Give complete answers to each of the questions (whether speaking or writing, or both). Give your opinion and say what others think and why you disagree. Give reasons and/or examples that support your opinions. Make sure you learn the words in bold and are able to use them in your speaking and writing.
- Are parents the best educators? What educates the best (experience, books, teachers, or . . . )? Are people with a university education smarter than people without one?
- Should home schooling be permitted? Why? Is it illegal in Spain (your country)? - Why? Do you agree with this?
- With a teacher vs. alone (which is better?) Homework and studying outside of the classroom vs. teaching/learning in the classroom? How much homework is the right amount?
- Describe your fellow students/pupils/classmates who attended school with you. - Describe any cliques/gangs (or other deviants) in your school. How did they affect your education. What advice would you give a foreign exchange student who was going to attend your school? Can it be dangerous on campus/school grounds? How? Why?
- Have you kept in touch with your fellow classmates via Facebook, etc.?
- At what age does education stop? Why? At what age does one learn best? Why? How early should children (be able to) start school? Why? Should people continue to study after university (if so, what, how, why, etc.)?
- Should schools separate boys and girls? Should they wear uniforms? Why or why not?
- Public vs. private schools. Which is best for your children? How important are classmates? Do elite schools make a difference to a graduate’s employability? How about attending elite boarding schools? Does that make a difference? How?
Describe a good student/teacher (vs. a bad one). Describe your favorite/worst student/teacher in school. How and why do bad teachers become teachers in the first place?
- Intelligence vs. wisdom. - Can older people learn from younger people? What?
- How can new technologies help in education? Give examples.
- How should the curriculum (all the courses of study in the plan offered to you by an educational institution) be improved? (in elementary/primary school, high school, university, vocational technology schools, etc.)
- Describe your favourite subjects? Why do you like them? What do you like about them? What (skills, subjects, etc.) must every person learn?
- Perfecting a few things or trying and learning new things? What? Why?
- Should art/music/sport/social sciences and natural sciences be obligatory/compulsory subjects in elementary/high school? Why or why not? Rank these from most important to least important. Which would you eliminate first from the curriculum?
- What about games in education?
- Is learning history worthwhile? Why or why not?
- When is the best time for people to start learning English? Why?
- Should university be public/free? Why or why not? Should one go to university or not?
- Is going to a public university a waste of time and money? Should one only go to an elite private university (perhaps abroad in the U.S. / U.K.)?
- How do you learn best? What techniques/methods do you use? Are you good at memorizing new information? Why or why not? How do you motivate yourself to study?
- Can anyone learn to be a genius Einstein or a superstar Michael Jordan (or is it a talent they’re born with)? How and why (not)? What skills do students need to learn to do so? How can you motivate an uninterested, unmotivated or lazy student who might not even want to learn?
- Preparing for exams vs. learning freely. Which is better? Why?
- Should children and teenagers run errands or do chores in the home? Should they get an allowance? Why or why not?
- Will computers/robots replace teachers? Why or why not?
- Do teachers/staff/faculty talk too much in classes? Why or why not? How should this change? Do students learn better from their classmates, alone or from their teacher?
- What are the differences between education in Spain (your country) and the U.S. or U.K.?
- What do you think of cheating in the schools/universities? Is it permitted/tolerated in Spain’s (your country’s) universities? When and why? (not)
- Describe your best learning experience.
- Describe your best achievement in education.
- Describe what you want to learn or hope to learn this year.
Practice your
speaking with the discussion topic below. 
Questions about Education
by 
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (education)
