Fred's Phrases

Hello and welcome to the classroom. This is where you can find phrases from lessons listed to date. The list keeps on growing and growing! if you have any suggestions comment below or send an email to bigonecomic@gmail.com with the subject 'Smiletalk'

Lesson 1: Greetings
Lesson 2: Phrases for Eating
Lesson 3: Kanji Crunch: Nature

30 Prompts

Japan (Photo credit: YoTuT)

English: Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion Temple), Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Français : Kinkaku-ji: le Pavillon d'Or, Kyoto, préfecture de Kyoto, Japon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Here are 30 prompts for you to try on Smiletalk

1. Some items you find on a menu (tea, chips).
2. Some terms for describing the weather.
3. Colours and whats associated with them (red=stop).
4. Describing a famous painting such as the mona lisa.
5. Recipe for a healthy lunch
6. Things you can do in your local area
7. Etiquette at the dinner table
8. Your favorite tv show and who's in it
9. Terms for describing family
10. Greetings & Goodbyes
11. Names of items in your bathroom
12. Names of items in your bedroom
13. Describe an animal naming all it's different parts (horns, paws, rear legs, flippers)
14. A trip to a zoo (real or imagined)
15. What you know about Japan
16. How long have you been learning Japanese
17. What motivates you?
18. Some adjectives to do with something positive
19. Some verbs associated with movement
20. What to do in an emergency
21. A paragraph from a favorite book
22. Talk about your favorite character from an anime or manga
23. Describe a drinking glass
24. Talk about what you think is important for a foreigner to know
25. Talk about a famous historical figure
26. Talk about your dream vs battle (e.g Chuck Norris vs Batman)
27. Talk about places you've been
28. Give some trivia
29. Read a poem
30. What you hope to gain by learning a second language.

30 More Talking Prompts

Octopus ice cream, made in Japan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It's the picture of Italian ice-cream in a shop of Rome, Italy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Henley Ice Cream Henley Ice Cream is the home of the original Henley Ice Cream dating back to 1934. http://www.henleyicecream.co.uk/ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Can't think of anything to talk about?
Used all our last 30 talking prompts?
Well here are 30 more to keep you going!

Easy Topics

1. Read a Poem you enjoy
2. How to say sorry and the like
3. Discuss Why You Do Something
4. What were you doing before you logged on
5. An Urban Legend
6. The happiest day of your life
7. Your favorite maxim
8. Difference between ''your'' and ''you're'' 
9. What are Palindromes
10. Five item to your right and why they are there

Intermediate Topics

1. The Last Time You Ate Out
2. An animal you adore
3. Count to fifty
4. Lyrics from your favorite songs
5. A movie you really enjoyed
6. What makes you smile
7. your favorite kanji
8. describe an ice cream
9. define the word 'the'
10. Your favorite accessory.

Hard Topics

1. What to do in a bar
2. How you decide where to eat out
3. Your religion
4. Describe pasta
5. 20 random facts
6. Talk about sushi
7. What You Find Hardest About Japanese.
8. Favorite Japanese ghost story
9. Differences between Japan and where you live
10. Talk about your surname

30 Top Talking Prompts

Flag of Japan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku, Tôkyô, Japan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The torii of Itsukushima Shrine, the site's most recognizable landmark, appears to float in the water. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Japan (Photo credit: Yashar.Mans)

Can't think of anything to talk about?
Well how about you try some of the following!

Easy Topics

1. Your favorite food.
2. The last book you read.
3. Something that scared you as a child.
4. Your Pet.
5. Your best friend.
6. An adventure you once had when you were younger.
7. A hobby.
8. What you are wearing today.
9. What you did today.
10. Something funny about today.

Intermediate Topics

1. Your favorite song and music artist and why.
2. What you love about Japan
3. Something that made you laugh today.
4. Something that inspired you.
5. What made you want to learn Japanese.
6. Talk about the town you live in, what kind of things are there?
7. What do you plan for the future?
8. Places you have been and why.
9. Give directions to your closest shop.
10. Five things you would take on a trip to Japan and why.

Advanced Topics

1. Make a How To for something simple, like cooking an egg.
2. Read your shopping list
3. Talk about a grammar point
4. If you were trapped on a deserted Island what would you do?
5. Your morning routine
6. Count to 100
7. Sing the alphabet song
8. What exactly do you work as?
9. Read an article from the newspaper
10. Something everyone should remember