Conversation Topics

What changes have taken place in education, communication, travel and transport, and free time in the
last 100 years?

What other changes have there been in the last 100 years?

What do you think will be the biggest changes in the next 100 years?

Technology

Talk about how technology has changed in your lifetime.

What do you think has been the most important new invention in the last 100 years?

Are there any new gadgets that you really want to get?

What do you think will be the next biggest technological advance?

How can countries help to create more inventors?

What is your favorite piece of technology you own?

How will computers change in the future?

Do you think that there will be more or less new innovation in the future?

Is there a piece of technology that you really want that doesn’t exist? (i.e. flying cars, teleportation, etc.)

Give some examples of technology that have made the world worse.

What do you think is the most important thing that humans have created?

Do you think that people will travel outside of our solar system? How will they get there?

Do you like new gadgets or do you prefer to use technology you are comfortable with?

What are the possibilities of technology in clothing?

What is the future of transportation?

In which social situations do we need to "break the ice"? Which topics are usually considered "safe" and
which "unsafe" in a conversation with a stranger? Give reasons. current affairs - fashion - films - money -
politics -religion - sports - physical appearance - TV programs - the weather - their job -your family - your
personal feelings - music
Talk about the positive and negative aspects of each of the following relationships. marriage – parents
and children - team games – bosses and employees – people and animals.

Describe an employee who the employer will never fire.

What are the most efficient ways to look for a job?

Friends?

The Internet?

Newspapers?

What are some jobs that you think would be boring? What are some jobs that you think would be fun?
Which job would you never do?

What jobs do you wish to have in the future?

What are some of the worst jobs you can think of?

What are some of the best jobs you can think of?

How long do you want to work?

Is it better to be a boss or an employee? Why?