English Topics: What global issues should world governments address? Why?

Ice Breaking Topics

  • Do you have a favorite poem or piece of literature?
  • What's the most challenging experience you've had as a student, and how did you overcome it?
  • Who are some of your favorite authors or people that inspire you in some way?
  • ‘There is no such thing as a free lunch’. Do you agree or disagree?
  • Did you watch TV last night?
  • What is the most important value or principle you live by?
  • What software do you use the most?
  • What would you do if you could see into the future, but you couldn't change anything that you saw?

Main Topics

  • What can be done to fix the homelessness problem?
  • Do you donate to charity? Why or why not?
  • What are the biggest issues facing your country nowadays?
  • What are the responsibilities of a government towards its people?
  • Can charity be harmful? Why or why not?
  • What global issues should world governments address? Why?
  • Do you think that there will ever be a one-world government? Why or why not?
  • What small thing would improve your local area the most?

Free Topics

  • How do you stay connected to your cultural heritage or family traditions?
  • What are some of the most important innovations of the past decade?
  • What is one thing you would like to achieve in your lifetime, and why is it important to you?
  • If you could enhance one of your senses twofold (e.g. your hearing would be twice as good as it is now), which would you choose to enhance?
  • If you could choose any animal to be your sidekick, which one would it be and why?
  • How do you perceive the concept of 'individuality'?
  • How do you define success in business?
  • How do you think we can promote greater gender equality in the workplace?