Iva Roncevic

2025 Oral Presentation Topics

Oral presentations are one of those tasks that you either love or hate. I used to hate them when I was a student due to my anxiety around public speaking, but now it’s something that I love because I get to  express myself in a way that allows me to voice an opinion about a topic that I have a particular view about.

As a teacher, I’m met with many sighs when I tell my students that we’re moving onto oral presentations but other’s get very excited. Yes, there’s a way that you need to present your arguments and structure the speech coherently, but It’s a chance for you to be your authentic self and express your views on your own chosen issue that you are passionate about.

If you read one of my previous posts (The oral presentation – facing your fears) about the oral presentation, I have outlined how to structure your speech and ways to develop your arguments. This post however, is about what you could talk about because the other issue I have with students is that they tell me ‘I don’t know what to do.’ I always tell them to pick a topic that they’re passionate about, that they have a point of view on, something that interests them, but sometimes there’s that student that tells me that they’re not passionate about anything. Really?

For those of you who need inspiration for topics to argue for your oral presentations, I’ve put together this list to give you some ideas of recent issues ‘that have been debated in the media.’

This list isn’t just for Year 12’s, but it’s something that all year levels could use for this task.

This isn’t an extensive list, just some of the issues that I’ve collated when they’ve come up during the last 6 months. Remember that there are different perspectives to consider when composing your contention. Don’t be too vague with your arguments, be specific and consider solutions as to how the issue could be resolved.

Always check with your teacher when deciding on your topic and contention to ensure that you will have a clear point of view and ability to develop strong arguments. I’ll be adding to this list throughout the next term as they come up.

Issues for 2025

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