College

• What is the name of your college or university?
• How many students go to your college?
• Is your college coed?
• How many subject are you taking this semester?
• Who is your favorite teacher?
• How did you decide which college to attend?
• What is your typical day at college like?
• What are three big differences between your college life so far and your high school days?
• What is your major? Why did you choose your major? Do you have any regrets?
• What is the most difficult class you have taken so far?
• Have you ever pulled an all nighter? What was the situation?
• Have you participated in a college festival?
  • Talk about your experience.
  • Do you think this style of festival is held in Western countries? Why or why not?
• Are you a member of any student groups? Which ones? What do you do? Are you satisfied with what’s happening with your group(s)?
• Are there some professors that you can learn from more easily than others?
  • What are the qualities that make you want to study for a certain professor?
• What are the top three changes you would like to see happen at your university?
• What do you think of student government?
  • Are you now or have you ever been part of it?
  • Do you think it’s worthwhile?
  • Does participation in student government bring any benefits to the participants? What?
• What are the top three things you hope to get out of (get as a result of) your university days?
• In the West, one of the most valued parts of college life is independence.
  • Are you more independent from your parents now than you were in high school?
  • Name some things you can do now that you weren’t allowed to do in high school.
  • Are you as independent now as you would like to be?
• Talk about relations between upperclassmen and freshmen.
  • What kinds of things do freshmen have to do for “initiation?”
  • What other things do upperclassmen do to freshmen?
  • Were you a victim of “hazing” by upperclassmen? Talk about it.
• What’s the most difficult class you have taken so far?
• Are you a member of any student groups (circles or club)?
  • Which ones?
  • Are you satisfied with what’s happening with your group(s)?
• Are there some professors that you can learn from more easily than others?
  • What are the qualities that make you want to study for a certain professor?
  • Perhaps is it just a matter of class rules and homework demanded?
• What do you think of student government?
  • Are you now or have you ever been part of it?
  • Do you think it’s worthwhile?
  • Does student government do anything important?
  • Does participation in student government bring any benefits to the participants? What?

For Students who have Graduated from College.

• What is your fondest memory of your college experience?
• What is your worst memory of your college experience?
• Were there any subjects that you just couldn’t seem to master?
• Were you a good student or did you slack off and procrastinate?
• Did you have any college romances?
• What was the hardest thing about going to college?
• If you could have done something different with your college life, what would you have done differently?
• Where did you get the money to attend college?
• Do you feel it is necessary for young people to attend college these days?
  • What happens to people who just stop after high school or even quit high school?
• Do you wish your college had a better sports program?

Encouragement

• What do you do to encourage yourself when going through hard times? Does it work?
• Who do you talk to for encouragement and inspiration?
• What books offer encouragement and inspiration?
• Which of your family members encourage you most? How?
• How can discouragement help us to grow?
• What do you do when you feel depressed?
• What could someone do to encourage you when you feel depressed?
• What are some saying in your country that bring encouragement?
• What’s the most encouraging book you’ve ever read?
• Which is better a word of encouragement or a letter of encouragement? Why?
• Is time a weapon to fight discouragement with? Why? How?
• How can you motivate others our yourself to have hope when there seems like there’s no hope?
• Should people just accept whatever comes there way?
• What are some ways you feel you can make a difference in this world.
• How can you make this world a better place?
• How would you encourage a homeless bun who had no friends or relatives?
• If you suddenly became handicapped, how would you encourage yourself and others?
• What song encourages you most?
• Who’s music encourages you most?
• What television show encourages you most?
• What person has inspired you the most? How?
• What celebrity has inspired you most? How
• What’s your favorite encouraging saying?
• Do you encourage others when you see them crying? How?
• What would you want someone to do for you if you were crying publicly because you were deeply hurt inside?
• How can you fight discouraging thoughts about yourself?
• When should you see a counselor or psychologist?
• Can church, temples, mosque or other religious places help bring someone encouragement or inspiration?
• What religious books do people turn to for encouragement and inspiration.
• How can you make yourself believe more in yourself.

Favorites

• What is your best friend’s name?
• What is your favorite animal?
• What is your favorite city in the United States?
• What is your favorite color?
• What is your favorite country? And why?
• What is your favorite day of the week? Why?
• What is your favorite drink in the summer?
• What is your favorite food?
• What is your favorite holiday? Why?
• What is your favorite kind of book?
• What is your favorite kind of ethnic food?
• What is your favorite kind of movie?
• What is your favorite kind of music?
• What is your favorite kind of pizza?
• What is your favorite magazine?
• What is your favorite memory of childhood?
• What is your favorite movie?
• What is your favorite pastime?
• What is your favorite proverb?
• What is your favorite radio station?
• What is your favorite season? Why?
• What is your favorite sport?
• What is your favorite television program?
• What is your favorite time of day?
• What is your favorite TV program?
• What is your favorite type of sushi?
• What is your favorite vegetable? Why
  • fruit, meat, salad dressing, etc.)
• What is your favorite Web site?
• What was your favorite subject in school?
  • …in high school?
  • …in junior high school?
  • …in elementary school?
• What’s your favorite smell?
• What’s your favorite word in English? Why do you like it?
• Who is your favorite actor?
• Who is your favorite actress?
• Who is your favorite athlete?
  • Who is your favorite baseball player?
  • Who is your favorite soccer player?
• Who is your favorite author?
• Who is your favorite character from literature?
• Who is your favorite composer?
• Who is your favorite musician?
• Who is your favorite singer?
• Who is your favorite super-hero? Explain why.
• Who is your favorite TV star?
• Who was your favorite singer when you were younger? How about now?
  • In place of singer: actor, actress, baseball player, athlete, …
• Who was your favorite teacher? Why?
  • …in high school?
  • …in junior high school?
  • …in elementary school?