Conversation Questions: Languages

• What language is spoken the most in your country?
• Do you have a second language in your country?
• How many languages do you speak fluently?
• Does your language have words adopted from English?
• Is English important for an individual in your country?
• Why are you studying English?
• What language you like speaking in?
• What language do you least like speaking in?
• What's your favorite language?
• What's your least favorite language?
• What's the native language spoken in China?
  • Brazil?
  • Mexico?
  • Switzerland?
  • Australia?
  • Canada?
• What's the strangest language have you ever head?
• Do you wish your country has another language instead of the present one?
• Do you have pen-friend? If yes, what languages do they speak?
• Can you name any languages that are no longer spoken?
• What language do the neighboring countries of where you live speak?
• What would you do if you had to travel to a country where it's people don't know how to speak neither your language nor English?
• Do you think that disappearing languages should be protected or should we just let them fade away?
• What languages are spoken the most throughout the world?
• Which do you think is the most difficult language?
• How many languages do you speak?
• Do you know anyone who is monolingual?
• Do you know anyone who is bilingual or multilingual?
• Would you like to raise multilingual children?
• Can you think of some disadvantages of being monolingual?
• Have you ever visited a society where most people speak only one language?
• Have you ever visited a society where most people speak more than one language?
• Does your country have any official languages? What languages are official?
• What other languages are spoken in your nation, including minority groups and the languages of immigrants?
• Do you think foreign language study should be required?
• Do you think foreign language study should start as early as possible, or is it okay to start later?
• Do you think all people should be required to study the same foreign language, or do you think there should be some choice?
• Why is English used in so many places?
• Do you think that a language other than English should be used as an "international language"?
• Do you think language affects thought?
• Do you enjoy studying grammar?
• Do you think studying the grammar of your native language is important?
• Do you think studying the grammar of a foreign language helps you to speak it?
• What grammar question have you had lately?
• When you study a language, do you like to study reading, writing, speaking and listening?
• Have you ever had an emotional discussion in a language that you don't speak well?
• When you learn new words, is it generally easier for you to remember "silly and useless" words, or "common and useful" words?
• If you study a foreign language, do you use a dictionary written in the language you are studying?
• Have you ever used a concordance to study language?
• Do you have a large vocabulary?
• Is increasing your vocabulary important to you?
• What techniques do you use to remember vocabulary?
• What dialects does your language have?
• Do you know the saying, "a language is a dialect with an army"? What do you think this means? Do you agree?
• When you are getting an important message for the first time, are you more comfortable hearing it, or reading it?
• Is this different for you in your native language and your second/foreign language?
• When you produce language, are you more comfortable writing it, or saying it?