A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you feel afraid sometimes?
2. What is a dark room?
3. Do you like fast rides?
4. What is a loud noise?
5. Do you worry about the future?
6. What is a big spider?
7. Do you talk about your fears?
8. What is a brave person?
9. Do you think fear is helpful?
10. What is a high place?
11. Do you like to be alone?
12. What is a simple solution?
13. Do you feel anxious easily?
14. What are three common fears?
15. Do you think fear is normal?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between fear and anxiety?
2. Why are people afraid of public speaking?
3. What are the good things and bad things about watching scary movies?
4. How can a person calm down when they feel very afraid?
5. Should all schools teach children how to manage fear?
6. Why is it important to talk about your fears with a friend?
7. Do you think fears come from childhood experiences?
8. What is the purpose of the body’s “fight or flight” response?
9. How does technology (social media) create new kinds of fears?
10. What is the difference between a specific phobia and general worries?
11. Do you think fears are a sign of weakness?
12. What are the problems when fear stops you from doing important things?
13. When is the best time to confront a small fear?
14. What are two things that help overcome fear?
15. How does a person’s culture affect what they are afraid of?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely talking about a serious fear with someone?
2. How does the economy of a country affect people’s biggest worries?
3. Should the government provide free therapy for common anxiety issues?
4. What is the difference between a rational fear and an irrational fear (phobia)?
5. Do you believe that facing a fear makes you a stronger person?
6. What are the challenges of managing a fear that affects your daily life?
7. How does the media’s focus on danger increase public fear?
8. What is the idea of “exposure therapy”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some people are teased for having a fear?
10. How does a lack of control over a situation increase fear?
11. What are the steps for properly creating a plan to gradually face a fear?
12. What is the value of feeling fear when it warns you of danger?
13. Should public media highlight stories of people overcoming major fears?
14. What are the reasons why some people hide their fears from others?
15. How does the history of a country (war, disaster) create collective fears?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures on men to hide their fears and appear strong?
2. What are the moral problems when fear is used by leaders to control the population?
3. How does constant news about global threats affect general anxiety levels?
4. Should employers be legally required to provide support for work-related fears (e.g., job insecurity)?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of living with the fear of failure.
6. Who is responsible for promoting mental health awareness around common anxieties?
7. What is your view on the practice of using virtual reality to treat phobias?
8. Evaluate the role of private companies in profiting from people’s fears (e.g., security companies).
9. How does the concept of “existential threat” relate to global fears (like climate change)?
10. Discuss the concept of “learned helplessness” in the context of continuous worrying.
11. What are the problems with having very different cultural explanations for anxiety?
12. What are the legal differences between general public anxiety and a diagnosable mental disorder?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of fear is mainly self-preservation?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that children feel safe discussing their fears?
15. How does the feeling of fear motivate people to take action?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the psychological cost of living with fear is often ignored in modern society?
2. What is the right way to think about a government’s moral duty to protect citizens from fear-based political campaigns?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of fear-inducing news content that becomes viral?
4. When should the government consider mandatory mental health breaks for people in high-stress jobs?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using deep psychological insights to predict and exploit individual fears?
6. How does the focus on quick fixes affect the long-term, necessary work of overcoming deep-seated fears?
7. Discuss the impact of a collective, shared fear (like a pandemic) on social cohesion.
8. How should leaders use knowledge about fear to inspire positive, non-anxious change?
9. What is the idea of “precautionary principle” in policy-making, driven by fear of unknown harm?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when political and social life is dominated by collective anxiety?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a person’s irrational fear justifies their legal actions?
12. How does the search for total safety conflict with the human need for risk and challenge?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the equal access to resources for treating severe phobias and anxieties?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they benefit from another person’s fear?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of funding given to research on the biological causes of fear?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s individual phobia and the existential dread of modern life?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the feeling of fear through technology?
3. How does the concept of “courage” change when fear can be scientifically controlled?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use algorithms to target advertisements based on fear?
5. How do historical views of spiritual threat and superstition affect modern public anxieties?
6. How can communities maintain rational decision-making when media constantly triggers mass fear?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to treat fear and allow it to drive necessary social change.
8. What protection should laws give to whistleblowers who expose dangerous corporate practices that cause public fear?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the argument of “safety” to justify massive loss of freedom?
10. What did old thinkers say about emotion, reason, and the good life that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human leaders if AI can perfectly predict and mitigate all sources of public fear?
12. How do people use the idea of “being practical” to avoid discussing their fundamental anxieties?
13. How does the experience of a shared trauma improve a community’s psychological resilience?
14. What is the power of a collective movement to demand that politicians stop using fear-based rhetoric?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, safe world, how would that fundamentally change human ambition and motivation?
