Helping others and doing or giving to charity is a positive thing for all people. You can use these charity conversation questions to help get your students to discuss the subject.
The questions are suitable for intermediate-level learners with the most difficult terms being – donate, beggar, organization, volunteer, recover, natural disaster, collect, foreign aid, fundraising, food shelter, assistance, and busking.
The charity conversation questions are –
1 – Which charity organization do you admire the most and why?
2 – Have you ever donated to a charity? What was the charity for?
3 – Are there many beggars where you live? Do you ever give beggars money?
4 – Why do you think some people become homeless? What’s the best way to help them?
5 – If you had to give all your money to one charity, which charity would you choose?
6 – What kinds of charities are there in your home country?
7 – Are there any charity organizations that you don’t like or agree with? Why not?
8 – Would you ever try doing volunteer work? What kind of work would you like to do?
9 – Who helps people recover from natural disasters in your country?
10 – Sometimes people are paid to collect money for charity, what do you think of this?
11 – Which countries in the world do you think need the most foreign aid?
12 – When was the last time you heard of your country giving aid to another country?
13 – Are there any special days that you know of when people do charity work?
14 – Do you know of any charities that are just for animals? What things do they do?
15 – What is the largest amount of money you have ever given to a beggar or charity?
16 – Do you feel that rich people give enough to charity?
17 – Have you ever taken part in a fundraising event? What was it for?
18 – If you could start your own charity, what or who would you like to help?
19 – Are there any food shelters where you live? Have you ever been to a food shelter?
20 – Have you ever been to a charity shop? What things did you buy there?
21 – If you donated 100 dollars to feed people in Africa, how much would they receive?
22 – Does your government give assistance to unemployed people? Is it enough money?
23 – If you were homeless and unemployed, where would you go to sleep and eat?
24 – How do you feel about buskers? Do you think busking is a form of begging?
25 – Do you have any friends or family that have received any charity?
