Discuss the following questions with your partner. Also ask further questions and see where the topic takes you.
Does everybody have the right to carry a firearm?
Why do people smoke? Should smoking be banned in all public places? How about smoking on balconies?
Discuss.
What other special talents do some people have?
What’s your stand on tattoos?
Talk about the teaching profession.
Discuss.
Discuss this picture.
What’s your favourite make of car and why?
How much math can you do without a pocket calculator?
Are you more interested in the American way of life or life here in Europe?
How would you like to live when you eventually move away from home?
How would you look for information if there was no Internet?
The Genie of The Lamp grants you three wishes! What are they?
Discuss.
What would be the best Rock Song ever?
Name the best rock festivals today. Why are they so popular?
Discuss.
Name some jobs you could never consider doing yourself. Give grounds.
Does money bring happiness? Discuss.
When have the stakes been high in your life?
Discuss.
Why is biking a better option than going by car?
When did you last feel really frustrated?
If you had a time machine, what would you do with it? Where would you like to go?
Have you ever considered science as a career?
He’s about to jump. What is he thinking?
Do you think there’s life in space? Discuss.
Which qualities or skills would you like to have?
Share a nice memory with your partner.
What are your plans after senior high school?
Discuss.
How cluttered is your desk?
Are you interested in science?
Do you agree?
How do you deal with stress?
Do genes or environment have a greater role in what you are? In other words: Nature or nurture?.
Which piece of good news would you like to hear?
Name a piece of music that surely must strenghthen the brain.
How responsible are you about your homework?
Do you think that man will ever live on other planets?
How much math should everybody know?
What is a good nurse or doctor like?
Talk about the different stages of a typical project.
Explain this pic to your partner.
Which of these cities would you like to visit and why?
Discuss.
Tell your partner why you like to listen to some of these bands.
What would your band be called?
Describe the rock’n’roll lifestyle to your partner.
Discuss.
Talk about why Led Zeppelin is the best rock’n’roll band EVER!
Which matters more to you: good pay or a fulfilling job?
Talk about free school lunches with your partner.
Are nuclear weapons still a threat to world peace?
Will man ever learn to respect wildlife on this planet? Discuss.
Talk about why the pen is mightier than the sword.
How would you cope without your mobile phone and the internet?
Talk about your favourite foods. Is there any food you don’t like?
How do you deal with stress?
What’s your favourite way of transport? Give grounds.
What should one do to protect one’s teeth from decaying?
What are some of your favourite weekend activities?
What are people usually worried about?
Should cannabis be legalized?
Are you a cat person or a dog person? Give grounds.
Tell a joke to your partner.
How do you feel about hitchhiking? Have you ever done it?
What’s your favourite day of the week and why?
Are you a night owl or an early bird? Is it easy for you to get up early if necessary?
Discuss.
Which contemporary songs will become classics in the future?
Discuss.
Should students be allowed to bring a cheat sheet like this to an exam?
How important is your gender in today’s working life?
Name some young artists or bands that just might be big one day.
Do you agree with the statement made here?
Name some other things that divide people.
Name a song that gives you goose pimples.
How clean does everything have to be around you?
Discuss this outgrageous claim with your partner.
Discuss.
Do you prefer slow food to fast food? Give grounds.
Should man go back to space? Is there life out there?
How can we protect the seas on our planet?
Name some other jobs that one could also do abroad.
Discuss.
Talk about fear of heights / high anxiety. What other fears do people have?
Should men be more open about their feelings?
Name some everyday things that make you happy.
Talk about ways in which Facebook can really be useful.