A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you delay work?
2. What is an easy job?
3. Do you feel stressed before a deadline?
4. What is a difficult task?
5. Do you watch TV instead of working?
6. What is a future time?
7. Do you feel guilty?
8. What is a good start?
9. Do you think planning helps?
10. What is a long list?
11. Do you work well under pressure?
12. What is a bad habit?
13. Do you feel lazy sometimes?
14. What are three reasons people delay work?
15. Do you think procrastination is a big problem?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between taking a break and procrastinating?
2. Why do people delay tasks they know are important?
3. What are the good things and bad things about working late at night?
4. How can a person start a task they do not want to do?
5. Should teachers punish students for handing in late work?
6. Why is poor time management a cause of procrastination?
7. Do you think perfectionism leads to procrastination?
8. What is the purpose of setting very small goals?
9. How does the use of a phone distract from work?
10. What is the difference between avoidance and self-control?
11. Do you think procrastination is more common now with the internet?
12. What are the problems when procrastination affects health?
13. When is the best time to ask for help with a delayed task?
14. What are two things that help you focus?
15. How does the fear of failure cause people to delay starting?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely reminding a co-worker about a deadline?
2. How does the feeling of being overwhelmed affect the decision to delay work?
3. Should the government provide free coaching for people with severe procrastination?
4. What is the difference between delaying a difficult task and delaying a boring one?
5. Do you believe that technology is the main cause of modern procrastination?
6. What are the challenges of setting firm boundaries with yourself (no social media)?
7. How does the pressure to be productive constantly increase procrastination?
8. What is the idea of “time blocking”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some people perform better under the stress of a deadline?
10. How does a lack of clear instructions affect the willingness to start a project?
11. What are the steps for properly breaking down a huge project into manageable steps?
12. What is the value of understanding the root psychological cause of your procrastination?
13. Should public media highlight effective strategies for overcoming procrastination?
14. What are the reasons why some people feel an urgent need to delay gratification?
15. How does a person’s physical environment (messy desk) affect their productivity?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to hide your procrastination and pretend you are always busy?
2. What are the moral problems when procrastination affects the work of an entire team?
3. How does constant exposure to instant gratification (apps, games) affect self-control?
4. Should therapists be legally required to address severe procrastination as a mental health issue?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of short-term relief followed by intense stress.
6. Who is responsible for developing effective educational tools to fight procrastination?
7. What is your view on the practice of deliberately setting an earlier, fake deadline for yourself?
8. Evaluate the role of private coaching and self-help programs in solving chronic procrastination.
9. How does the concept of “future self” relate to delaying important tasks?
10. Discuss the concept of “executive dysfunction” in the context of inability to start.
11. What are the problems with having very different organizational standards in a shared project?
12. What are the legal differences between poor performance and an intentional delay of work?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of procrastination is mainly emotional self-regulation?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that all work tasks have clear start and end points?
15. How does the fear of success (not just failure) contribute to task delay?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the economic model of many companies relies on people procrastinating on necessary life tasks (e.g., insurance)?
2. What is the right way to think about a school’s moral duty to teach students how to manage their time effectively?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of endlessly entertaining content that encourages delay?
4. When should the government consider mandatory digital detox periods for all workers?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using psychological manipulation to force people to be productive?
6. How does the focus on quick fixes affect the long-term, necessary investment in deep behavioral change?
7. Discuss the impact of mass chronic procrastination on the overall efficiency of the economy.
8. How should leaders use knowledge about human motivation to design non-punitive work incentives?
9. What is the idea of “temporal discounting” and its link to choosing immediate pleasure over future reward?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when children grow up unable to focus or manage complex projects?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a professional negligence case was caused by deliberate delay?
12. How does the search for total personal freedom conflict with the need for firm self-discipline?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is understanding the psychological root of the behavior?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they benefit from a co-worker’s last-minute panic?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of time dedicated to quiet, focused work in schools?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s desire for rest and their unconscious resistance to self-actualization?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate all deadlines in favor of flexible, self-managed work?
3. How does the concept of “self-control” change when technology is designed to constantly hijack attention?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use algorithms to exploit procrastination tendencies?
5. How do historical views of laziness and moral failure affect modern treatment of procrastination?
6. How can communities maintain shared goals when individual members are prone to chronic delay?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to fight procrastination and accept it as a natural human response to stress.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who report excessive workloads that lead to chronic procrastination?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the argument of “stress” to excuse deliberate failure to perform duties?
10. What did old thinkers say about will, virtue, and the moral use of time that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human project managers if AI can perfectly track and manage all individual work progress?
12. How do people use the idea of “I work better under pressure” to avoid discussing their fear of starting?
13. How does the experience of overcoming chronic procrastination improve a person’s self-esteem?
14. What is the power of a collective movement to demand that companies design fair and manageable workloads?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, safe pill that instantly eliminates procrastination, how would that fundamentally change human creativity?
