Global Journeys: Learn Through Travel
A B2-level speaking board game where teens discuss travel as a learning tool, exchange perspectives on cultural experiences, and practise extended speaking for FCE Part 4 exam preparation. Players move around a 24-space board, responding to prompts that require reasoning, comparison, and nuanced discussion.
A free Board Game for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Travel as learning .
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner what destination they would choose to learn a new skill and why that place would be ideal for learning.
- Describe a cultural misunderstanding you have heard about and explain how travel might have prevented it.
- Your team must agree on the single most important thing teenagers learn from travelling abroad.
- Act out trying to order food in a restaurant where you do not speak the language — your partner guesses the situation.
- Compare learning history in a classroom with learning it by visiting historical sites in person.
- You have 60 seconds to convince the class that budget travel teaches more than luxury travel.
- Ask your partner whether they think virtual travel experiences can replace real travel for learning purposes.
- Stand up and mime arriving at an airport, going through customs, and collecting your luggage — your team guesses each stage.
- Explain which subject you studied in school would have been more interesting if learned during a relevant trip.
- Discuss with your group whether young people should travel before university or after, and defend your position.
- What language skill do you think improves fastest when living in a foreign country, and how does daily life help?
- You have 30 seconds to present the most valuable lesson you could learn by spending a month in a developing country.
- Ask your partner whether they would rather travel to one country deeply or visit many countries briefly, and why.
- Describe how travelling with friends differs from travelling alone in terms of what you learn and experience.
- Your team must agree: is travel or reading books more effective for understanding different cultures?
- Show with your hands and body how you would react if you got lost in an unfamiliar city — your partner describes your emotion.
- Explain what environmental or social responsibility a traveller should have when visiting another country.
- What skills do you think are most important for someone planning to travel independently in a foreign country?
- You have 45 seconds to convince your partner that learning abroad is worth the cost and effort.
- Ask your partner how they think travel changes a person's perspective on their own country and culture.
- Discuss with your group whether schools should make travel a compulsory part of the curriculum.
- Compare the advantages and disadvantages of travelling during peak season versus travelling during quieter months.
- Act out a conversation between a tourist and a local who is explaining a tradition — your partner joins in.
- Explain how a single travel experience has changed your thinking about something you previously believed.