Personal Experience

 CHILDHOOD

1. What were your favorite activities when you were young?
2. What were your childhood dreams?
3. What was your greatest fear when you were young?
4. What was your favorite season when your were a child and why?
5. What was your happiest childhood memory?
6. What was your worst childhood memory?
7. Did you enjoy your childhood days? Why?
8. What part of your childhood memory would you like to go back? Why?
9. What childhood experiences are your proud of?
10. Overall talk about your childhood days. Be careful of your tenses...

FAMILY

1. How do you define family?

2. What are the importance of having a family?

3. What would you feel if you grow up without a family?

4. What impact has divorce and/or modern day living had on the family?

5. What was the most important thing your parents taught you?

6.What was the saddest time in your family? 

7.Why do people get married 

8.Describe a typical family unit and the importance of family in your country. 

9.What's the best thing about your mom? 

10.Is spanking a good way to discipline children?

WORK

1. What was your dream job before? Why was it your dream job?

2. What is your job now?

3. Describe your job?

4. Do you like your job? Why or why not?

5. What is your main reason why you are working now?

6. What age would you like to stop working?

7. If you would be given another job,what job would you like to have?

8.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a job?

9. Is your job stressful? Why?

10. How do you remove your stress?

11. Had you ever had a part time job before? What was it? Was it a good part time job?

12. Can you still remember the first time you received your salary ? How did you feel about it?

13. What do you think is the most stressful job in this world?

14. What job do you think is the least stressful?

15. Had you ever had a bad experience in your job? Talk about it.

16. Are you proud of your job now? Why?

17. If money wasn't invented, how would you like to be paid?

18. If you will be given a chance to choose, would you rather work or have a business. Why?

                                               Friendship

1. How do you define friendship?

2. What is the importance of friendship in your life?

3. What do you think of people who doesn't have any friends?

4. What are the characteristics of a good friend?

5. Have you ever fought with a friend? What was it? How did you solve the problem?

6. If you are going to compare friendship with a thing what would it be?

7. Who is your best friend? Talk about her/him?

8. What are some ways your best friend has influenced your life in a positive way? 

9. Do you tell your best friend everything?Why?

10.How do you maintain a good friendship?
11. What makes friends different from family?
12. What does this saying means " birds of the same feathers flock together"?

Personality

1. What are some characteristics of your personality? 

2. What makes you happy? 

3. Are you a determined person? Are you a stubborn person? 

4. Are you shy ? In which occasions are you shy? 

5. Do you consider yourself selfish ? Why? 

6. Is your personality suited to your job? 

7. In what way has your personality changed? Why has it changed?? 

8. What personality traits do you consider important in a good friend / a boss / a partner? 

9. What personalities do you hate the most?

10. What do you think are the the unique personalities of Koreans.

11. How is personality important to your job?

LOVE, DATING, MARRIAGE

1. About how many guests attended your wedding?

   How many guests would you invite to your wedding?

2.At what age do most people in your country get married? 

3. At what age do you want to get married?

    At what age did you get married?

4. Do women usually work after getting married in your country? 

5. Do you "go Dutch" when dating? Is it usual for people in your country to 'go Dutch' if you go out together? 

6. Do you think some people know that they will fall in love with someone the first time they meet?

7. How did you meet your husband/boyfriend?

8. Do you think some people know that they will fall in love with someone the first time they meet?

9. What is your opinion about arranged marriage?

10. Do you know the difference between love and like?What is it?

11.  Do you think getting married means giving up freedom?Why?

12. Do you think it is better to be single or to be married? Why?

13. Do you think it is okay for a couple to live together before getting married? Why or Why not? 

14. Do you think it is okay to marry someone of a different race? Why?

15. Do you think people change after getting married? 

16. Do you want a husband or wife who is older, younger or the same age as you?Why?

17. How long do you think couples should know each other before they get married? 

18. How old were you when you went on your first date?Where did you go?What did you do?Who did you go with?

19. If your husband/boyfriend has an affair what would you do? 

20. What are some dating and marriage customs in your country? 

21. What are some of the main reasons people get divorced? 

22.What do you think of same-sex marriages? 

23. What do you think of single mothers? 

24.What is your definition of love? 

25. What is the best season to get married?Why?

CHILDREN

1. Do you enjoy being around children? 

2. What are the positive or negative things about being a child? 

3.Do you think that children are different today from the time when you were child? Or from 50 years ago? 100 years ago? 

4. What is most annoying or amazing thing about children?

5. What is the most important thing that we need to teach children? 

6. Can you remember doing anything that got you into trouble? What was it? How were you punished? 

7. What was your favorite toy? 

8. Do you think children today are under more pressure? 

9. Do you think parents today have less time for their children? 

10. Do you think video games are a bad influence on children? 

11. At what age should discipline be introduced to children? 

12. Can you tell when a child is being honest or trying to get away from something? How? 

13. Did you have any accidents at home as a child? If yes, what happened? 

14. What's something children do that you'd like to be able to do it too? 

15. What are you never going to allow, or have never allowed, your children to do? 

16. When is it OK for little girls to wear makeup? 

17. What do children use their cellphones for?Will you give one to your children?After what age?

HUSBAND

1. What do you think is the best quality a husband should have and why?

2. What are the things you have to consider before marrying a man?

3. What are the main responsibility of married man in your country?

4. What quality of your husband do you like the most and why?

5. What quality of your husband do you hate the most?

6. What things make your husband really angry? How do you calm him?

7. What things make you really angry about your husband?

8. If you could be given one thing that your could change in your husband, what would it be?

9. What was the best thing your husband has given to you?

10. What made you decide to marry your husband?

11. Describe your husband?

WORST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME

1. What was the worst food you have eaten? Talk about your experience.

2. What was the worst movie you have watched?Talk about your experience.

3. Who was the worst person you have ever met?Talk about your experience.

4. What was the worst subject you had studied when you were a university student?

Talk about your experience.

5. When was the worst day of your life that you could remember?Talk about your experience.

6. What was the worst thing you have bought? Talk about your experience.

7. What was the worst experience you had in your job?Talk about your experience.

8. Where was the worst restaurant you have eaten?Talk about your experience.

9. Who was the worst teacher you have ever known?

10. What do you thing is the worst word in the world?