This week, the Thinking in English Community is talking about How to Become Bilingual in our conversation clubs!
Many people around the world speak more than one language, but becoming bilingual is not always easy. It takes a lot of time, practice, and the right environment. And being bilingual can bring many benefits, like better communication or new career opportunities.
This conversation club is inspired by the recent Thinking in English episode Raising a Bilingual Child, which explored my thoughts on the future of my own child’s language learning.
Talking about this topic will give us a great opportunity to practise sharing personal experiences, giving advice, and discussing language learning strategies in clear and confident English.
Here are 10 conversation questions to get you talking about becoming bilingual, learning languages, and your own English journey!
The Thinking in English Conversation Club takes place every TUESDAY and THURSDAY at 12pm, 6pm, and 24pm UK time!
You can find more details on how to participate here!
Conversation Questions:
- Do you enjoy learning languages? Why or why not?
- Do you ever mix languages when you speak?
- What are the benefits of being bilingual?
- What methods have helped you improve your English the most?
- Do you think it is difficult to raise bilingual children? Why?
- Do you think bilingual people have more job opportunities?
- Can someone ever be “perfect” in two languages?
- How might technology (apps, AI, etc.) change language learning?
- What advice would you give to someone starting to learn a new language?
- Make your own questions
Vocabulary
- Bilingual (Adjective): Able to speak two languages well.
- Mix languages (Phrase): To use more than one language in the same conversation.
- Benefits (Noun): Advantages or positive results.
- Methods (Noun): Ways of doing something.
- Improve (Verb): To become better at something.
- Raise (Verb): To take care of and bring up a child.
- Opportunities (Noun): Chances to achieve something.
- Perfect (Adjective): Without any mistakes.
- Technology (Noun): Tools and systems developed using science.
- Language learning (Noun Phrase): The process of studying a new language.
- Advice (Noun): Suggestions about what someone should do.
- Starting (Verb/Noun): Beginning something new.
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 TRT
- 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 TRT
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 01:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 02:00 JST
24:00pm 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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