When you sit down to practise English, the hardest part is often choosing what to talk about. Rote questions (“Where are you from?”) get old fast, while random small talk can stall if neither speaker has much to say. That’s why deliberate conversation topics matter: they nudge dialogue forward, add context for new vocabulary, and let you recycle grammar in meaningful ways.

Below you’ll find twenty five prompt-rich themes sorted by level and situation. Use them to spark a five-minute voice memo, a 30-minute partner call, or an AI-graded role-play. Each topic links to deeper spokes across our hub — so you can dive straight into sample dialogues, phrasal-verb drills, or scenario pages without hunting for the next idea.

1. Universal Starters (A0–A2)

At beginner level you need safe, open-ended themes that recycle essential verbs (“be,” “have,” “like”) and familiar nouns (food, family, hobbies).

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Micro-Exercise

Pick Topic 3, record a 60-second voice memo answering the starter question, then run it through Pronounce AI for vowel clarity feedback.

2. Travel & Culture (B1)

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Sample Dialogue — Topic 7 “Cultural Shock”

You: When I first moved to Tokyo, I was shocked that trains arrived exactly on time.
Partner: Same here! How did that change your daily schedule?
You: I stopped leaving “buffer time.” If the train said 08:11, I knew it would be 08:11.

Practise once reading, then recreate from memory within a three-second response window.

3. Work & Business (B1–B2)

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Vocabulary Booster:

• Quarterly targets — goals set every three months
• Upskill — learn new professional abilities
• Workflow — sequence of tasks in a process
• Touch base — make brief contact to update status
• Bandwidth — capacity to handle work

Shadow each phrase twice, then slip at least one into your next business-topic drill.

Explore deeper phrases in Business English.

4. Lifestyle & Tech (B2)

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Timed Story Drill

Choose Topic 18, speak for one minute non-stop about the last smart device you bought. Count filler words afterward; aim to cut them by 20% next session.

Upgrade pronunciation flow via Fluency.

5. Opinions & Debate (C1–C2)

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Debate Exercise

1. Record a 90-second opening statement for Topic 22.
2. Swap files with a partner (or ask ChatGPT) for a 60-second rebuttal.
3. Deliver a 30-second closing argument.

Score arguments on clarity, evidence, and emotional appeal.

Advanced idiom lists live in English Conversation Advanced.

6. How to Generate Your Own Topics

1. Scan your day: meetings, articles, YouTube rabbit holes.
2. Pick one noun: e.g., “coffee.”
3. Attach a what/why/how question: “How has specialty coffee changed in the last decade?”
4. Package as prompt: “Coffee trends — From instant to pour-over.”

Store prompts in a spreadsheet. Each morning, draw a random one for your Daily Practice monologue.