This week the Thinking in English Conversation Club is talking about failure!
Failure is part of being a language learner. We make mistakes, we fail exams, and we struggle. At the same time, we learn from our errors and we keep improving our skills.
I thought the Conversation Club would be a great place to share our failures, mistakes, and troubles learning English. I’m sure other members can emphasise with you and share some of their advice.
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 midnight UK time!
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Conversation Questions:
- What is the meaning of “failure” to you?
- Have you ever failed a test or exam? What happened?
- How do you usually feel after failing at something?
- What’s something important you learned from a failure?
- Have you ever failed at something and later been glad it happened?
- Are people in your country afraid of failure?
- Do you think schools should teach students how to deal with failure?
- Do you think you can learn more from failure than success?
- Do you ever feel like you’re failing at learning English? Why or why not?
- Make Your Own Questions!
Vocabulary
- Failure (n): The condition of not achieving a goal or expected result.
Example: He learned a lot from his first business failure. - Exam (n): A formal test of a person’s knowledge or skills.
Example: I studied hard, but I still failed the math exam. - Glad (adj): Feeling pleased or happy about something.
Example: I was glad I didn’t get that job—it led me to a better one later. - Afraid of (adj + prep): Feeling fear or worry about something.
Example: Many people are afraid of failure, so they don’t take risks. - Deal with (phr. v): To manage or handle a difficult situation.
Example: It’s important to learn how to deal with stress and failure. - Learn from (phr. v): To gain knowledge or understanding as a result of an experience.
Example: She learned from her mistakes and did better next time. - Success (n): The achievement of a goal or desired outcome.
Example: Success often comes after many small failures. - Feel like (phr. v): To have a particular feeling or opinion.
Example: I sometimes feel like I’m not improving in English. - Improve (v): To get better at something.
Example: If you keep practicing, your English will improve. - Important (adj): Having great meaning or value.
Example: Learning from failure is an important life skill.
Resources
Conversation Club Times
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?
