Domande orale Professoressa Mattiello

SOME TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

WHERE YOU LIVE

 Where are you from?

 Tell me something positive and something that can be improved about your town.

 What is the main source of income in your town/territory?

 Are you willing to live far from your town in order to have the job of your dreams?

 Would you like to be the mayor of a little village/big city?

 Does your family encourage you in your decisions?

THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

 How did you find out about this department?

 What attracted you to this department?

 Which subject do you enjoy most? Why?

 Which subjects are you looking forward to next term/year?

 How can you apply some of the things that you have studied to real life?

THE WORLD AROUND US

 What do you know about the advantages of belonging to the European Union? Disadvantages?

 What is globalisation? What are its main pros and cons?

 How can globalisation be a disadvantage? E.g. in terms of loss of a country’s identity,

exploitation of developing countries/ economic growth of rich countries, political influence on

economies, etc.

 How can it be an advantage? E.g. in terms of international and varied products, competitive

prices, growth of import/export, business expansion, etc.

 How can we keep Italian companies operating in Italy as opposed to operating abroad?

 What are the economic indicators giving picture of the historical development of a country?

MONEY

 How much money do you spend weekly? On what?

 Do you plan a weekly/monthly budget? If not, how do you manage your money?

 Do you save money for a long time to buy something special or do you wait for your birthday or

Christmas?

 When was the last time you wasted money?

 Have you ever found money in the street, on a desk, on a bus, etc.? What did you do with it?

 Do you have a debit card or a credit card? When do you use it?

 Why do we sometimes read in the news about millionaires who are/seem to be unhappy (Michael

Jackson, Edoardo Agnelli, etc.)? What do you know about their lives?

 Have you ever won any money? Lottery, football bets, poker, slot machines, etc.?

 Do you think it is possible to get rich fast? How?

JOBS

 Have you ever had a job? Was it a part-time or full-time job?

 What is your ideal job? Will your studies help you in finding such a job?

 Would you like working with your family, parents, one of your friends, boyfriend/girlfriend?

 What type of career are you pursuing?

 What are the advantages/disadvantages of working at night?

 What are the advantages/disadvantages of having a managing role in a company?