IELTS SPEAKING PART 3

 Choosing work & Work–Life balance.

 Universities.
1. What kinds of jobs do youth do not want to do in your country?
1. Is higher education too expensive in your country?
2. Who is best at advising young people about choosing a job:
2. Should all students pay for their university education? Why?
teachers or parents?
3. What advantages do universities bring to the society? Is it the
3. Is money always the most important thing when choosing a
same in your country?
job?
4. Which is more important, research or teaching? Why?
4. Do you agree that many people nowadays are under pressure
5. How should students spend their summer vacations? How
to work longer hours and take less holiday?
do/did you spend it?
5. What is the impact on society of people having a poor work-life
6. What are the advantages of private universities than public
balance?
universities? 
6. Could you recommend some effective strategies for
governments and employers to ensure it?
Reading Books.
1. Do you generally read a lot of books or do you prefer watching
 Sports and competition.
TV? Why?
1. Why are some sports fans so passionate?
2. What kind of books are considered good reads in your opinion?
2. Is there any violence at sporting events in your country?
3. Do you think that people read nowadays as they did in the
3. Should athletes be better role models?
past?
4. What benefits do international sporting events bring?
4. Do you regard famous writers as good role models?
5. Is it important for a country to win lots of medals?
5. If a movie is based on a book, would you prefer to read the
6. The money professional sportsmen earn is significantly higher
book or to watch the film? Why?
than that the earning of other professionals. Is it justified?
6. How our reading habit changes as we grow up? Why does it
happen?
Historic Place.
1. How do people in your country feel about protecting historic
Media & News.
buildings?
1. How do most people get their news in your country?
2. Do you think an area can benefit from having an interesting
2. How do you think people will get their news in the future?
historic place locally? In what way?
3. Do you believe everything you read in the newspapers?
3. What do you think will happen to historic places or buildings in
4. How has TV changed people's lives?
the future? Why?
5. What do you think of children watching TV?
4. How were you taught history when you were at school?
6. How has social media changed the way we get and share the
5. Are there other ways people can learn about history, apart
news?
from at school? How?
6. Do you think history will still be a school subject in the future?
Internet.
Why?
1. Do most people have a computer at home in your country?
What do most people use it for?
Films/ Cinema.
2. Do you think all the information on the internet is true?
1. Do you think the cinema has increased or decreased in
3. How can people find reliable information on the internet?
popularity in recent years?
4. How has the internet changed the way we live?
2. In your opinion, will this trend continue in the future?
5. How has the internet changed the way we work?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of making films of
6. Do you think the internet is safe for children to use
real-life events?
unsupervised
4. How important do you think it is for a filmmaker to remain true
to the original story?
Role models
5. Should films and television be censored or should we be free to
Which type of people are respected most in your society?
choose what we see?
Do you agree with this situation?
6. How do you think censorship laws will change in the next 20
What happens when young people lack good role models?
years?
What standards of behavior should teachers set?
Do you agree that you should never meet your heroes?
Travel and transport.
1. How easy is it to travel around your country?
Leadership and politics
2. Which method of travel do you consider safest? Why?
Do you think people are born to be leaders?
3. Has travel become safer in recent years than that was in the
Can leadership skills be taught?
past?
Why are elected politicians often so unpopular?
4. What are the pros and cons of low-cost air travel?
What should a leader do to remain popular?
5. How do you think people will travel in the future?
Do you think unelected heads of state are a good idea?
6. Should the government in a country focus more on rail
Should the governments give leadership class for students?
transports or road transports? Why?
IELTS SPEAKING PART 3
Life experience
Do you agree that we learn best from our mistakes?
What’s the best way to gain experience in life?
Can we gain life experience from books and movies?
Which is more important, experience or potential?
What experience do you wish you had gained?
What would you do if you had that?
Retirement and old age
What do you think about retirement?
At what age should people retire from work?
What problems can people face after retirement?
How important are retirees to your country’s economy?
When should you start saving for retirement?
Why do some companies encourage early retirement?
Photography and the image
Is it easy to take good photographs?
What are the pros and cons of analog photography?
What are the pros and cons of digital photography?
Should people share their photographs online?
When can an image be worth a thousand words?
Is a photograph a reliable form of identification?
Inventions and copyright
Which invention has transformed your country most?
Would you like to be an inventor?
How long should someone be able to profit from an idea?
Do you think intellectual property laws are too strict?
Should all medicines be free to manufacture?
Should all arts be free to be copied?
The internet and social media
Which websites are popular among your generation?
Is using the internet a social or solitary activity?
How has the internet changed social behavior?
Should companies check job applicants’ online profiles?
What will be the next big development online?
What will you do if that happens?
Communication and Information through Media Social
How can information be correctly transferred through email or
phone?
How can people express themselves better?
Has social media changed the way we communicate?
How does social media affect communication skills negatively
sometimes?
Will the lack of face to face communication affect the next
generation?
Would you say people trust the information that is found online?
Communication in Public
Do some people like to talk on mobile phones in public transport?
Why?
Do you think some people behave badly to strangers?
What should we do with bad behaving people, ignore, or should
tell them about it?
What can we do to improve people's behavior?
Are people more silent in public than before?
Why can’t some people stay in silence in the public place?
What is your opinion about silence in the public place?
Patient Person
Are you a patient person?
Is it important to be patient? Why? Why not?
Are you more patient now than you were younger? Why?
Do you think this is important?
Do children need patience in their school-hood?
How do you feel when some people make you wait?
Motivate others
Have you every encouraged someone to achieve a goal?
How can children be motivated to study harder in school?
Who should motivate a child more, the parent or teacher?
Do you think parents need to motivate their children to achieve
their goal?
What do you think that children should be motivated by their
parents or teachers from their teenage time?
What factors are important when you think of motivating
someone?
Is it always necessary to set long-term goals for children to
motivate them?
Why do some people seem to be more motivated than others?
Giving Advice
Do you think people should receive advice from an expert or
professional? Why?
Do you think people at work can receive good advice from
colleague? Why?
Why do so many young people choose communication and media
studies as their major?
Why do young people find it hard to make career choices?
Responsibility in Belongings
Why do some people lose their item, and the others don't?
Why are some people so irresponsible with their things?
What should people do to stop losing items?
Do you think it is important for parents to teach children
organizational skills?
Would you say that if one is too orderly, they may find it difficult
to be creative?
How are new technologies like computer, cellphone used in
organizing the things?
Friends and Colleagues
How do companies welcome their new employees?
Do you think it is strange to make friends online?
Why do some people have few friends?
Which is more important, new friendships or old ones?