"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things."

Flora Lewis

Topics For Speaking (Academic)

An IELTS examiner may ask you to comment on any topic or to role play any situation you might face in real life. That is why, our piece of advice is to be ready for any topic as well as imagine yourself talking in any potential situation you could have to cope with.  

There are some sample questions to practise your speaking skills. Take about half a minute to answer each of them. Your possible answer may contain at least 2-3 extended sentences. 

Pay a special attention to the key words that have been highlighted for you. Make sure you understand the question properly. 

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1. What is your attitude to the violation of the copyright policy? Have you ever by chance violated such a policy?
2. To your mind, should the old languages, local varieties or any other rare accents be preserved? What variant of the language do you speak? Is it your mother tongue? What other languages do you fancy? Why? Why not?
3. What is your attitude to corruption? What sorts of corruption are you familiar with? Is it a problem to be solved in your country? How do the authorities fight it?
4. What famous inventions can you name? would you like to invent anything yourself?
5. Do you think it is worth searching for extra-terrestrial life?

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1. How do you build up your immunity?
2. How do you think the Internet has changed the way people work, play and access information, etc?
3. Do you agree with a popular idea that the future for most people in the world will be urban?
4. How can water usage be reduced?
5. What is your attitude to ‘going green’? Do you ‘go green’? Why? How?/Why not?
6. Have you ever had overseas visits? Would you like to have ones? Why? Why not?
7. What do you think could be done to strengthen community harmony in your country? Is it important? Why? Why not?
8. What are the basic things that you would do if you found yourself on a desert island?
9. What is your attitude to bringing technologies up to date?
10. What could be done, to your mind, to deal with Global Warming?

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1. What food do you usually/rarely eat?
2. Are you a vegetarian? Do you go on a strict diet?
3. How popular is organic food in your home country?
4. Do you think people should be encouraged to eat organic food? Why? Why not?
5. Do you eat fruit and vegetables? How many items do you usually have a day?
6. What vegetables and fruit are grown in your home country?
7. Is food expensive in your native town/city?
8. Do you eat meat/fish? What sorts of meat and fish do you normally eat?
9. To your mind, is it a must for people to eat meat/fish? Why? Why not?
10. Do you prefer to eat out? Why? Why not?

 

 

 

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