 children?
Answer some questions about famous people.

There are 3 persons: a famous
singer like Dan Truong, a movie
star like Ngo Thanh Van or a
famous sports person like Nguyen
Anh Vien, who would you like to
become, why?
Answer some questions about free time and
Which one is your best choice –
hobbies.
collecting stamps, fishing or
listening to music?

Changes of your hometown
- Environment
- Transportation
- [Your own ideas]
Factors that affect people’s choice of job
- Personalities
- Hobbies
- Money-earning
- [Your own ideas]
Benefits of doing charities
- Feel better about ourselves
- Help people
- [Your own ideas]

Advantages of nuclear family
- For children
- For parents
- [Your own ideas]

Problems of being famous
- Lack of privacy
- Lots of pressure
- [Your own ideas]

Reasons for taking up a hobby
- To build confidence
- To fight stress
- [Your own ideas]


VSTEP SPEAKING TEST FORMAT
Part 1: Social Interaction (2 – 3 minutes)
- Setting: the examiner asks 2-4 questions, the test-taker answers the questions.
- Topics: 2 different topics of common interest and popularity.
- Description: 4 questions are designed (2 questions per topic). The questions should be in the form of “wh-” questions. Each rhetorical
question should be followed by a “wh-” question.
Part 2: Solution Discussion (2 – 3 minutes)
- Setting: the examiner and test-taker discuss three given options of a case and select the best alternative.
- Topic: 1 topic which is different from the topics selected for the Part 1 of the test.
- Description: the task is designed in a form of a short paragraph which consists of one or two sentences describing the background
information of the case/ situation and one issue, one sentence and/or question is used to suggest the three options to solve the issue raised
and to elicit the test-taker’s ideas.
Part 3: Topic Development (3 - 4 minutes)
- Setting: the test-taker develops a topic using a given outline.
- Topic: the theme of the topics is different from the themes of the topics in part 1 and part 2.
- Description: the topic is designed in the form of a statement. The supporting details and the topic are displayed in a mind-map. Each
supporting detail and the topic should be given in the form of a noun, or noun phrase, a verb or a verb phrase.