Extemporaneous Speaking Topics

2018-2019 Extemp Topics (click to print)

Updated October 10, 2018

Competitors in Extemporaneous Speaking should research current events based on the following topics. Maine tournaments offer a consolidated Extemporaneous Speaking event. Prior to the start of round 1, each competitor will announce their topic preference (domestic or foreign). The topics they pull will be from that chosen area.

Topics introduced in December will be specified by student choice voting. Students will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite out of a list of topics.

	Domestic	Foreign
October and November:	U.S. politics Social policies Cyber security and regulation	Brexit and the E.U. Russia Middle East and Turkey
December add:	Economic and fiscal policies Student choice (decided by the end of October)	Africa Student choice (decided by the end of October)
January add:	Effects of U.S. foreign policy Education	Effects of U.S. foreign policy Trade agreements