Contents

1 Contents_____1. Advertising Positives, negatives, opinions Page 52. Animal Rights Testing on animals, vegetarianism, zoos 63. Cities Urbanisation, negatives of city life, 8 pedestrian areas4. Crime Police and crime prevention, punishments/ 9 prisons, rehabilitation, capital punishment, community service, crime in the media5. Education Benefits, studying abroad, technology in 11 education, education in developing countries higher education, home-schooling, bad behaviour in schools, corporal punishment, single sex education, streaming (grouping children according to ability)6. Environment Global warming, impact of humans on 17 the environment, solutions to environment problems, waste/rubbish, litter, recycling, nuclear power7.

2 Family Family size, working parents: negative 20 effects on children, divorce, care for old people8. Gender (Males and Females) Gender and education, gender and work, 22 women s and men s role in the family9. Genetic Engineering Positives, negatives, genetically 23 modified foods10. Global Issues Problems in developing countries, how 24 to help developing countries, immigration, multi-cultural societies, globalisation11. Government and Society What governments can do, public services, 27 censorship, video cameras in public places, smart cards, disabilities12. Guns and Weapons Gun ownership and possession, police 29 and guns, arms trade, nuclear weapons, armed forcesIdeas for IELTS Topics Health Diet, exercise, governments role, state 31 health systems, private healthcare, alternative medicine, stress14.

3 Housing and Architecture State housing, old buildings, 34 modern/green buildings15. Language English as an international language: 35 positives and negatives16. Money Money and society, consumerism 3617. Personality Happiness, success, nature or nurture 3718. Sport and Leisure Professional/competitive sport, sport 38 salaries, sport and politics19. Television, Internet, Phones Positives, negatives, opinions, Internet 40 compared to newspapers and books20. Tourism Positives, negative effects on environment, 43 future of tourism21. Traditional vs. Modern Losing traditional skills, traditional customs 4422.

4 Transport Traffic problems, traffic solutions, public 45 transport, road safety23. Water Importance of clean water, water supply, 46 water and politics, water should be free, bottled water24. Work Same job for life, self-employment, 48 unemployment, unemployment benefits, work/life balance, technology and work, child labourIdeas for IELTS Topics Environment_____Global WarmingGases such as carbon dioxide trap heat from the causes global temperatures to process is known as the greenhouse activity is a major factor in the rise of the greenhouse and vehicles produce emissions and exhaust developing countries are becoming number of cars on our streets is air travel is allowing more people to of Global WarmingGlobal warming will have a significant impact on our temperatures will cause melting of the polar ice levels will can expect more extreme weather and droughts may become more of Humans on the EnvironmentThe

5 Increasing world population is putting pressure on natural fuels like oil and gas are running are destroying wildlife have cut down enormous areas of has led to the extinction of many species of animals and to Environment ProblemsGovernments could introduce laws to limit emissions from should invest in renewable energy from solar, wind or water could impose green taxes on drivers and airline campaigns should promote for IELTS Topics areas and wild animals should be should also try to be should take fewer flights abroad for should take public transport rather than should choose products with less should recycle as much as / RubbishThe amount of waste we produce has problem is a result of our consumer are not made to something breaks.

6 We throw it away and buy a new encourage us to buy the newest is an important part of foods are sold in non-biodegradable plastic amount of household waste is waste ends up in landfill do not think about the consequences of dropping assume that somebody is paid to clean the packaging does not break down of the litter seen on streets is fast food and Other SolutionsCompanies should make goods that last should not use so much should be stricter about waste produced by should put legal limits on should avoid buying over-packaged should recycle and reuse useful are collection banks for glass, paper and plastic for IELTS Topics can use several rubbish bins to separate saves energy and raw Power: PositivesThere are several benefits to building more nuclear power fuels like oil and gas are running power is a sustainable energy can be used to produce electricity without wasting natural could replace the use of natural resources like coal, oil or power stations are cleaner than fossil fuel power could help to reduce carbon emissions that cause global risks of accidents are being Power.

7 NegativesOpponents of nuclear power worry about the safety of power building of new nuclear power stations is wants to live near waste disposal is a significant is currently no way to decontaminate radioactive worry that terrorists could steal radioactive is safer to produce energy from solar, wind or water for IELTS Topics