Engineering Daily: The Vocational Quest
A 24-cell speaking board game where engineering vocational students navigate daily routines, technical vocabulary, and workplace communication through authentic speaking tasks. Players discuss computer skills, engineering concepts, daily schedules, and industry-specific scenarios while advancing toward the finish line.
A free Board Game for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Daily expressions, daily routine, computer, enginee major of vocational school.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner what time they usually wake up and what they do first in the morning.
- Describe your typical morning routine from waking up until arriving at school or work.
- Act out checking and responding to emails at your computer — your partner guesses what you are doing.
- Ask your partner which software programs they use most often and why they prefer them.
- Your team must agree on the three most important computer skills for an engineering technician.
- Explain what you do during a typical lunch break and why that routine is important to you.
- Stand up and mime operating heavy machinery or tools in an engineering workshop — your team guesses.
- Ask your partner about a technical problem they solved recently and how they approached it.
- You have 60 seconds to convince your classmates why computer literacy is essential for engineers today.
- Compare your daily schedule on a school day versus a weekend — what changes and why?
- Discuss with your group: what safety procedures should engineers follow when using computers and equipment?
- Act out troubleshooting a computer problem with a colleague — use gestures and expressions to communicate.
- Describe a typical workday for an engineering technician, including breaks, meetings, and main tasks.
- Ask your partner what they find most challenging about learning engineering software and how they overcome it.
- You have 30 seconds to explain how you organize your files and folders on a computer.
- Your team must decide: which is more important for engineers — hands-on skills or computer skills? Justify your choice.
- Stand up and show with your hands how you would explain a technical concept to someone unfamiliar with engineering.
- Ask your partner about their evening routine and whether they continue to study or work on engineering projects at home.
- Explain how you would communicate a deadline delay to your supervisor and what you would say.
- Act out presenting a project report to your engineering team — use professional language and confident body language.
- You have 60 seconds to describe the most interesting engineering project you have learned about and why it fascinates you.
- Compare working in a team versus working independently on engineering tasks — which do you prefer and why?
- Discuss with your group: what daily habits help engineers stay productive, healthy, and focused at work?
- Ask your partner what their career goals are and how their current daily routine supports those long-term ambitions.