IELTS Academic Writing Task 2 –
Common Essay Topics with Subtopics
- Art
- censorship of art and artists
- creativity
- art at school
- the benefits of art for individuals and society
- funding
- Business & Money
- small vs large business
- international business
- family run business
- management and leadership
- success in business
- business and technology
- skills vs knowledge for business
- materialism and consumerism
- Communication & Personality
- technology and communication
- family and communication
- face to face vs long distance communication
- types of communication
- the development of character and personality
- innate or developed personalities
- female / male characters
- Crime & Punishment
- prisons vs rehabilitation
- capital punishment vs other types of punishment
- criminals – what makes a criminal
- major vs minor crime
- crime and technology
- teenagers and crime
- role of policemen
- men and women in law enforcement
- Economics
- cash vs credit cards
- saving vs spending
- globalisation and economy
- world economic issues
- economic progress and success
- Education
- children and education
- relevant subjects
- education and technology
- role of teachers
- discipline and rules in school
- single-sex schools
- uniforms
- funding
- educational aid to poorer countries
- Environment
- animals
- protection of endangered species
- zoos
- environmental problems
- saving the environment & solving problems
- government vs individual roles
- Family & Children
- family roles
- family size
- the generation gap
- discipline
- role models
- family and education
- Food
- health diets
- education of diet
- traditional vs modern diets
- fast food
- children and diet
- Health
- prevention vs cure
- funding
- health and education
- poor countries and rich countries
- health aid
- dealing with global epidemics
- hospitals and treatment
- obesity
- exercise and health
- Language
- having only one language in the world
- methods of language learning
- travel and language
- the disappearance of languages
- language and culture
- Media & Advertising
- censorship, control and freedom of speech
- advertising methods
- children and advertising
- media and technology
- news & reporting
- Other Common Essay Topics
- Space Exploration
- Water and Oceans
- Change or Moving vs Stability and Constancy
- Reading
- paper books vs ebooks
- children and reading
- books in education
- libraries
- reading and leisure
- Technology
- controlling the internet
- socialising online
- children and technology (safety)
- the change in society
- letter vs email
- storing data
- safety of personal information
- hacking
- Transport
- development of infrastructure
- comparing forms of transport
- problems with modern forms of transport
- environmental issues
- Travel
- culture and travel
- understanding people and travel
- living in a global world
- Society
- overpopulation
- poverty
- homeless people
- crime on the streets
- modern life styles
- budget spending
- public services
- Sport
- professionals vs amateurs
- salary
- equipment
- sport and learning
- sport as a school subject
- men vs women in sport
- types of sport
- Work
- shift work
- women in work
- types of jobs (blue collar / white collar)
- children and exploitation
- part time work
- work and technology
- employment
- salary
- equality
Good luck!
