A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you say “please” and “thank you”?
2. What is a polite word?
3. Do you like quiet people?
4. What is a bad word?
5. Do you hold the door for others?
6. What is a simple rule?
7. Do you talk loudly on the phone?
8. What is a good host?
9. Do you like people with good manners?
10. What is a smile?
11. Do you cover your mouth when you cough?
12. What is a crowded bus?
13. Do you respect elders?
14. What are three good manners?
15. Do you think manners are important?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between manners and laws?
2. Why do manners change from one country to another?
3. What are the good things and bad things about formality?
4. How can a person show good manners online?
5. Should parents teach children all social manners?
6. Why is it important to be on time for meetings?
7. Do you think younger generations have worse manners?
8. What is the purpose of dressing formally for certain events?
9. How does technology (social media) affect public behavior?
10. What is the difference between being polite and being subservient?
11. Do you think modern life makes manners less important?
12. What are the problems when you do not understand local manners?
13. When is the best time to apologize for bad manners?
14. What are two manners for public transport?
15. How does a lack of manners cause conflict?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely asking a host for something you need?
2. How does the economy of a country affect the level of formality in society?
3. Should the government promote good manners in public campaigns?
4. What is the difference between sincerity and forced politeness?
5. Do you believe that good manners can help a person succeed in their career?
6. What are the challenges of teaching international business etiquette?
7. How does a lack of basic manners affect social trust?
8. What is the idea of “netiquette” (internet manners)?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some cultures judge others for different manners?
10. How does a lack of basic manners affect customer service?
11. What are the steps for properly introducing yourself to a group of strangers?
12. What is the value of holding on to old, traditional manners?
13. Should public transport enforce strict rules on noise and cleanliness?
14. What are the reasons why some people believe manners are outdated?
15. How does knowing good manners change your personal confidence?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to follow strict manners in very formal settings?
2. What are the moral problems when manners are used to exclude or judge others?
3. How does constant digital communication affect the use of formal language in writing?
4. Should workplace rules strictly control how employees interact with each other?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of consciously trying to remember many complex social rules.
6. Who is responsible for teaching social manners (parents, school, media)?
7. What is your view on the practice of using very informal language in job interviews?
8. Evaluate the role of cultural sensitivity training in teaching international manners.
9. How does the concept of “cultural relativism” apply to judging global manners?
10. Discuss the concept of “microaggressions” in the context of poor social manners.
11. What are the problems with having very different expectations for men and women’s manners?
12. What are the legal differences between a breach of contract and a breach of manners?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of manners is mainly to maintain social hierarchy?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that children learn how to deal with impolite people?
15. How does the lack of clear social rules in anonymous online spaces affect behavior?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that people who break social manners are often penalized in career or life opportunities?
2. What is the right way to think about a school’s moral duty to teach manners that may contradict a child’s home culture?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the visibility of content promoting extreme or rude behavior?
4. When should the government impose fines for very rude public behavior (e.g., littering, spitting)?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using formal manners to hide a person’s true intentions?
6. How does the focus on quick, efficient communication affect the patience needed for polite interaction?
7. Discuss the impact of major social movements on challenging and breaking old, outdated manners.
8. How should leaders use the idea of good manners to promote a cohesive national identity?
9. What is the idea of “performativity” (acting) in the context of social manners?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the difference between polite and rude behavior disappears?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if verbal rudeness caused a person emotional harm?
12. How does the search for authenticity conflict with the need for polite social conformity?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the underlying respect, even if the manners are imperfect?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they benefit from another person’s good manners?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of time public workers must spend on customer service training?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s ingrained cultural habit and their conscious choice of manners?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate all standardized manners to encourage true individuality?
3. How does the concept of “respect” change when it is expressed through digital symbols and short phrases?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms deal with cyberbullying and online harassment?
5. How do historical views of class and nobility affect modern ideas of proper etiquette?
6. How can communities maintain social harmony when they are composed of many different cultural groups with different manners?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to teach manners and allow natural social negotiation to occur.
8. What protection should laws give to workers who are fired for reporting a boss’s consistently bad manners?
9. How can we stop the problem of using irony and sarcasm to mask genuinely rude behavior?
10. What did old thinkers say about social order, civility, and human interaction that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human social skills if AI can perfectly manage all polite communication for us?
12. How do people use the idea of “being honest” to avoid discussing their deliberate rudeness?
13. How does the experience of teaching manners to others improve a person’s understanding of social norms?
14. What is the power of a collective movement to redefine and simplify social manners for a new generation?
15. If scientists could create a perfect drug that makes everyone polite, how would that fundamentally change human relationships?
