BME felsőfok szóbeli témakörök

ORAL EXAM TOPICS

BME felsőfok szóbeli témakörök

2009-10-15

1. Personal characteristics

• features, personality traits

• the typical man and woman

• the ideal man and woman

• fashion, trends, cosmetics

• beauty care, cosmetic surgery

2. Friends and relationships

• friendship

• fellow students and colleagues

• partners

• alienation

3. Family

• family models

• alternative forms of cohabitation

• demographic trends

• division of tasks within the family

• bringing up children

• generations living together

• old people

4. Man and society

• social allowances: pension, health insurance, unemployment benefit

• social movements

• political system

• multicultural society

5. Social problems

• privileged vs. disadvantaged social groups

• the rich and the poor

• living on the periphery

• role and prestige of the intelligentsia

• unemployment

• aging population

• conformists and deviants

• public safety

• crime and criminal investigation

• migration

6. Place of living, neighborhoods

• interior design, furnishings

• flat-related costs, maintenance

• living in the city or in the country

• the ideal home

7. The housing situation

• living conditions (property, rented accommodation, lodgings, hostel)

• finding a place to live (building, buying, social flats)

• the housing situation in Hungary today

• trends

8. Holidays and celebrations

• family holidays

• public holidays

• religious holidays

• weekdays and holidays

• customs and traditions

9. Free time 1

• free time activities

• trends

• spending free time in a useful way

• free time “industry”

• social life, friends

• man and nature

10. Free time 2

• getting information, being informed

• culture without reading

• media and society

• man and music

• dance as a way of communication

• visual arts

11. Learning, education, the school system

• school system, school types in Hungary

• tertiary education

• language learning experiences, role of foreign languages

• student exchange programmes, student mobility

• equal chances in education

• lifelong learning

12. Work and the individual

• working hours (part-time, occasional jobs, shifts, several jobs, telework)

• ways of finding a job

• working abroad (advantages, disadvantages)

• career and/or family

13. Work and society

• job prestige, fashionable jobs

• unemployment, benefits

• the challenge of our age — self-employed vs. employee

• graduates entering the labour market

• globalisation

14. Sports

• sports facilities, sporting activities

• mass sports/sportsmen

• extreme sports

• dangers of sports

• the role of the state

15. Health

• characteristics of a healthy lifestyle

• healthy and unhealthy diet/dishes

• prevention, healthcare

16. Illnesses

• common illnesses and their prevention

• addictions (alcohol, drugs, smoking, shopping, computer, TV)

• stress, psychic diseases

• alternative treatments

• the challenged, the disabled

• the role of the state

17. Services

• catering facilities

• banks

• repair of consumer durables

• emergency services

18. Shopping

• buying consumer durables

• where to do the shopping

• shopping habits

• role of advertisements

• consumer society

19. Transport

• public transport in the city

• intercity transport

• individual transport

• public transport problems

• individual transport problems

• transport of the future

22. Travelling in Hungary and abroad

• favourite destinations

• holiday activities

• trends

• travelling in Hungary

• types of trips (holiday, official, business, study, conferences

• package holidays (advantages, disadvantages)

• language skills and travelling

21. Weather, climate

• change in the climate and its consequences

• natural disasters (prevention, catastrophe management)

• sensitivity to weather

22. Environment protection

• environmental problems

• alternative energy sources

• welfare society and the environment

• responsible individuals

23. Telecommunications

• telephones

• computers

• e-mail

• Internet

24. Science

• scientific developments

• technical developments

• medical treatments and alternative medicine

• gene technology

• space research

25. Hungary

• Hungary as a destination

• major tourist attractions, main places of interest

• tourism as a factor in the economy

• perspectives

26. English–speaking countries

• general information, personal experiences