A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you watch Youtube?
2. What is a video?
3. Do you watch videos on your phone?
4. What is a song?
5. Do you watch short videos?
6. What is a famous person on Youtube?
7. Do you use the search bar?
8. What is a funny video?
9. Do you like learning from videos?
10. What is a dislike button?
11. Do you watch videos in English?
12. What is a cooking channel?
13. Do you have an account?
14. What are three things you watch on Youtube?
15. Do you watch long videos?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between watching TV and watching Youtube?
2. Why do some videos become very popular quickly?
3. What are the good things and bad things about having advertisements on Youtube?
4. How can you find a video about a new skill you want to learn?
5. Should young children be allowed to watch Youtube alone?
6. Why do some people start their own channels?
7. Do you think people spend too much time watching videos?
8. What is a comment section for?
9. How does Youtube suggest new videos for you?
10. What is the difference between a video creator and an actor?
11. Do you think watching videos helps people learn new languages?
12. What are the problems when videos give wrong information?
13. When is the best time of day to watch educational videos?
14. What are two types of videos for entertainment and two for learning?
15. How does Youtube make money?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for posting a comment on a controversial video?
2. How does being a Youtube content creator become a full-time job?
3. Should all educational content on Youtube be free to watch?
4. What is the difference between an honest review and a sponsored review?
5. Do you believe that video content is replacing books and written text?
6. What are the challenges for creators to keep their audience interested for many years?
7. How does the need for clicks affect the truthfulness of a video’s title?
8. What is the idea of a “viral challenge”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when a creator is criticized for their old, past videos?
10. How does Youtube help musicians share their new songs with the world?
11. What are the steps for making a high-quality video that looks professional?
12. What is the value of a channel that teaches local history or culture?
13. Should videos that cause harm or hate be taken down immediately?
14. What are the reasons why some people hide the number of dislikes on their videos?
15. How does the Youtube algorithm decide which videos to recommend to you?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to create an online personality that is not real (fake)?
2. What are the moral problems when a video platform collects a lot of information about what children watch?
3. How does the focus on short, exciting videos affect the audience’s attention span?
4. Should famous creators have to say clearly if their video is paid promotion?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of constantly comparing your own life to the “perfect” lives shown by creators.
6. Who is responsible for finding and removing fake or dangerous health advice videos?
7. What is your view on the practice of making money from videos that show extreme behavior?
8. Evaluate the role of Youtube in giving a voice to political movements that are against the government.
9. How does the system of getting money (monetization) change the kind of content that creators make?
10. Discuss the concept of a “filter bubble” and how Youtube’s suggestions can limit what you see.
11. What are the problems with deepfake videos that look exactly like real news or people?
12. What are the legal differences between fair use of video clips and stealing content?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of Youtube is more about distraction than education?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that comments sections remain polite and not hateful?
15. How does the platform’s business model rely on keeping users engaged for the longest possible time?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that Youtube’s algorithms influence the popularity and income of millions of creators?
2. What is the right way to think about a content creator’s responsibility to their young, often unprotected, audience?
3. How do the platform’s rules influence the type of political views that are easily spread globally?
4. When should governments force Youtube to give information about a user who posts illegal content?
5. What are the moral questions when the platform uses data to encourage more extreme or emotional viewing?
6. How does the free nature of Youtube video content affect the traditional television and film industries?
7. Discuss the impact of major platform changes on the ability of small, independent creators to earn money.
8. How should leaders use the public opinion expressed in comments sections without letting it become misinformation?
9. What is the idea of “algorithmic censorship” and how might it hide certain types of information?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when learning and debate primarily happen through short videos?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a video caused real-world violence or harm?
12. How does the search for views and attention conflict with the need to make accurate, high-quality content?
13. Do you agree that the most important role of Youtube is to be an open library for all human knowledge?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow before posting a video that might become viral?
15. Should the platform be forced to pay artists and musicians more money for their content?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between knowledge gained from books and knowledge gained from short videos?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely remove the dislike button, or is it a necessary tool for user feedback?
3. How does the system of suggested videos change the human process of exploring information independently?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control the amount of screen time people spend watching videos?
5. How do historical views of art and creativity affect the value given to a popular Youtube video?
6. How can communities maintain shared social values when every person sees a different suggested reality?
7. Argue the point that there should be no limits on what political content can be posted on Youtube.
8. What protection should laws give to a creator who is banned from the platform without clear explanation?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the platform’s features to organize coordinated campaigns against individuals?
10. What did old thinkers say about spectacle and entertainment that is still important for Youtube today?
11. What will happen to the need for video production companies if AI can perfectly create any type of video content?
12. How do people use the idea of “free education” to avoid discussing the low quality of some educational videos?
13. How does the constant availability of entertainment stop us from focusing on necessary, difficult life goals?
14. What is the power of a platform like Youtube to influence the economic success or failure of entire industries?
15. If a video could perfectly show every person the correct way to live, would that fundamentally change human choice?
