LRN Speaking Syllabus 2021 Level C2

LRN C2 Topics for the January 2021 Speaking Exam

Topic numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are common for both the January and June LRN C2 Speaking Exams 2021.

Lifestyle

1. How can we encourage children to be creative?

How do creative activities allow children to express themselves?
In what ways do creative activities help children boost their imagination?
Why do creative activities encourage children to try out new things?

Travelling

2. Why do some people like to try unusual kinds of food while travelling?
Why should we practise good hand hygiene when we travel abroad?
Why should we only drink bottled water in a foreign country?
Why should we only have freshly prepared and well-cooked food when abroad?

Personality

3. What are the advantages of being competitive?

Why can being competitive result in stress?
How can competitiveness harm friendships?
What negative effects can competitiveness have on our self-esteem?

Environment

4. What environmental problems have better living standards caused?

How can we raise living standards if we reduce unemployment?
How does improved health care contribute to higher living standards?
Can the elimination of inequality lead to better living standards?

Technology

5. How can we use technology to fight world hunger?

Why is poverty considered to be one of the main causes of world hunger?
How does climate affect world hunger?
How do war and conflict contribute to food shortages?

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Education

6. What challenges did you encounter as an English language learner?

In what way is knowing English the ticket to business success?
Why is English the dominant language in scientific research?
Is English the international language of the media?

7. What are the advantages of home schooling?

Why would home schooling cause conflicts between parents and children?
How would home schooling affect children’s social skills?
Why might home schooling be expensive?

Medicine

8. Why is alternative medicine growing in popularity?

As there is little scientific proof that alternative medicine is effective, are conventional
doctors right to reject it?
Why are there doubts about how safe alternative medicine is?
Why may alternative medicine not be useful in emergency situations?

Crime

9. What alternatives are there to imprisonment as a punishment?

Why do some people think that prison does not prevent people from committing crimes
again?
Why could prison make people more violent?
Why does prison become a barrier to re-entry into society?

10. What are the causes of urban crime?

Why would storing valuables out of sight make our home safer?
Can installing motion sensor lights inside and outside the house make homes safer?
Why would getting to know our neighbours make us safer?

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LRN C2 Topics for the June 2021 Speaking Exam

Topic numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are common for both the January and June LRN C2 Speaking Exams 2021.

Lifestyle

1. How can we encourage children to be creative?

How do creative activities allow children to express themselves?
In what ways do creative activities help children boost their imagination?
Why do creative activities encourage children to try out new things?

Travelling

2. Why do some people like to try unusual kinds of food while travelling?
Why should we practise good hand hygiene when we travel abroad?
Why should we only drink bottled water in a foreign country?
Why should we only have freshly prepared and well-cooked food when abroad?

Personality

3. What are the advantages of being competitive?

Why can being competitive result in stress?
How can competitiveness harm friendships?
What negative effects can competitiveness have on our self-esteem?

Environment

4. What environmental problems have better living standards caused?

How can we raise living standards if we reduce unemployment?
How does improved health care contribute to higher living standards?
Can the elimination of inequality lead to better living standards?

Technology

5. How can we use technology to fight world hunger?

Why is poverty considered to be one of the main causes of world hunger?
How does climate affect world hunger?
How do war and conflict contribute to food shortages?

6. Why should parents monitor their children’s use of the Internet?

In what way do parents break their children’s trust in them if they spy on them online?
Why would parents monitoring their children’s online activities cause conflicts?
How would parents affect their children’s friendships if they monitored their online
activities?

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Education

7. What are the advantages of bilingual education?

Why might bilingual education put students under too much pressure?
Why could students attending a bilingual school lose their sense of identity?
Why would students attending a bilingual school need more time to achieve proficiency in
both languages?

8. Why should music be included in the school curriculum?

Why is it believed that music lessons in school are not useful for students’ future careers?
Why does music education cost a school a lot of money?
How does having mandatory music lessons take time away from more important lessons?

Culture

9. Should museums be free?

Why do some people find visiting museums an exhausting experience?
Why would someone with little interest in art and culture dislike visiting museums?
How can high admission fees make people dislike visiting museums?

Society

10. Is your generation luckier than previous generations? Why? Why not?
Why is unemployment a critical social issue?
What are the effects of prejudice on society?
What impact does crime have on our daily life?

11. Can we put an end to stereotypes?

Why do negative stereotypes deprive people of opportunities?
How do negative stereotypes shape people’s behaviour?
Why do negative stereotypes encourage violence?

Friendships

12. Why might it be easier to make friends in college than in high school?
Why do family and work responsibilities reduce our circle of friends?
How is our circle of friends affected by our changing interests as we get older?
As we get older, we have less tolerance of toxic friendships. How does this affect our circle
of friends?

Food

13. Are you an adventurous eater? Why? Why not?

How does our lifestyle affect our food choices?
How can our social circle determine what we eat?
What effect does our mood have on what we eat?

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Animals

14. What effects do pets have on our health and wellbeing?

Why should we intervene if we see pet owners abusing their pets?
Why should we report animal abuse to the authorities?
How can raising awareness of animal abuse help stop pet owners from mistreating their
pets?

Crime

15. What should we do if we witness a crime being committed?

Why is it difficult to enforce cybercrime laws?
Why is it easy for cyber criminals to infect computers?
How does a lack of awareness of cyber security help increase cybercrime?

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LRN C2 common Topics for both the January and June 2021 Speaking Exams

Lifestyle

1. How can we encourage children to be creative?

How do creative activities allow children to express themselves?
In what ways do creative activities help children boost their imagination?
Why do creative activities encourage children to try out new things?

Travelling

2. Why do some people like to try unusual kinds of food while travelling?
Why should we practise good hand hygiene when we travel abroad?
Why should we only drink bottled water in a foreign country?
Why should we only have freshly prepared and well-cooked food when abroad?

Personality

3. What are the advantages of being competitive?

Why can being competitive result in stress?
How can competitiveness harm friendships?
What negative effects can competitiveness have on our self-esteem?

Environment

4. What environmental problems have better living standards caused?

How can we raise living standards if we reduce unemployment?
How does improved health care contribute to higher living standards?
Can the elimination of inequality lead to better living standards?

Technology

5. How can we use technology to fight world hunger?

Why is poverty considered to be one of the main causes of world hunger?
How does climate affect world hunger?
How do war and conflict contribute to food shortages?

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