Talk about sustainability: 100 conversation prompts with key vocabulary

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to sustainability.

With this set of 100 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions in English, all while discussing a vital issue for today’s world.

Sets of questions are colour-coded and grouped to demonstrate common language patterns and collocations.

Key vocabulary:

Recycle
Reduce
Reuse
Reusable
Disposable
Sustainable
Non-sustainable
Sustainable sources
Sustainable goods
Sustainably
Live sustainably
Sustainability
Protect
Threats
Renewable energy
Renewable sources
Non-renewable energy
Hunger
Poverty
Climate change
Inequality

Example questions:

How can we reduce water usage?
What are the biggest threats to forests and jungles?
What are the advantages of renewable energy?

These cards are designed for intermediate levels and above, but are suitable for pre-intermediate learners with selection as appropriate and pre-study of the topic of sustainability. They are especially good for advanced learners, affording the chance to tackle a complex, nuanced topic in their second language.

They are appropriate for all ages of learners from early teens onwards, regardless of if they are currently at school or graduated some time ago. They are also appropriate for adult learners.

These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing the fluency, accuracy, and vocabulary while discussing their own experiences, preferences, and feelings about sustainability and the world we live in.

These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common English patterns in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives.

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Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!