Talk about health and well-being: 60 conversation prompts with key vocabulary

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards designed to elicit discussion about all things related to health and well-being. With this set of 60 conversation prompts, help your students encounter and understand terms and phrases commonly used to talk about this topic in English, all while discussing choices and issues personal to themselves.

The questions in this set are grouped into the following categories:

Exercise and physical activity
Diet and nutrition
Mental health
Health habits & lifestyle choices
Health care
Environmental and societal factors

These categories are colour-coded, but of course you may find you own groups and subtopics!

Example target vocabulary:

Regular exercise
Social well-being
Dietary health
Caloric intake
Wellness
Mindfulness
… plus many more!

Example questions:

How does your community promote or prevent a healthy lifestyle?

What measures can cities take to improve air quality to ensure respiratory health?

How do sports contribute to both physical health and social well-being?

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. They are especially good for advanced learners, affording the chance to discuss a challenging topic in depth.

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 all forms of health.

These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common English patterns and collocations 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!