IELTS Essay Topics for 2021
- Art and the Arts
- importance of the arts for society
- supporting the arts – government funding
- theatre and live events
- freedom of speech and freedom of expression
- children learning art
- museums and galleries – importance
- Business and Consumerism
- local business vs international businesses
- supporting local businesses – buying local produce
- business skills – important skills / learning skills
- family run businesses
- buying goods or saving money
- the power of advertising in business
- shopping online
- businesses supporting local communities
- Communication
- how online communication has changed our lives
- are people becoming more isolated because of only meeting online
- face to face or online communication
- pros and cons of meeting people online
- has the internet brought people closer or not
- Crime & Punishment
- how to stop criminals re-offending
- fixed punishment for one crime or not
- children – should parents be punished for their children’s crime
- prison or rehabilitation
- Culture
- foreign cultures – learning through language, learning by travel, adapting to another culture
- music – importance of music, international music
- fashion – following trends and spending money
- films – should historical films be accurate, learning about culture from films, foreign films, subtitles
- how online media has changed local cultures
- Environment
- global warming
- solving pollution – internationally or domestically
- major problems and solutions
- importance of nature for our well being
- responsibility for problems – government or individual
- urban nature
- protecting wild species / endangered species – funding, reasons,
- why people don’t change their life styles to help environmental problems
- air / noise pollution in cities
- Education
- putting children into groups based on age or ability
- importance of children reading books (types of books)
- science or art / sciences or music
- how children learn
- schools providing meals for children
- making lessons more interesting
- importance of science / history / technology in schools
- disadvantages for children from poorer backgrounds
- how to improve education in rural areas
- what age to learn a foreign language
- exams or on-going assessment / project work
- university education – costs, funding, courses
- home schooling / studying from home
- online education
- extra curricular activities
- Family
- single parent families
- importance of family for old people
- roles of grandparents
- supporting vulnerable members of the family: elderly, sick
- peer pressure for children
- children growing up in city or countryside
- children with both parents working
- Food
- childhood obesity – reasons, solutions
- healthy diet
- vegetarianism
- junk food – problems, solutions
- snacking
- Health
- funding – prevention or cure
- taking care of sick people – government or family
- funding – health care or other society problems
- good health – exercise or diet
- free health care for everyone
- cosmetic surgery – reasons, value
- mental health – stress, positive mindset, meditation
- Housing
- lack of housing – building in cities or rural areas
- using space in cities for housing or parks
- funding affordable housing or other problems in society
- living in flats – pros and cons
- Leisure & Free Time
- importance of hobbies / free time
- leisure time – importance, activities,
- spending time with family and friends
- People
- leadership – innate or learned
- talent – innate or learned
- ambition – pros and cons
- important character traits
- famous world leaders – skills and traits
- Society
- family, society or government – taking care of the elderly
- the generation gap
- city living – positive or negative
- people moving to cities – reasons, problems, solution
- spending money on weddings – pros and cons
- respecting older people
- traditions – food, clothing, festivals
- protecting old buildings
- isolation among people in society
- supporting vulnerable people in society – government or community
- roles models in society for children
- ideal society
- online media stars
- reality TV stars
- importance of charities and charity work
- importance of green spaces and urban environment
- Space
- exploration – funding, importance
- communicating with other planets
- space travel for common people
- Sport
- international sporting event – importance
- business sponsoring sporting events – pros and cons
- exercising and health
- children and sport – importance, who is responsible
- indoor sports
- Technology
- smart phones – pros and cons, functions, limitations
- the internet – pros and cons
- online security (also for children)
- the future of the internet
- e-books – pros and cons, libraries
- children spending too much time online
- Tourism & Travel
- plane travel vs train travel
- cars in city centres – pros and cons
- using bicycles rather than cars
- walking – pros and cons
- pros and cons of tourism for rural communities
- tourism and economy
- Work
- working mothers
- doing volunteer work / charity work
- work / life balance
- working long hours – pros and cons
- experience or education or skills
- four day working week
- importance of promotion, salary, job satisfaction
- working online – pros and cons
- earning large salaries – films stars, sports people doctors etc
- World Issues
- richer countries should help poorer countries
- types of international aid
- increasing number of old people
- gap between rich and poor countries
- violence on TV
- tackling world issues domestically or internationally
- news online – reliability of news, sources of news, fake news
- globalisation
- work
- people becoming similar
- loss of culture (protecting traditions)
- loss of local language (protecting language)
- one language
