• Part 1 Questions for reference

• Can you tell me about yourself?

• Can you tell me about your hometown?

• Can you tell me about your friends?

• Could you tell me about the facilities in your hometown?

• Could you tell me about your reasons for learning English?

• Could you tell me about your interests outside college or work?

• Could you tell me about your ambitions for the future?

• Could you tell me why you chose this type of work?/these studies?

• Could you tell me how much you use English at work?/in your studies?

• Could you tell me what you like best about your work?/studies?

• Could you tell me what you like least about your work/studies?

• Could you tell me how important you think English is in business life in China?

• Could you tell me how important you think imports and exports are to China?

• Could you tell me what effect you think technology is having on business life in China?

• Could you tell me what effect you think advertising has on people in China?

• Could you tell me how working life is changing in China?

• Could you tell me how important you think the tourist industry is to China?

• Can you tell me about your reasons for choosing your profession or studies?

• Can you tell me what you hope to achieve professionally in the next five years?

• Can you tell me how important a foreign language is to you in your work or studies?

• Can you tell me how you relax from your work or studies?

• Can you tell me what you would like to change about your work or studies?

• Can you tell me whether you would like to work or study in a foreign country?

• Can you tell me which foreign language you think will be most important in the future for business in China?

• Can you tell me what you think is the biggest change in working life in China?

• Can you tell me how important you think it is for people who work in business in China to be familiar with information technology?

• Can you tell me which professions are most useful for China?

• Can you tell me how people’s attitudes to work are changing in China?

• Can you tell me which you think are the most important new commercial activities in China?