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1. The individual
- age-related characteristics
- behavioural patterns
- fashion/clothing/cosmetics
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1. The individual
- ambition/career building
- the individual and the society
- problems of social integration |
2. Partnership
- roles in the family
- men and women
- relationships and contacts at work
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2. Partnership
- forms of partnership
- nationalities/minorities
- churches/non-governmental organizations |
3. Family
- family/bringing up children
- relationship of generations/living together
- marriage/divorce/forms of partnership |
3. Family
- the social status of families
- the system of family allowances
- overpopulation/decrease of population
- family/career
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4. Place of living
- rental/property
- lodgings
- buying a flat/buying on credit
- renovation
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4. Place of living
- housing situation
- difficulties of building a house
- homelessness and its causes
- housing and mobility |
5. Travelling/transport
- driving/highway codes
- road accidents
- walking, riding the bike
- reasons/forms of travelling abroad
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5. Travelling/transport
- problems of city traffic
- public transport versus using cars
- transport and environmental protection
- tourism as a source of income |
6. Shopping/shops
- shopping habits
- chains / TV shopping
- retail shops versus shopping centres
- customers' complaints
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6. Shopping/shops
- consumers' society
- buying on credit/with credit cards/on the Internet
- business network development (MLM)
- shopping tourism |
7. Communication/keeping in contact
- reasons of the popularity of mobiles
- the role of language knowledge in communication
- the increasing dominance of the English language
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7. Communication/keeping in contact
- the Internet in business communication
- Fax, e-mail versus traditional letter writing
- less widely used languages/national cultures |
8. Services
- car rental
- insurance/its forms
- travel agencies/banks
- repairs / guarantees
- public utilities
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8. Services
- quality/guarantee of services
- quality complaints/compensation
- role, significance of services
- electronic services/online ordering |
9. Culture/entertainment
- music trends/ musical taste
- books versus Internet
- cinema, theatre versus TV, video
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9. Culture/entertainment
- role of arts in the past and present
- public collections and their maintenance
- mentorship
- antiquities/auctions
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10. Time/weather
- role, accuracy of forecasts
- weather and well-being (medical meteorology)
- relationship of climate and flora/fauna
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10. Time/weather
- natural catastrophes and their consequences
- hole in the ozone layer (its development, consequences)
- dangers of global warming |
11. Health/illnesses
- outpatient department - hospital - specialist
- homeopathy - medicine
- prevention/screening |
11. Health/illnesses
- science/research serving medical care
- instruments in healing
- incurable diseases/euthanasia
- alternative methods of healing/genetics
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12. Sport
- doing sports - healthy lifestyle
- ball games/team sports
- water sports/winter sports
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12. Sport
- first-class sports - mass sports
- professionalism in football and boxing
- sport and women (chess, boxing, weightlifting) |
13. Media
- features of newspapers, their columns
- sensation and news
- media and culture
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13. Media
- media empires
- public and commercial TV/radio
- objectivity / impartiality of providing information |
14. Hobby
- pursuing amateur arts
- clubs (sport, cultural, professional)
- hobby and work
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14. Hobby
- promoting traditions
- exclusive hobbies (golf, riding, scuba diving, etc.)
- hobby and/or professionalism? |
15. Studying/work
- language knowledge/skills/career
- equal chances in education, finding a workplace
- exchange programs/scholarships abroad/professional
development
- mass education versus elite education
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15. Studying/work
- (over)qualification/chances on the work market
- lifelong education
- finding work/mobility
- chances of disadvantaged individuals/groups
- work atmosphere/relationship between leaders and
employees
- professional advancement / promotion
- protection of employees /dismissal
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16. European Union
- work in the EU
- language teaching/language knowledge/work
opportunities in the EU
- EU programs (education, economy, etc.) |
16. European Union
- the institutions of the EU, their headquarters
- enlargement strategy
- legal harmonisation/common currency
- the role of the EU in world politics
- competitiveness of the EU in the world economy
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17. Culture and civilisation The home country and the target language country
- population/ethnic minorities
- historic traditions/monuments
- cultural values
- artistic/ethnographic characteristics |
17. Culture and civilisation The home country and the target language country
- economic/political/social characteristics
- fame/recognition in the world
- their relationship to each other
- difference in traditions/ customs /ideology
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18. Public life
- public institutions
- bureaucracy in offices
- local politics
- public safety
- national holidays
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18. Public life
- constitutional form /legislation/administration/justice
- political parties/NGOs
- the purity of public life
- elections/referendum
- trade unions/ enforcing interests |
19. Environmental protection
- pollution (air, water, soil, etc.)
- selective waste management
- recycling
- alternative sources of energy
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19. Environmental protection
- prevention in environmental protection
- international co-operation in environmental protection
- environmental investments/their results
- environmental catastrophes and their consequences |
20. Current topics/events
- public life
- economy
- arts
- sport
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20. Current topics/events
- public life/politics
- economy
- arts
- sport |
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21. Globalisation
- multinational companies
- uniformity (dressing, eating, culture, consumer products, etc.)
- globalisation/maintaining national characteristics
- English versus less widely used languages
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22. Current questions of ethics
- genetic engineering / cloning
- euthanasia
- death penalty
- discrimination
- animal experiments
- nuclear experiments
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23. Current questions on economy/society
- economic crime/corruption
- smuggling: goods/people
- illegal immigration and work
- drug addiction/alcoholism/smoking
- prostitution/crime
- terrorism
- human rights issues
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