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<- BACK TO MAIN ESL QUESTIONS PAGE…

World problems
/ current events
/ the future:

 

            What worries you most?
- Job / money
- Relationship
- Family
- Health
Do you worry about any of the following?
            Famine / starvation / Live-aid
- Do you give to charities?
            Environmental issues - SEE HANDOUT
- Global warming
- Skin cancer
- Air pollution
- Polluted water supply
- Litter
            Big storms / floods
- Electrocuted by pylons
            Mudslide  / landslide / avalanche
            Drought
            Earthquakes
            GM crops
            Overpopulation
- In an overpopulated world, should people be free to have as many children as they want?
            Incurable diseases
- AIDS / SARS / bird
-flu / BSE
- Quality / cost of healthcare

  War / conflict = International
            What is war?
            When you see the word "war", what do you think of?
            What causes war?
            Is war inevitable?
            Is war always negative?
- Some people say war is creative for it advances technology and makes people more economically active afterwards?
     * Is this true?
     * Is it worth it?
            How can wars be resolved?
- What would you consider to be a constructive destructive approach to war?
- Can violent wars only be solved with violence? How?
            Does there have to be a winner and a loser of a war?
- Can both win?
- Can both lose?
            What happens to the civilians who are involved in wars?
            What wars are going on around the world?
- What do you think about them
            What wars exist / existed in your life? How did they affect you?
  You and war
            Would you die for your country?
            Would you fight for another country other than your own?
            Would you be a conscientious objector?
            Which job would you have in the forces? Army / navy / air / medic

  Terrorism
            Are the following a problem in Korea? What do you think about them? Do you worry about them?
- Bombing
- Plane Hijacking when abroad
- North Korea
     * Kidnapping
     * Invasion
     * Nuclear war
  Conflict - Domestic
            Political unrest:
- Coup d'etat
- Governmental corruption
            Cowboy builders
- Department store collapse
- Fire in subway
- Electrocuted by pylons
            Civil unrest
- Riots
- Looting
- Martial law / curfews
            Homelessness
- Catch-22
- Shanty towns / cardboard cities
- Begging
- Busking
- Poverty
            Inflation / recession / unemployment / economy
            Company downsizing

            Ageing population
- Who takes care of the elderly when they are no longer able to care for themselves?
            Road safety / drink
- driving (SEE "THINGS THAT MAKE YOU ANGRY")
            Crime (SEE CRIME HANDOUT)
            Gun control (SEE CRIME HANDOUT)
            Graffiti
- What is graffiti? Where do you see it? i.e. walls, trains
- What messages do you see? i.e. political, love messages, funny, personal, poetic?
- Does the government punish those who write graffiti? Should it (is it a valid art / expression?)
- Should the government reserve places for those who want to write graffiti?
- If you were allowed to write something, what would you say?
            Drug trafficking / Drug problems (SEE DRUG HANDOUT)
            Education system
            Teaching of creationism / evolution
            Affordable child-care
            Affordable housing
            Alcohol abuse
            Marital issues: abuse / Divorce rates / single mothers / abortion
            Sexism
- Problem in Korea?
- Ever experienced / done it?
- Are there any anti-sexism laws?
- Know of any sexual harassment law suits?

            Racism
- Do you think that minorities should be given job priority because of their race? Why/why not?
- Do you have any views on inter-race marriage are they discriminated against?
- Have you ever experienced racism abroad? How did it feel? Did it change your behavior to others? (become more tolerant after having seen what it's like?
- What are some things people can do to eliminate discrimination and prejudice?
            Homosexuality / same sex marriages
            Suicide rate
- Is it growing?
- Negative stigma?
- Required (Hari Kari)?
            Corporal Punishment
- Do you agree that teachers should use corporal punishment as a means of discipline?
- Do you think it's acceptable for parents to use corporal punishment as a means of discipline? Why/why not? Death Penalty
- Should be allowed? Why / Why not?
- Does it work?
- Is it legal / moral?

            Fertility Treatment
- Do you think in vitro fertilization should be available to parents so they can choose the sex of their child?
- Are "designer babies" going to be a reality?
- Is designing a baby 'wrong'? would you choose to do this? Why?
- What about cloning? Should it be banned?
            Stem cell research
- Should it be banned?
- Would you change your mind if you got sick?
            Noise pollution
- A problem in Korea?
- What types of noise pollution do you hate the most?
- Are there any laws against it?
THE FUTURE:
            What's the future of the Internet?
            Will people ever live in space?
- When? Which country will do it first?
- Will there be wars in space?
- Will there be new 'countries' in space (mars becomes more than a colony etc)
- Will aliens be discovered?
            Will we lose our privacy to a Big Brother style government?
- Does it matter if the government watches/records everything you do?
- Does government have a right to watch you? What about watching criminals? (Who's a criminal though? US Patriot act makes everyone a suspect including people who disagree with the government).
            What happens when oil runs out?
            Will there be a 3rd world war / nuclear war? When? With whom?
            Will global warming destroy the planet? (SEE ENVIRONMENT)
            Will they find the cure to ageing? Or incurable diseases. Will this cause more trouble (gap between those who can afford treatment and those who cant)?

            Will cyber technology ever work? (Cyborgs) Would you like/dislike a computer attachment?
            Will "The Matrix" ever exist?
            What's gonna be the next big invention?
            What 3 pieces of recently developed technology will have the greatest effect on our lives in the next 20 years?
            What are the 3 most important changes that will have occurred on the earth by 2050?
            What 3 jobs will people NOT be doing in 50 years time?
            Do people learn from history?
            What will you be doing a year from now / 5 years from now?
- living in same city?
- Same job?
- Same partner?
            What are 3 things you WILL have accomplished in next 5 years? What WONT you have accomplished?