Global Journeys: A Travel & Life Speaking Game
Teens navigate a 24-space board by completing authentic speaking tasks anchored to travel, holidays, food, time, home, and school. Tasks range from pair interviews and team negotiations to mime and mini-presentations, requiring B2-level language production across tenses, conditionals, and abstract reasoning.
A free Board Game for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Travel, Holidays, Food, Time, Home, School.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner what they would do if they had one month to travel anywhere and why that destination appeals to them.
- Describe a meal from your culture that you think visitors should try and explain what makes it special.
- Act out your typical school morning routine without speaking; your partner guesses what you are doing.
- Your team must agree on the best time of year to visit your country and present one reason to the class.
- Ask your partner about a holiday tradition in their family and whether they would like to change anything about it.
- Explain how your daily schedule would change if you lived in a different country's time zone.
- Stand up and mime preparing your favourite food; your team guesses what you are making.
- Compare your ideal home with your current home, explaining at least two differences you would make.
- Discuss with your group: what is the most important subject in school and why do you believe this?
- You have 60 seconds to convince the class why they should visit a place you have travelled to or researched.
- Ask your partner what they would study if they could choose any subject without worrying about job prospects.
- Describe the layout of your home and explain where you spend most of your time and why.
- Act out ordering food at a restaurant in a way that shows you have dietary requirements; others guess your needs.
- Your team has 30 seconds to agree: which holiday is most important and why does your culture celebrate it?
- Explain what you would do differently in school if you were a teacher for one day.
- Ask your partner about a time they felt stressed with schoolwork and how they managed it.
- You have 30 seconds to present your ideal daily routine if you had no school or work commitments.
- Stand up and show with your hands how you would describe the size and shape of your bedroom to someone who has never seen it.
- Compare what you eat for breakfast in your home country with what you think people eat elsewhere.
- Discuss with your group: if you could add one new subject to the school curriculum, what would it be and why?
- Ask your partner what time of day they are most productive and what they usually do during that time.
- Explain how your life would be different if you had grown up in a different country.
- Act out a traveller arriving at your home for the first time; show them around using gestures and expressions.
- Describe a school memory that changed your perspective and explain why it was meaningful to you.