This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is talking about confidence!
Recently, we explored this topic in the Thinking in English episode on confidence in English learning, where we discussed what confidence really means, why it’s different from being fearless, and how learners can gradually become more confident English speakers.
In this conversation club, we’ll discuss confidence in everyday life, language learning, social media, and personal growth. What helps you feel more confident? Can confidence be learned? And what advice would you give to someone who struggles with self-belief?
Here are 10 conversation questions to get you talking about confidence!
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 think you are a confident person? Why or why not?
- Has your confidence changed over the years?
- Do you think confidence is different in your first language and in English?
- What helps you feel more confident when speaking English?
- What is one thing you feel confident doing?
- How does social media affect people’s confidence?
- How do you recover your confidence after making a mistake?
- Can too much confidence be dangerous?
- What advice would you give to someone who lacks confidence?
- Make your own questions!
Vocabulary
- Confident (Adjective): Feeling certain about your abilities.
- Confidence (Noun): Belief in your own abilities.
- First language (Noun Phrase): The language you learned as a child.
- Feel confident (Phrase): To believe in your ability to do something well.
- Speaking English (Noun Phrase): Communicating in English.
- Social media (Noun Phrase): Websites and apps where people share content and communicate.
- Recover (Verb): To regain something after losing it.
- Make a mistake (Phrase): To do something incorrectly.
- Lack confidence (Phrase): To not feel confident or believe in yourself.
- Advice (Noun): Suggestions about what someone should do.
- Over the years (Phrase): Gradually during a long period of time.
- Dangerous (Adjective): Likely to cause harm or problems.
- Affect (Verb): To influence or change something.
- Too much confidence (Noun Phrase): More confidence than is reasonable or helpful.
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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