A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like school?
2. What is your teacher’s name?
3. Do you have many friends at school?
4. What’s your favorite subject?
5. Do you read books at school?
6. Do you write in a notebook?
7. Do you play games at school?
8. What’s in your school bag?
9. Do you eat lunch at school?
10. Is your school big or small?
11. Do you walk to school?
12. What time do you go to school?
13. Do you like your classroom?
14. Do you do homework?
15. Do you like drawing in art class?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What subjects are you good at?
2. What’s the best thing about your school?
3. Do you wear a school uniform? Do you like it?
4. How do you get to school every day?
5. What do you usually do during the break (recess)?
6. What’s your favorite school day? Why?
7. What rules do you have at your school?
8. Do you use a computer at school?
9. Who is your best friend at school?
10. What subject is the most difficult for you?
11. Do you play sports at school?
12. Do you ever feel tired at school?
13. Is it important to do homework?
14. What do you want to learn next year?
15. Do you like your school’s food?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What makes a good teacher?
2. Do you think tests are the best way to check knowledge?
3. What’s your opinion on school uniforms?
4. How could your school be improved?
5. Do you think students have too much homework?
6. What are the good and bad things about your school?
7. Do you prefer working in groups or alone? Why?
8. What skills should schools teach, besides academic subjects?
9. Have you ever been bullied at school? What should schools do about it?
10. What’s your best memory from school?
11. Do you think online learning is as good as learning in a classroom?
12. How important is it to get good grades?
13. Do you feel a lot of pressure at school?
14. What do you plan to do after you finish school?
15. Should students be allowed to use phones in class?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. How does the education system in your country compare to others?
2. Do you think traditional schools are preparing students for the future?
3. What’s the purpose of education: to get a job or to become a better person?
4. How has technology changed education in the last 10 years?
5. Should schools teach “life skills” like cooking, managing money, or mental health?
6. What are the pros and cons of single-sex schools vs. co-ed schools?
7. Do you think standardized tests (like national exams) are fair?
8. What role does (or should) school play in teaching values?
9. Is cheating a big problem in schools? How can it be stopped?
10. What is “lifelong learning” and why is it important?
11. Should all students go to university?
12. How can schools better support students with different learning needs?
13. Is there too much focus on academic subjects and not enough on arts or sports?
14. What’s your opinion on home-schooling?
15. How can schools reduce stress and competition among students?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Critically evaluate the education system in your country. What are its biggest flaws?
2. To what extent should a school curriculum be standardized nationally?
3. What is the role of education in creating social mobility or reinforcing inequality?
4. How will artificial intelligence (AI) transform education and the role of teachers?
5. Discuss the “hidden curriculum” (unspoken rules and values taught in schools).
6. Is the traditional university model becoming obsolete?
7. Should higher education be free for everyone? What are the economic implications?
8. How can schools foster critical thinking and media literacy in the age of misinformation?
9. What are the ethical implications of using student data and learning analytics?
10. Is the concept of “subjects” (Math, History, etc.) an outdated way to organize knowledge?
11. How should controversial historical or social issues be taught in schools?
12. What is the relationship between education and democratic citizenship?
13. To what extent should parents have control over the school curriculum?
14. Are schools killing creativity?
15. How does the “grading” system affect a student’s motivation and mental health?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. Deconstruct the concept of “intelligence.” How should our education systems redefine it?
2. Debate the proposition: “The primary purpose of state education is indoctrination, not liberation.”
3. What philosophical principles should underpin a 21st-century education system?
4. How would you design a school system from scratch for a new society?
5. To what extent is the “knowledge-based” curriculum a relic of the industrial age, and what should replace it?
6. Analyze the socioeconomic and political forces that resist fundamental education reform.
7. Is it possible to have a truly “neutral” or “unbiased” education?
8. What are the long-term psychological effects of standardized testing and early academic tracking?
9. How will trends like globalization and climate change force a radical rethinking of “school”?
10. What is the pedagogical value, if any, of “failure”? How should schools incorporate it?
11. Explore the tension between education for individual fulfillment and education for economic necessity.
12. Is the physical, campus-based school a necessary component of learning, or a social construct?
13. How does the commodification of education impact its quality and accessibility?
14. What does “decolonizing the curriculum” mean in practice, and what are its merits and challenges?
15. If AI can provide all the “answers,” what will be the purpose of human learning in the future?
