Future Discussions for B1 Early Teens
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Future Discussions for B1 Early Teens
At B1, thirteen-to-fifteen-year-olds can explain their future plans with reasons, compare options, and make predictions about their lives. These 50 questions ask early teens to discuss what they want to study and why, how their interests might shape their career, what challenges they expect to face, and how the world might change by the time they are adults.
Vocabulary bridges personal aspiration and broader thinking: words like 'career', 'ambition', 'opportunity', 'challenge', 'skill', and 'predict' sit alongside intermediate structures like 'I have chosen... because...', 'the biggest challenge will probably be...', and 'I think in ten years...' that help B1 speakers produce connected, forward-looking responses.
From Dreams to Reasoned Plans
The shift from A2 to B1 future talk is the shift from 'I want to be a doctor' to 'I want to be a doctor because I like helping people and science is my favourite subject.' These questions scaffold that transition by consistently asking not just what students plan but why, how, and what might change. Each 'why' produces more language.
Structuring B1 Future Conversations
Pair students with different future plans for the most productive conversations. A student planning to study art paired with one focused on engineering generates genuine curiosity and authentic questions. YapYapGo's random pairing creates these cross-interest encounters naturally.