A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you think with your brain?
2. What is a good idea?
3. Do you like learning?
4. What is a long memory?
5. Do you sleep well?
6. What is a difficult problem?
7. Do you forget names easily?
8. What is a fast thinker?
9. Do you like puzzles?
10. What is a headache?
11. Do you feel happy today?
12. What is a computer?
13. Do you exercise your body?
14. What are three things your brain controls?
15. Do you think your brain is strong?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between short-term and long-term memory?
2. Why does your brain need sleep?
3. What are the good things and bad things about always thinking?
4. How can you train your brain to remember more things?
5. Should all children be taught how the brain works?
6. Why is it sometimes hard to focus on one thing?
7. Do you think stress is bad for the brain?
8. What is the purpose of dreaming?
9. How does eating healthy food affect your brain power?
10. What is the difference between logic and emotion?
11. Do you think people use only 10% of their brain?
12. What are the problems when you try to do too many things at once?
13. When is the best time of day for your brain to learn new things?
14. What are two things that make your brain tired?
15. How does learning a new language change your brain?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely telling someone that their memory is wrong?
2. How does using mental games (like Sudoku) help keep the brain sharp?
3. Should the government spend more money on brain research?
4. What is the difference between a conscious thought and an unconscious action?
5. Do you believe that technology (like smartphones) makes our memory weaker?
6. What are the challenges of understanding how other people think and feel?
7. How does the feeling of music affect the emotional part of the brain?
8. What is the idea of “muscle memory”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when a person is judged for forgetting something important?
10. How does a lack of sunlight affect the chemicals in your brain?
11. What are the steps for properly recovering from extreme mental fatigue?
12. What is the value of spending time doing nothing and letting your mind wander?
13. Should schools focus more on creative thinking than memorization?
14. What are the reasons why certain smells can bring back old memories?
15. How does the brain adapt to living in a very noisy or chaotic environment?
“Brain Glitches” – article-based ESL lesson plan for B2 students.
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to appear highly intelligent or quick-witted?
2. What are the moral problems when companies use brain science to sell products?
3. How does constant digital stimulation affect the brain’s natural reward system?
4. Should people who suffer from certain brain conditions be given special work support?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of positive thinking on physical health.
6. Who is responsible for finding new ways to treat brain diseases?
7. What is your view on the practice of using drugs to temporarily boost focus or memory?
8. Evaluate the role of meditation in changing the physical structure of the brain.
9. How does the concept of “neuroplasticity” suggest the brain can always change?
10. Discuss the concept of “cognitive load” and how it affects decision-making.
11. What are the problems with having very different opinions about how the brain creates consciousness?
12. What are the legal differences between a brain injury caused by an accident and one caused by disease?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of the brain is mainly to ensure survival, not to seek happiness?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that personal health data (like brain scans) remains private?
15. How does the development of AI challenge the unique power of the human brain?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that genetic differences in brain structure might affect a person’s life chances?
2. What is the right way to think about a person’s moral duty to protect their own brain health?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the way political information is absorbed and remembered by the brain?
4. When should scientists be allowed to experiment with linking human brains to computers?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using deep brain stimulation to change a person’s behavior?
6. How does the high-stress environment of modern life affect the long-term health of the brain?
7. Discuss the impact of mass sleep deprivation on the collective decision-making of a society.
8. How should leaders use knowledge about cognitive biases to make fairer laws?
9. What is the idea of “cognitive sovereignty” and a person’s right to control their own mind?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when humans rely heavily on external memory devices (phones)?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a person’s action was truly intentional or caused by a mental condition?
12. How does the search for total happiness conflict with the natural chemical balance of the brain?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the health of the brain, as it controls everything else?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when dealing with someone who has a serious brain injury?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of time children must spend on activities that challenge their memory?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s conscious experience and the physical processes happening in the brain?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the concept of mental illness and treat all conditions as brain chemistry issues?
3. How does the concept of “free will” change when we can predict human decisions based on brain scans?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how companies use brain activity data collected by advanced technology?
5. How do historical views of the mind (as separate from the body) affect modern medical treatment?
6. How can communities maintain social trust when AI can analyze and predict individual thoughts and intentions?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to modify the brain and accept its natural limits.
8. What protection should laws give to a person whose memory is deliberately altered by technology?
9. How can we stop the problem of using brain-enhancing drugs to create an unfair advantage in school or work?
10. What did old thinkers say about consciousness, self-awareness, and knowledge that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human teachers if knowledge can be transferred directly to the brain?
12. How do people use the idea of “mind over matter” to avoid seeking professional help for mental health issues?
13. How does the experience of learning and struggling improve the brain’s long-term resilience?
14. What is the power of a government to mandate brain health checks for all citizens?
15. If scientists could perfectly replicate a human brain in a computer, how would that fundamentally change the definition of life?
