English Topics: What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned recently?

Ice Breaking Topics

  • If you have bad memories attached to a person should/would you meet/talk to that person again?
  • What is your favorite family tradition?
  • Are you a tidy or a messy person?
  • If you could live anywhere in the universe, where would it be and why?
  • Have you ever tried a strange food?
  • How do you recharge after a long day?
  • What is your favorite memory from a cultural event or festival?
  • Are you a beach person or a mountain person?

Main Topics

  • Where did the lesson come from—a person, mistake, or experience?
  • Did it change the way you think or act?
  • Have you shared this lesson with anyone else?
  • Do you believe people learn best through success or failure?
  • What’s something you learned recently that surprised you?
  • How does your culture value life experience over formal education?
  • Do you reflect often on what life teaches you?
  • What advice would you give to someone trying to grow?

Free Topics

  • Do you often read movie spoilers?
  • How do you think our perceptions of ourselves can influence our reality and experiences?
  • If you decided to write a book, what would it be about? How would you make it interesting to readers?
  • What’s the most interesting skill you have?
  • What would you do if you had one extra hour every day?
  • How has globalization affected traditional cultures?
  • What’s your definition of happiness?
  • If you could travel back in time, which part of your life would you go back to?