Viewpoint Clash: The Decision Game
A B2 speaking board game where teens navigate real-world dilemmas, defend opinions, and negotiate decisions using complex language structures. Players land on spaces requiring them to argue viewpoints, explain choices, and convince others—all anchored to authentic teenage situations involving getting things done, having work completed, and delegating tasks.
A free Board Game for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Viewpoints, making decisions, different opinions.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner whether they have had their homework done by a friend before and why they did or did not choose that option.
- Your team must agree on whether parents should get somebody to do household chores for them or do it themselves. Explain your reasoning.
- Describe a situation where you needed to have something repaired or fixed. What happened and would you do it differently?
- Act out trying to convince your parent that you should get someone to help you with a difficult task instead of doing it alone.
- Ask your partner what chores need doing in their house right now and which ones they find most frustrating.
- Explain why some teenagers prefer to have their friends do favors for them rather than ask their parents for help.
- You have 60 seconds to convince your team that getting professional help for a task is worth the money. Give at least two reasons.
- Discuss with your group: should teenagers have somebody do their laundry or learn to do it themselves? What are the pros and cons?
- Compare two different ways you could get a task completed: doing it yourself or asking someone else. Which is better and why?
- Stand up and mime asking someone to do something for you without speaking. Your partner guesses what task and who you asked.
- Ask your partner about a time when they had to get something done urgently. How did they solve the problem?
- Explain what would happen if nobody got household tasks done for a week. Describe the consequences in detail.
- Your team must agree: is it better to have work done by professionals or to learn how to do things yourself? Defend your choice.
- You have 30 seconds to present an argument for why teenagers should not rely on others to do their tasks for them.
- Act out a conversation where you try to get somebody to help you with something they do not want to do. Show how you convince them.
- Describe a decision you regret because you either did something yourself when you should have asked for help, or vice versa.
- Discuss with your group: if you could get somebody to do any task for you without cost, what would it be and why?
- Ask your partner whether they think it is selfish to ask others to do things for you. Discuss their viewpoint.
- Explain how you would convince a friend to help you with a project they do not seem interested in.
- You have 60 seconds to present your opinion: should schools require students to do all their own work, or is asking for help acceptable?
- Show with your hands and body language how you would react if someone refused to do something you asked them to do.
- Compare what needs doing at home versus what needs doing at school. Which responsibilities should you handle alone?
- Your team must agree on the top three tasks teenagers should never ask someone else to do for them. Explain each choice.
- Ask your partner: if you could have one task done for you every week for a year, what would change about your life?