PUBLIC SPEAKING

2nd TERM 2010-2011

LIST OF TOPICS TO GIVE A SPEECH
Ms. Rubio

1. Homeschooling
2. Food.(Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way
people live?)
3. “Not everything that is learned is contained in books”.( Compare and contrast knowledge
gained from experience with knowledge gained from books)
4. How has Internet changed people’s habits?
5. What alternatives can the Government offer young people to encourage a healthy life?
6. Obesity as a social problem nowadays
7. Is there inequality between men and women?
8. Smoking as a social problem nowadays
9. Do humans have the right to manipulate animal life?
10. Good and bad uses of new technologies
11. Volunteers
12. Gossip and yellow journalism in the Spanish media
13. Should the money of the Space exploration projects go to poor countries?
14. Reducing traffic in the city centre
15. Strict education versus liberal education
16. Bullying. Violence at schools.
17. The influence of drugs on people’s behaviour
18. Alternative types of energy
19. The necessity of environmental conservation
20. The importance of education in the development of a country
21. Living abroad
22. Migration from the developing world to the developed world as a social and political issue in
the 21st century
23. Nuclear power
24. Shaping people’s ideas. (The mass media, including TV, radio and newspapers have great
influence in shaping people’s ideas)
25. Tourism as an important source of revenue.
26. Teaching sex education in schools
27. Forgiving debts. (Should rich countries forgive all debts for poor countries?)
28. Paying or environmental damage. (Should rich countries pay more money for environmental
damage?)
29. Criminal sentences. (Should criminals be punished with lengthy jail terms or re-educated and
rehabilitated, using community service programmes for instance, before being reintroduced
to society?
30. Quality of life (what do people understand by “quality of life”? Analyze people’s priorities)
31. Life outside our planet. Scientific facts
32. Drugs and alcohol.
33. Pets as therapy
34. Eating disorders
35. The influence of the world of fashion on physical appearance
36. Internet piracy
37. Waste management. (Is rubbish a problem in our society? How can it be solved?)
38. Climate change. A priority for governments
39. Non-Governmental organizations
40. Teenage parents
41. Racial discrimination
42. Superstitions
43. Alternative medicine
44. Cloning (human cloning and ethics)
45. Recycling
46. Wars
47. Globalization
48. Capital punishment
49. Euthanasia (Do people as free individuals have the right to decide when to die?)
50. Genetic engineering. Where should we draw the line?
51. Being a vegetarian
52. Advertising: information or manipulation?
53. The positive things and perils of the Internet. (Are parents clueless about child predators on
the Internet?)
54. Surveillance systems. (Are they necessary or do they mean an invasion of our privacy?)
55. Access of kids to violence. (Do violent videogames, violence on Tv... cause violent behaviour?
56. Global terrorism
57. Non- medical cosmetic surgery
58. Domestic violence. A serious problem in our society
59. Independence from parents
60. Teenage criminals. (Should they be treated like criminals? Should parents of teen vandals be
held responsible for their child’s damage?
61. Abortion
62. Life beyond Earth
63. Adoption
64. Investing on Medicine
65. Privacy rights for celebrities
66. Should religion interfere with medical care?
67. Sex holidays
68. Vigorexia and Anorexia
69. Addictions
70. Doping
71. Keeping fit
72. Public and private education
73. The healing power of humour
74. Alternative medicine
75. Censoring the Internet
76. Street gangs
77. Donating money to charity
78. Internet dating and virtual friends
79. Legalization of prostitution
80. Hunting
81. Paparazzi
82. Fur trade
83. Bilingual education
84. Blurring Frontiers between countries
85. School failure
86. Abandoning animals
87. Wars and military use of children
88. Hikikomori
89. Rise of acts of piracy
90. Consumerism
91. Medical Neglect