IELTS Speaking Topics: Part 3
Below are some topics for Part 3. You will typically be asked about six questions on one topic - remember, the topic is related to Task 2.
Before you do this, remember to look at the worksheets for IELTS Speaking Part 3.
Tourism
- What do you think are the preferred places for tourism in your country?
- What are the negative impacts of tourism?
- How do you think we can make tourism better for the local community?
- How has tourism changed in your country over the last 10 years?
- How do you think it will change in the future?
- How well equipped is your country to deal with tourists?
Education
- What do you think are important skills for a teacher?
- What facilities should a school have?
- What are the problems with the education system in your country?
- What can be done to solve these problems?
- What do you think the typical classroom will look like in 20 years?
- What changes will technological advances make to learning?
Skills
- How important is it to have a skill?
- What is the most useful skill you have?
- What skills is it most important to have?
- How can children learn different skills?
- Can anyone be a good artist/singer etc.?
- How much emphasis does your education system put on skills?
The Environment
- How much do you recycle/reuse?
- How can we teach people to care more about the environment?
- How aware are people in your country becoming about environmental problems?
- What improvements have been made in your country in the last 20 years?
- What is the biggest environmental issue in your country at the moment?
- What kind of campaigns does the government run to raise awareness?
Books
- How important are books to you?
- Do you think that children don't read enough these days?
- How can we make sure children keep reading?
- What impact has new technology had on books and reading?
- How do book preferences now compare to preferences in the past?
- Do you think in the future paper books will disappear all together?
Technology
- Do you like new technology/gadgets?
- How important is technology in your life?
- Which device has had the biggest impact on daily life?
- How does communication these days differ from communication 10 years ago?
- What will be the next big area of technological advance?
- What are the disadvantages of all this technology?
Learning a language
- How hard do you find it to learn a language?
- What aspects do you find most difficult?
- Is it necessary to learn the culture of a country to understand its language?
- Is it possible to get a good job these days without knowing a second language?
- How can people best learn a language?
- How does your generation's language abilities compare to those of the younger generation?
Housing
- What for you is the ideal house?
- What is the most common type of housing in your city?
- What problems related to housing exist in your country?
- How can these problems be solved?
- How has housing changed in the last 20 years?
- Is it possible for a government to provide housing for everyone?
Diet/Exercise
- How important are diet and exercise in your life?
- How can people be encouraged to eat healthily?
- What are the biggest health risks from poor diet and lack of exercise?
- How have people's attitudes to health changed over the last 10 years in your country?
- What changes will be made in diet in the future?
- Should people with poor health from bad lifestyles have to pay more for health care?
Money
- How easy do you find it to save money?
- What are the biggest expenses in your life?
- Are people these days more materialistic than in the past?
- How can people be taught to spend wisely?
- Do people have more money to spend on enjoyment than in the past in your country?
- What consequences has that led to?
Media
- What kinds of media do you use most often?
- Why do you choose those?
- How has media changed in the last 20 years?
- What more changes could there be in the future?
- Do you think that print newspapers will disappear?
- Do you think that television can survive in its current form?
Work
- Does your office encourage flexible working hours/working from home?
- What improvements could your office make in terms of working conditions?
- What kind of rules does your country have for working mothers?
- How could the position of working mothers be improved?
- How do you see the office of the future?
- Is it possible for a company to be completely paperless?
Celebrations
- What are the most important celebrations in your country?
- What is their significance?
- Are certain gifts given on certain occasions?
- Do you think that people celebrate festivals as much as they did in the past?
- How can festivals/celebrations keep people united?
- Do you think that in the future we will stop celebrating festivals?
Culture
- What are the key aspects of your culture?
- What different cultures exist in your country?
- How do they differ?
- Is culture becoming less important to young people today?
- How can we keep different cultures alive?
- Do you think that we can learn from history?
Family
- Do families tend to be nuclear or extended in your country?
- Do children generally stay a long time with their parents when they are adults?
- Can you compare family life in your country with another country you know?
- How has family life changed in the last 10 years?
- Do you think that families will be less close in the future?
- What can children learn from the older members of their family?
Childhood
- How well do you remember your childhood?
- Do you think that children are free enough these days?
- How is childhood now better/worse than it was in the past?
- What is the most important thing for children?
- What kind of problems do children face in different parts of the world?
- What can we do to solve those problems?