Beginner: 

1. Do you consider yourself to be a good or a bad student? Why?

2. Do you enjoy going to school? What do you like and dislike about school?

3. What is the best way for you to learn? 

4. What are your favourite subjects? Why do you like them? 

5. What subject do you dislike? Why do you not like them?

6. What was the most important thing you learnt at school?

7. Do you think you learnt a lot of unimportant information at school? How so?

8. How do you think students choose their majors?

9. Should private schools exist? Or should all education be public?

10. What do you think are the most and the least important subjects for students to learn?

11. Are you good at studying on your own? Why or why not?

12. Who was your favourite teacher and why did you like them?

13. What do you miss most about school?

14. What has helped you learn English? 

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Intermediate:

1. Are you receiving or did you receive a good education? How so? 

2. Which language do you believe is the most difficult to learn? Why? 

3. If you could go to any school you wanted, where would you go and why?

4. Should boarding schools exist? Why or why not?

5. Would you want to go to a boarding school? Why or why not?

6. Did you learn English in school? How useful were your English lessons? 

7. What do you think is the most important skill to work on when learning a language? 

8. Should students wear uniforms at school?

9. Should parents be allowed to homeschool their children? Why or why not?

10. Do you think teachers get paid enough? Should teachers get bonuses if their students' grades improve?   

11. What are the differences between learning in person and online? Which one do you prefer?  

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Advanced: 

1. Do you think a university education has less value than it did 10, 20, 30 years ago? 

2. Do you think universities will still exist in the future? 

3. Do you think it is okay for students to be able to use A.I tools like Chatgpt for their school work? 

4. Do you think there is a lot of plagiarism in school? How so? 

5. Is there anything schools can do to stop students from cheating or plagiarizing?  

6. How does the education system of your country differ from other countries around the world? 

7. What kinds of skills does the education system in your country try to build for students? 

8. Do you believe a lot of subjects won’t be taught anymore in the future because of automation or A.I replacing them? Give your predictions. 

9. Do you believe it is important to learn a second or third language? What is the value of learning a second or third language?  

10. Do you believe standardized testing (SAT) is a good way to test students for university?