music vocabulary/ giving opinions/ C2 Proficiency Speaking
Objective Proficiency Unit 6
Ask each other for your opinions on topics below, using question stems from the following page if you can.
- 12-tone music
- 70s music
- 80s music
- A&R man
- Brazilian music
- Brit pop
- DJ
- EDM
- Japanese music (J-pop/ Japanese pop music, Japanese R&B, Japanese hip hop, Japanese reggae, Japanese “idoru”, etc)
- K-pop
- MoR
- New Age music
- R&B
- Shibuya-kei
- TV talent shows
- album
- ambient/ chillout
- annoying/ irritating
- avant garde music
- background music/ elevator music
- banning songs (from the radio)
- barbershop/ acappella
- boy bands/ girl bands
- bubblegum pop
- busker/ street musician
- catchy songs/ earworms
- (Western) classical music
- club/ disco
- concept album
- country (and western)
- (traditional) court music
- cover version
- death metal/ speed metal
- difficult second album
- (illegal) downloads
- experimental music
- festival
- (traditional) folk music
- gig/ concert
- headphones
- heavy beat
- heavy rock/ heavy metal
- homage bands
- hummable tunes
- improvisation/ jamming
- joining a choir
- karaoke
- lip-synching
- love songs
- manufactured pop music
- marching band/ military music
- monotonous/ repetitive
- movie soundtracks
- mp3 (player)
- music documentaries
- music lessons
- (juke box) musicals
- national anthems/ patriotic songs
- novelty songs
- opera/ operetta
- overpriced
- patriotic songs
- political lyrics
- pop videos
- punk
- rap/ hip hop
- record/ vinyl
- recorder
- reggae
- relaxing
- religious music (gospel, Xmas carols, etc)
- remixes
- ridiculous lyrics/ silly lyrics
- rock opera
- rude lyrics
- sampling
- sentimental/ soppy
- session musicians
- soft rock
- (guitar) solo
- stadium concerts
- streaming music
- taboo lyrics
- top ten hits
- underground music
- unoriginal
- violent lyrics
- world music
Questions stems
- At what age…?
- Do … need to…?
- Do you think it is true that…?
- Do you think men and women…?
- How can people…?
- How do… benefit from…?
- How important do you think… is?
- In a global world, should…?
- In the past,… Is this a good thing do you think?
- In what ways do people need to…?
- Is it better to… or…?
- Is it easier to… or…?
- Is it more important for children to… or…?
- Is it more important for… to… or…?
- Is it natural for… to…?
- Is it sometimes good to…?
- Should (all) children be expected to…?
- Some people say that… What do you think?
- Sometimes… What do you think about that?
- Today,… Is this a good thing in your view?
- What can… learn from…?
- What do you think is the best… for…?
- What is the appeal of…?
- What is the best way to…?
- What makes some people…?
- What role does… play in…?
- What… has had the greatest impact on…?
- Why are so many people interested in…?
- Why can…?
- Why do some people prefer not to…?
- Would… be better if…?
When your teacher stops you, ask about anything above you aren’t sure about, working together to make related questions and answers each time.
Do C2 Proficiency tasks on the topic of music, first with the list above to help, then with no help.
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