Looking for a Table Topics app?
Learn to Speak Easy is a Table Topics practice app for iPhone, Android and the web. It gives you a random question, a timer with green, amber and red lights, and feedback on your pace, filler words and time used. One question a day is free, with no card.
What you get
Each round gives you a question you haven’t seen before. You can take up to a minute to think, or start straight away as you would at a club. Then you answer out loud against the lights: on a two-minute answer, green shows at 1:00, amber at 1:30 and red at 2:00, just as a timekeeper would show them.
When you stop, you can play your answer back and read your feedback: your pace in words a minute, your filler words, how much of the time you used, and one thing to try next time.
There are over 2,000 prompts, sorted by theme and by four levels from easy to expert, with new ones every week. Let the app choose one, or pick a theme such as Humorous, Professional or Quick-Fire.
Pro adds unlimited prompts and full coaching on every answer: your structure, what worked and what to work on next. Every new account gets its first week of Pro free, with no card needed.
This is for Table Topics the speaking exercise, as practised at speaking clubs. It isn’t connected to TableTopics, the conversation-starter cards and dinner-table app. Learn to Speak Easy is independent and isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Toastmasters International.
Ways to practise Table Topics, compared
What each option gives you today. We make Learn to Speak Easy, so we’ve kept this to facts you can check.
| Feature | Learn to Speak Easy, free | Learn to Speak Easy Pro | A speaking club |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | £6.99 a month | Club fees vary |
| Answer out loud | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Questions | One a day | Unlimited | When you’re called on |
| Timer with lights | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Play your answer back | Yes | Yes | If someone records it |
| Pace and filler words | Yes | Yes | If someone counts them |
| Coaching on structure | No | Yes | Depends on the club |
| A live audience | No | No | Yes |
| Available any time | Yes | Yes | On meeting nights |
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Other options that work in a browser: the Table Topics Generator at randomtopics.app has 296 topics, a timer and two free attempts at feedback, and TableTopics Trainer from SpeakChamp gives you a topic and a clock for contest practice. Our own Table Topics Generator is free too, with no sign-up.
Try a question now
One question a day with feedback is free for as long as you like, with no card.
FAQs
Is this the same as the TableTopics conversation cards?
No. TableTopics, one word, is a brand of conversation-starter cards with its own app, for dinner tables and parties. Table Topics, two words, is the impromptu speaking part of a speaking club meeting, and that’s what we help you practise. We aren’t connected to the card brand.
Can I practise Table Topics for free?
Yes. One prompt a day with feedback is free for as long as you like, with no card. The Table Topics Generator is free too and needs no sign-up, though it doesn’t record you or give feedback.
Do I need to join a club to practise?
No. You can practise the same format on your own with the Table Topics Generator, out loud, as often as you like. A club adds a live audience and feedback from people.
How long should a Table Topics answer be?
One to two minutes. Green shows at one minute, amber at a minute and a half, and red at two minutes. Aim to finish between green and red. Shorter settings here scale the lights to match.
Is Learn to Speak Easy part of Toastmasters?
No. Learn to Speak Easy is independent and isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Toastmasters International. Table Topics is their name for this part of a meeting.
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