Hi there! I'm looking for a speaking partner to meet via Skype or Zoom twice a week. I think the meeting will be around 40 minutes and we'll discuss different topics prepared beforehand. I'm C1 or advanced and I'd be glad to find the partner with a similar level.

It is becoming more and more popular to find out about family history. This is because people want to know their ancestory and, in my opinion, it is a positive development. There are varios reasons why people may decide to trace their family histories. First of all, they would like to know about their roots and it is easy to carry out using the Internet. For example, there are many famous web sites with as big data base as National Archives, which people may use for free from their home. Another reason is to tell their children or grandchildren where they came from and to be proud of their family. In addition, it is also a good way to spend spare time and have fun. Finally, doing family research might help to find relatieves, whom people have not ever met and, therefore, cement family ties. Knowing past is important for people’s future and that is why I think it is a good change. It is interesting to learn history on your own example. While carrying out research, people find out some hystorical details and know more about history on the whole. For instance, if a person found that their grandfather took a part in the Second World War, it would be a reason to learn more about this part of world’s hystory. In addition, this research, like common interest, brings family members from different generation closier and their relationships become stronger. In conclusion, people benefit from conducting research about their family history and this is why I suggest it is a positive development.

Wild life on the Earth. It is suggested that people should not spend their time on protecting wild life because it is a loss of sources. I completely disagree with this statement. Animals are a part of our eco-system and protecting them is our duties. Wild animals have equal rights to live on the planet and we can live with them side by side in a peace and have a joy of caring about them. In addition, people damage their natural inhabitat by building cities, roads, and spreading agriculture. Thus, we have to compensate the harm we cause. If wild life dissappered from our planet, the balance would be upset and it may bring great ecological and enviromental catastrophe. Resources, which people use to protect animals is not a waste. It is crutual to stop deforestation not only for animal protection, but for human survival as well. Forests are important for people’s well-being because they produce oxygen, clear it, and stabilise the climate. Moreover, protecting wild life costs less then spending time and resources on dealing with resulting changes. Finally, by putting efforts on protecting wild animals, we maintain the balance on our planet and taking care of people’s future. In conclusion, I believe that people have no rights to decide whether or not animals should live on the Earth, and people have to do everything to proptect them.

Global issuies It is suggested that people should be focused on their own problems, instead of solving global issues. I strongly desagree with the satement because global problems consern every nation and may be harmful for every person. Facing big global problems, people find them impossible to be solved by one person or even one nation. Individuals get together to cope with global issues, because this kind of problems requires big resourses. In addition, dealing with global problems costs much money. As a result, people establish international funds and organise fund-raising events to fight common issues. For example, global warning is the greatest challenge of our time and there are many networks, which are successfully deal with it. Big global problems are harmful for all countries and individuals, so that people benefit from dealing with them all together. For instance, COVID-19 is a great common desiase and the situation is being slowly improved because a lot of countries united and shared their knowledge and data with each other. Moreover, sometimes a country may face a problem and will not be able to solve it along, and other country may have a hegative effect as well. If a country had famine and people there cannot work, they will not produce and import goods, which are important or crutial for other regions. In conclusion, it is obvious that modern world has problems, which are usually common and easy to be solved by dlobal society. Thus, I beileve that nations and individuals need to think about global issues because it is beneficial for every person.

Academic performance and rewards People have different views about whether students should be rewarded for good academic performance or other great results. While all achievements should be noticed, I believe that pointing out the best school results is more important. On the one hand, schools are aimed at having more students with good performance because they mostly teach academic subjects. Having high marks for school subjects allows pupils to join colleges and universities, studies for free, and gets a scholarship. Moreover, schools encourage students to study better and increase their motivation by rewarding the best results. Not only do schools show pupils how to take part in competition, but they encourage children to work harder to outgo other students and get rewards. These are results that I believe schools should foster in young people. On the other hand, other good achivments also are worth getting reward or at least pointing out. A lot of students with great performance have problems with descipline and behaviour, therefore schools should highlite such results as well. In addition, some students may have music talent, but they cannot produce high marks in academic subjects. Thus, music achievements should be noticed and rewarded. Finally, some students take sports classes, show impressive results at a sport and they may be a sportsmen in the future, and it is unfair to leave these results out of attention. In conclusion, I can understand why some people want other achievements to get an award, but it seems to me that academic results are the main school aim and schould be rewarded.

Animals at zoos Some people have a negative attitude to zoos because they consider them as a cruel place for animals, while the others believe in their good mission to protect endangered animals. I think that zoos play an important role in protecting wildlife under threat. On the one hand, zoos are considered a bad place to keep animals, because of a lot of sad examples and many people do not trust them anymore. First of all, it is unethical to use animals for entertainment. Wild animals work at zoos the big part of their life and do not have a chance to live in their natural habitat. Secondly, scientists cannot say precisely if anmals like working at zoos and if they would choose it. Thus, people have no rights to make animals live in captivity. Finally, zoos exhibit animals with the aim to make profit. Zoos owners only want to make money and they do not take care of animals properly. As a result, animals are fed badly, they have health issues, and they may even be abandoned if they did not work anymore. On the other hands, zoos make a huge contribution to protecting wild animals. Many endangered species are bred in captivite, particular in zoos and it helps to save rare species and increases their population. For example, zoo workers in China have been fighting for panda’s population and have been successfully breeding them there for many years now. In addition, It is important fo scientists to study animals behaviour. These studies have a great impact on preserving wildlife now and in the future, and they are valuabale for people as well. In conclusion, zoos have many inevitable drawbacks, but I think that they are crutial for scientific researches and wildlive conservation.

music should be taught in schools or it is better to focus on the sciences People have differents views about whether children should study music or more science at schools. While music knowledge can sometimes be useful in life, I believe that learning sciences is more important. On the one hand, taking music lessons can be a great source of new information and beneficial for students’ development. Music helps to master different skills such as creativity, discipline and teamwork. Moreover, learning this subject increases cultural awareness. Classical famous musicians, opera, compositions and ballet are a big part of people’s history and national tresuare and it is worth to know. In addition, not only is it usefull to know all sorts of music instruments, but being able to play them has a great impact on brain’s development and stress relief. For example, at schools where pupils study plaing the guitar on a regular basis, the level of stress is lower and performance is higher in compare with other schools without it. On the other hand, it is perhaps even more important to focus on sciences than study music. Sciences are connected to a huge aspects of people’s everyday life. Counting money, cooking, driving and repairing broken things requires scientific knowledge. Sceinces allow people to improve the quolity of life. Boosting medicine services increases peope’s longivity, improves medical care, which is significant. Furthermore, deeply explored sciences raise technological progress and allow people to make their life easier and more safe. For instance, air conditioners help to endure hot weather and domestic machineries do many household chores without people. In conclusion, I can understand why people might want children to take music lessons, but it seems to me that scientific knowledge is much more important in people’s life.

Leaders are younger today than in the past. There are some reasons why young people easily become leaders at the present time. Firstly, the Internet allows the youngers to gain popularity without any special requirements. Nowadays, young people have a video blog where they share their thoughts or make appealing content about interesting topics. Secondly, many students learn to code at school , make their own computer games or applications and successfully launch them taking leadership at young age. Finally, children are taught to be a leader at school by being a head of a school sports team or support group. Being in a role of leader is benefitial for the youngsters and it is suggested a positive development. Young people bring fresh ideas, views and non-standart solutions because they do not have traditional stereotypes. Furthermore, they clearly understand other young people’s wills, problems, feelings and worries and may offer them what they need. People can compare old leaders with young onces, see the world through different eyes and choose the best option. For example, Russian companies practise brainstorms with elderly team leaders and young onces and this kind of procedure is believed the most productive to develop a new product or service. In conclusion, a tendency of having young leaders than before is a positive change because it brings many advantages.

Is it a waste of time to plan for the future Some people believe that making future plans is not worth spending time and rather suggest focusing on the present. I completely disagree with the statement, because I believe that planning allows people to take care of their future, obtain goals and better organise their life. Making clear plans for the future helps people to build their life carefully. Young people usually decide what to do in the future beforehead. In addition, by planning when to have a family allows the youngs to become mature enough to commit. It is important to choose college or university and make necessary steps to be enrolled. Moreover, midlle-aged people start thinking about retire time. They save up money to live without work and solve some health problems when they get older. Obtaining goals and organising busy days demands to have plans. It is hard to achive long-term or almost imposible aims without a structured plan and following it step by step. For example, many scientific discoveries were made by implementing a plan. Furthermore, all education is composted of an accuratelly planned system. For instance, to learn a foreign language people should choose a course, which is a kind of plan as well. Finally, modern people have a busy lifestyle and making plans is an important part of their life, which helps not to forget to pay bills, celebrate and organise events and have arranged meetings. In conclusion, planning is an important part of people's modern life, which brings many advantages and it is worth doing.