International Marketing

A selection of business English discussion questions.

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  1. Are people in your country happy to buy products from abroad?
  2. What is the world's most successful international brand in your opinion?
  3. Do you worry about whether a product is made in your country or not?
  4. Why are Italy and France so successful at producing luxury goods?
  5. Which countries manufacture the best value products?
  6. Are there any good products manufactured in your country which are sold abroad?
  7. What are the typical challenges which face a company when it enters a foreign market?
  8. Why do companies sometimes use different product names depending on the country?
  9. What are the most important things to know about a foreign market before entering it?
  10. Why have American fast food chains been so successful internationally? It is a good thing?
  11. Why have Asian countries like Japan and Korea been so successful in the car industry?
  12. Are consumers the same everywhere or do they differ from country to country?
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General Topics

Air Travel, Animals, Appearance, Art, Childhood, Cinema, Crime, Eating Out, Education, Environment, Ethics, Fame, Family, Fashion, Food, Football (Soccer), Friendship, The Future, Globalisation, Health, History, Holidays (Vacations), House and Home, The Internet, Language, Language Learning, Life, Literature, Marriage, The Media, Money, Music, Personality, Politics, Religion, Romance, Science, Shopping, Smartphones, Sport, Technology, Time, Town and City, Transport, Travel, University, Video Games, War, Weather, Work.


Business Topics

Advertising, Brands, Building Relationships, Change, Communication, Competition, Consultants, Crisis Management, Cultures, Customer Service, Employment Trends, Ethics, First Impressions, Human Resources, International Marketing, International Markets, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Management Styles, Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, New Business, Online Business, Organisation, Project Management, Raising Finance, Risk, Strategy, Success, Team Building, Training, Travel.


Grammar Topics

Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Used to, Have to, Going to / Pres. Continuous, Going to / Will, Comparatives, Superlatives, First Conditional, Second Conditional, Third Conditional, Mixed Conditionals, Should, Should have, Can, Could, Can / Could / Be able to, Is done / Was done, Being done / Been done.

How to use the international marketing ESL discussion questions

It is recommended that you download the international marketing ESL discussion questions in PDF format using one of the links above. The best way to encourage classroom interaction is to download and print the international marketing discussion questions in the 'pairs' or 'threes' PDF format and then divide the questions by cutting along the dotted lines. This allows students to take turns asking and answering the international marketing discussion questions in groups of two or three. Alternatively, you could use the 'cards' format to distribute the questions to any number of students to ask and share.

It is advisable to prepare students for using these discussion questions by first introducing them to the topic of international marketing in an interesting and engaging way. An anecdote, quiz question or a related image or video could all be used to achieve this. Depending on the level, it may also be necessary to pre-teach any challenging vocabulary related to international marketing contained in the discussion questions.

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