Global Adventures — Travel, Shop, Connect, Learn
A B2 conversation board game for young learners across five themes: travelling, shopping, friendship, home & school duties, and food & nutrition. 30 cells of extended-answer prompts — pair-talk, group discussion, opinion debate, comparison, and personal narrative. No action tasks per teacher's instruction.
A free Board Game for Young learners at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Travelling; Shopping; Friendship; Home and School Duties; Food and Nutrition (Remix).
Speaking prompts on the board
- Tell the group one place in the world you've never been to but really want to visit — and what's the FIRST thing you'd do when you arrived?
- Describe what's in your perfect travel backpack for a 7-day trip. Be specific — name at least eight items and explain two.
- Ask your partner: What's the strangest food you've tried abroad or in your own country? Then they ask you.
- Group: Train, plane, car, or ship — which is the best way to travel and why? Defend your group's choice with three reasons.
- Tell the group: What do you spend too much money on? What do you wish you spent more on?
- Ask your partner: Do you prefer shopping in real shops or online? Give two specific reasons.
- Discuss with the group: Buying a thoughtful gift for a friend — is it about the price, the surprise, or how well you know them? Defend your view.
- Tell the group about a friend who is very different from you. What do you have in common despite the differences?
- Ask your partner: Do you keep in touch with friends mostly by phone, social media, or in person? Has this changed?
- Pair discussion: Is it better to have a few close friends or many casual ones? Each of you takes one side and defends it for one minute.
- Tell the group: What's the best meal you've ever cooked or helped to cook at home? Walk us through it from start to finish.
- Ask your partner: Do you eat differently when you're with family vs with friends? Why do you think that is?
- Group: Build a list of five healthy snacks teenagers actually like. Each person contributes one.
- Mini-presentation: Speak for 1 minute about your country's food culture. What's typical, what surprises foreigners, what would you serve a visitor?
- Tell the group: Which household chore did you used to hate as a child but don't mind now? Or which one is still the worst?
- Ask your partner: At your home, who decides who does what duties? Is it fair?
- Compare: home duties at YOUR house and home duties at a friend's house. Are they similar? Different? Why?
- Discuss with the group: Should learning practical life skills (cooking, basic repairs, money management) be part of regular school subjects? Why or why not?
- Tell the group: Describe a family meal that always brings everyone together. What makes it special — the food, the people, or the moment?
- Pair discussion: Have you ever pretended to like a gift you didn't like? Tell your partner what happened.
- Tell the group about a time you and a friend disagreed strongly. How did you resolve it — or didn't you? What did you learn?
- Ask your partner: If you could live in any other country for one year, which would you choose and what would you want to learn there?
- Group: List three things that are wasteful in most homes. Suggest one easy way to fix each.
- Tell the group: Do social media friendships count as 'real' friendships? Give your honest answer with one example.
- Compare: shopping in your country vs shopping in another country you've been to (or read about). What's different?
- Tell the group: What's the most memorable celebration meal you've had? Birthday, holiday, family event — describe it in detail.
- Pair discussion: Should boys and girls be expected to help equally with cooking and cleaning at home? Defend your view.
- Tell the group: What's something you bought because of an advert and were disappointed by? What did the advert promise vs what you got?
- Group: If your team had €100 to spend on something for ALL of you, what would you choose? Negotiate as a team and reach an agreement.
- Final reflection: From today's game, what's one new thing you learned about a classmate? Tell the group in 30 seconds.