Journey Through Life: A Speaking Board Game
Adults advance around a 24-space board by answering authentic speaking prompts about family, education, friendships, and personal experiences. Prompts require full-sentence responses and genuine communication — asking partners questions, acting out scenarios, presenting ideas, and reaching team agreement. Chance cards add movement and micro-language tasks.
A free Board Game for Adults at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Family, education, friends, introducing yourself, school, university .
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner about their best friend and why that person is important to them.
- Describe your typical school day or work day from morning to evening.
- Act out your morning routine — your partner guesses what you are doing.
- What subject did you enjoy most in school and what made it interesting?
- Your team must agree: what is the most important skill to learn at university?
- Ask your partner how many languages they speak and where they learned them.
- Stand up and mime a hobby or sport — your team guesses what it is.
- Explain why you chose your current job or field of study.
- You have 60 seconds to convince your team that online learning is better than classroom learning.
- Compare your childhood with your life now — what has changed?
- Ask your partner about a time they made a new friend and how it happened.
- Describe a memorable family celebration or holiday tradition.
- Show with your hands how you felt on your first day of school or university.
- What advice would you give to someone starting university next year?
- Discuss with your group: which is more important — good friends or family?
- Have you ever failed an exam or made a big mistake at school? What happened?
- You have 30 seconds to present your dream job and why you want it.
- Act out meeting someone new at a party — your partner joins the conversation.
- How has technology changed the way you study or work compared to five years ago?
- Ask your partner what their parents do and whether they want the same career.
- Your team must agree on the top three qualities a good teacher should have.
- Explain how you stay in contact with friends and family who live far away.
- Stand up and mime introducing yourself to someone important — your team guesses the situation.
- What is the biggest challenge you faced in your education and how did you overcome it?