ESL Speaking Wheel: Spin a Topic to Talk About

ESL speaking wheel with 16 easy topics, from your morning to your dream trip. Spin one and speak for a minute, for English classes at any level or at home.

Pair work
Speaking tests
Online classes

On this wheel

Your morning
Your family
Your favorite food
Your home town
A place you’d love to visit
Your best friend
A hobby you enjoy
The weather today
Your dream job
A good movie or book
Your weekend
A holiday you love

Why use an esl speaking wheel

Sixteen everyday topics are on the wheel, simple enough for early learners and open enough for strong ones. Spin one, give a moment to think, then let students speak for a minute in pairs or to the class.

Get pairs talking
One student spins and speaks for a minute, and the partner asks a question at the end.
Practice for a speaking test
A random topic gets learners used to speaking without having prepared the words.
Open an online lesson
Teachers can share the screen and spin a warm-up topic as students join.

This wheel wears the Wheel-ementary theme: crayons on a chalkboard, push pins and a gold-star arrow. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the esl speaking wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own speaking topic picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 16 entries on the esl speaking wheel

Your morning
Your family
Your favorite food
Your home town
A place you’d love to visit
Your best friend
A hobby you enjoy
The weather today
Your dream job
A good movie or book
Your weekend
A holiday you love
Your favorite season
Something you learned
What you do after class
An animal you like

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Frequently Asked Questions

What level is this for?

Any. Early learners can say two or three sentences, and strong students can speak for a minute or more.

Can I add topics from my course book?

Yes. Click “Create your own speaking topic picker” and type your own.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own speaking topic picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.