This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is discussing what it means to be successful?
Is success about wealth? Is it about career promotions or academic achievements? Is it achieving a work-life balance? Is it connected to happiness? Or something else?
Let’s talk about our views on success, what it means to be successful, and more in the conversation club.
Here are some conversation questions to get you talking!
The Thinking in English Conversation Club takes place every TUESDAY and THURSDAY at 12pm, 6pm, and 11pm UK time!
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Conversation Questions:
- Is success about money, happiness, or something else?
- Do you consider yourself a successful person? Why or why not?
- Who is the most successful person you know? What makes them successful?
- Do you think success means the same thing for everyone?
- What is one personal goal you have achieved that made you feel successful?
- If you could be extremely successful in one area of life, what would it be and why?
- Do you think social media gives people a false idea of success?
- Are famous or rich people always successful?
- Do you think success in life depends more on talent, hard work, or connections?
- What do you think?
Vocabulary
- Success (n.): The achievement of a goal or reaching a desired outcome.
- Achieve (v.): To accomplish something through effort or skill.
- Goal (n.): A specific aim or target that a person works towards.
- Talent (n.): A natural ability or skill in a particular area.
- Hard work (n.): Effort and dedication put into achieving something.
- Connections (n.): Relationships with people who can provide opportunities or support.
- Famous (adj.): Well-known by many people, often for achievements or public attention.
- Wealth (n.): A large amount of money or valuable possessions.
- False (adj.): Not true or misleading.
- Social media (n.): Online platforms where people share content and communicate.
Conversation Club Times
Just a quick update about the UK daylight saving time change happening on March 30th. The UK will move from GMT to BST (British Summer Time), which means the clocks will go forward by one hour.
Here’s what this means for our conversation clubs:
- 12pm & 6pm (UK time) Tuesday/Thursday – These will stay at the same UK time, but the time in your country might change! Please double-check.
- 11pm Tuesday/Thursday (UK time) → Moving to 12am Wednesday/Friday (UK time) – Since I run these from Japan and most attendees are in places that don’t change their clocks, I’m shifting this club one hour later to keep it consistent for most people.
12pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 12:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 05:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 06:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 08:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 08:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 13:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 13:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 14:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Tue/Thur at 19:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Tue/Thur at 20:00 JST
18pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 18:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 11:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 12:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 14:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 14:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 19:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 19:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 20:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 01:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 02:00 JST
00:00am Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Wed/Fri at 00:00 BST
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 17:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 18:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 20:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 20:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Wed/Fri at 01:00 CEST
- Warsaw, Poland Wed, Wed/Fri at 01:00 CEST
- Istanbul, Turkey Wed/Fri at 02:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 07:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 08:00 JST
Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, I have created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced responses, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
C1 (Advanced Level)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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Further Questions?
