⁷Some people think that all university students should study whatever they like. Others believe that they should only be allowed to study subjects that will be useful in the future, such as those related to science and technology.
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Modern professional women confront a difficulty that men don’t generally face: the struggle to balance the pressures of work and home. In your opinion, how can this difficulty best be solved?
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Some people believe that it is essential to include Physical Education classes in the curriculum for all school-age children. Others think that children's time is better spent on more academic subjects.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
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Some people feel that entertainers (e.g. film stars, pop musicians or sports stars) are paid too much money.
Do you agree or disagree?
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With the rise of e-books come the decline in paper books. Some people see this as a good step forward while others do not. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?
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Nowadays, many schools find it profitable to sell unhealthy food and sugary drinks to students during lunch breaks.
Is this a positive or negative development?
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These days many people prefer online shopping to conventional shopping.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping?
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Some people feel that manufacturers and supermarkets have the responsibility to reduce the amount of packaging of goods.
Others argue that customers should avoid buying goids with a lot of packaging. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
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In many countries today the retirement age from work has been raised. Do the advantages of raising the retirement age outweigh the disadvantages?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from own knowledge or experience.
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Should humans adapt to technology or should technology adapt to us? Is technology making us intellectually weaker or more intelligent?
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication such as
emails, text massages or telephone calls.
Give your opinion and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or
experience.
Some people believe that children should be allowed to stay at home and play until they are six or seven years old. Other believe that it is important for young children to go to school as soon as possible.
What do you think are the advantages of attending school from a young age?
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Some employers believe that job applicants’ social skills are more important than their academic qualifications. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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In many parts of the world, children and teenagers are spending more and more of their times indoors. What do you think are the causes of this problem? What measures could best be taken to solve it? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
Some people think that employers should ensure a pleasant working environment so that workers feel valued and will therefore work hard.
Others feel that employers should be stricter with employees and monitor them closely to ensure they work hard.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in the workplace.Others think that the true function of a university should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer.
What, in your opinion, should be the main function of a univeristy?
Some people believe that studying abroad is important because it expands a person's knowledge and understanding of the world. Others feel that it is better to study at home because that is the best way to prepare for a career in the student's own country. Discuss both these views, and give your opinion.
Some people think saving money is good, but others think that spending money is a better way to enjoy life. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.
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Some people say that in all levels of education, from primary schools to universities, too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skills.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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“Prison is the only truly effective form of punishment, because it separates criminals from society.” To what extent do you support this view? You should give reasons for your answer, and include ideas and examples from your own knowledge and experience.
Some suggest that young people should take a job for a few years between school and university. Discuss what the advantages and disadvantages might be for people who do this. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
More children in developed countries are becoming overweight. This is a serious problem for wealthy countries.
Discuss some causes and effects of this problem. Give reasons for your answer, and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Your childhood friend has established his own business. He needs a partner whom he can completely trust and asks you to become his partner.
Write a letter to him. In your letter:
• Give the details about your knowledge in this particular field and your opinion;
• Tell your decision and its reasons;
The most important aim of science should be to improve people's lives.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experiences.
Learning to manage money is one of the key aspects of adult life. How in your view can individuals best learn to manage their money?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
News editors decide what to broadcast on television and what to print in newspapers. What factors do you think influence these decisions? Do we become used to bad news? Would it be better if more good news was reported?
Use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
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Solar energy is becoming more and more popular as a source of household energy in
Why is this?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Government should make more effort to promote alternative sources of energy. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Given reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for young people who decided to do this.
Give reason for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Some people argue that keeping pets is beneficial for longevity while others believe that household animals are not healthy for people to have as companions.
Discuss both sides of the argument and which side you support, and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
A lot of people who wanted to become professional athletes gave up this idea because of the fear of failure and parents' pressure. Do you think that parents should support their children who want to do a career in sports?
Support your point of view with relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.
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Memorising facts is the most important way to succeed in education.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Today children spend a lot of their free time watching TV.
Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of this practice?
Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Few people devote time to hobbies nowadays. Say why you think this is the case and what effect this has on the individual and society in general.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Traditions are about the past and innovation is about the future, and it has been argued that we need to let go of traditions for the sake of progress. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this? What role should traditions have in our lives?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Information technology is changing many aspects of our lives and now dominates our home,leisure and work activities.
To what extent do the benefits of information technology outweigh the disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Using a computer everyday can have more negative than positive effects on children. Do you agree or disagree?
Give reason for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Topic 8: Students should be taught academic knowledge so that they can pass exams, and skills such as cooking or dressing should not be taught. To what extent do you agree/disagree?
In some areas of the US, a ‘curfew’ is imposed, in which teeengers are not allowed to be out of doors after a particular time at night unless they are accompanied by an adult.
What is your opinion about this?
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Around the world, many adults are working from home, and more children are beginning to study from home.
Do you think this is a positive or negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
We can get knowledge from news. But some people even think we should not trust the journalists. What do you think? And what do you think are the important qulities that a journalist should have?
‘Failure is proof that the desire wasn’t strong enough’
To what extent do you agree with this statement?
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Many people think that the most important things in our life cannot be bought. Do you agree or disagree? Give your answers with examples from your knowledge and experience.
The most important thing about a job is how much money you earn in that job.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Some people think parents should read or tell stories to children. Others think parents do not need to do that as children can read books or watch TV, movies by themselves. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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Governments should provide everyone with free healthcare.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other important professions. Some people think this is fully justifed while others think it is unfair.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own know/edge or experience.
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People attend colleges or universities for many different reasons for example, new experience, career preparation, increased knowledge etc. why do you think people attend colleges or universities?
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Some people feel that it is always wrong to keep animals in captivity, for instance in zoos.
Other people say that there are benefits for the animals and for humans. Discuss both sides of
this debate, and give your personal view.
You should give reasons for your answer, and include ideas and examples from your own
knowledge and experience.
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Some people think it is better to educate boys and girls in separate schools. Others, however, believe that girls and boys benefit more from attending mixed schools. Which education system do you think is better? Why?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.