100 Topics for Practicing Public Speaking

for students and fresher in public speaking

Here is a list of 100 topics for practicing public speaking for freshers- Practice as much as you can. Go one by one and do not rush to be a powerful speaker in one day. You can become a millionaire in one day but you cannot be a good speaker in one day

Do not use a PowerPoint presentation because it is a separate training

Phase I -
Speak on the following topics for 2 minutes each- Keep upgrading it making it more informative. All the topics are related to you and your life so no need to draft a copy of the speech or memorize it.
(Do not speak before a mirror or camera in your early phase of learning but before someone, even if one or two of your friends or family members)

1. Introducing Myself ( don’t read like a CV of a job seeker, but tell about your personality, your passions, dreams and habits)

2. This is my Beloved Dad

3. Cherishing my Mom’s affection

4. Let me show you my personal Library

5. Five qualities I am blessed with

6. I want to be a ______ because

7. Five best things I cannot forget about my school

8. A few ways- How I can be helpful to you

9. Do you know these things about my personality?

10. What do I do at home on a holiday?

11. Know my family

12. Let me describe my house

13. This is my country

14. Introducing my school

15. My three biggest regrets of my life

Phase II-

Topics with reasoning content - ( content must have the answer to why) Reasoning content makes you a smart thinker and a sharp analyzer. Again no drafted speech is required

1. Which type of people do I like to be with? ( why do you like to be with them)

2. Meet my best friend ( why is he your best friend)

3. A place I like to tour

4. My city is well known for

5. I love this city _____ because

6. Why I am not happy with the present education system

7. Three reasons why I like/ dislike using mobile

8. Why is he/ she my best teacher?

9. Why should we love our parents very much

10. Why is ________ my hero of life

11. Why do I love my countrymen?

12. I do not like to watch _______ (News, sports, serials, ads) on TV because …..

13. What can I do to help my parents?

14. My favorite tips to improve studies

15. A few lovely words about my National leader

Phase III) - Get upgraded- Talk about bigger topics- read newspapers, gather views and information and speak on them. These are debatable topics, you can speak from either angle. Remember, mugging up is not allowed.

1. Are women safe in our country?

2. Modern sports are becoming more aggressive

3. Media is spoiling our eating and spending habits

4. A review of big news I read today

5. Are advertising making products more expensive?

6. Is Monarchy better than democracy?

7. The UN has failed to stop wars

8. A brief report on sports in my country

9. A word profile of an International figure

10. Movie stars are bad examples to follow

11. Beauty contests should be banned

12. Education should be free in third-world countries

13. Pollution is a tickling bomb, out to destroy mankind

14. Video games are more violent than violent movies

15. I love to read this book again and again

Phase IV)
Narrating stories- Begin short, grow long. It’s time to go back to school days when we narrated stories. If the title confuses you go to YouTube and check out the stories. They are all over the internet.

1. Tell us the story of the hare and the tortoise

2. Explain Jack and Jill in story format

3. A Thirsty Crow

4. A greedy dog

5. The ant and the grasshopper

Phase V
Little bigger stories -

1. I will always remember that Incident….

2. A story in a Newspaper that pierced into my heart

3. There was a fire in my neighborhood, then ………

4. Snow White and Seven Dwarfs

5. Cinderella

6. Aladdin and his magic lamp

7. Ali Baba and Forty Thieves

8. A cherished experience in train/ cab/ plane

9. In a short dream I saw

10. I recall a story told by my mother

Phase VI -
Role play - Speak like an authority and experienced professional in the following role- Check out YouTube if you want to how such people express their emotions

1. An angry cop interrogating a suspect of robbing

2. An orphan sharing how he misses his parents

3. An excited teacher in the classroom announcing the date of the annual sports

4. A donation appeal for a local hospital

5. A salesman explaining a Product ( any product of your choice)

6. The speech of a President or Head of your country on the topic - What My country should accomplish in the next five years

7. A student pleading with the class teacher to forgive his mischief

8. An affectionate parent advising his/her kid on the importance of good manners

9. A doctor talks to his hospital staff about the importance of personal hygiene

10. A new teacher introducing herself/ himself to the class

11. A teacher painfully announcing the death of a class student to her students in class

12. A model persuading you to buy a cola/ biscuits/ leather bag on a TV ad

13. A king proclaiming few orders in his court

14. A friend instructing his friend why smoking is bad for health

15. A student is delivering a speech to the audience of his school teachers, principal and trustees on the topic - My suggestions for better schooling

Phase VII-
Poetry reciting - it helps improve your tone and clarity ( catch the poems from the internet) - Enact the characters and break them into pieces- try modulation and give a tune. It is best to memorize the short ones and read aloud all of them with different modes and tones.

1. Ba Ba black sheep

2. Little Jack Honor sat in a corner

3. Hickory dickory dock

4. There was a naughty boy

5. Old Mac Donald had a farm

6. I am a little Teapot

7. The Crocodile - Lewis Carol

8. At the Zoo- By William Thackeray

9. Mary had a little lamb

10. Daffodils by William Wordsworth

11. Twinkle twinkle little star

12. If

13. Wee Willie Winkie

14. The Road Not Taken- by Robert Frost

15. The Hill we climb

Phase VIII-
Content building - From the topics below do research on each of them and draft small talks of 5 to 7 minutes each - Choose only an authentic website, newspapers and quote well-known authority only.
Compile information + add your views at the end + call for the action

1. Crimes in school - Are our students getting more violent?

2. Is obscenity spreading fast in our society?

3. The dangers of drink and driving

4. Working women’s problems

5. Who spoils children? Three biggest culprits

6. Three top careers of today

7. Why do we need more psychologists now

8. Is family life getting disintegrating?

9. The Big business of valentine’s day

10. New trends in medical specialty