Future Plans for A2 Older Teens

A2 speaking questions about future plans for teens 16-18. Simple conversations about hopes, dreams, and next steps for beginner teen speakers.

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What job do you want to do after you finish school?
job (n)interested (adj)money from work (n)enjoy (v)challenging (adj)help (v)making things (adj)skill (n)
Question 2
Do you want to live in the same city or move to a different place?
stay (v)move (v)chance (n)fun trip (n)family (n)familiar (adj)excited (adj)look around (v)
Question 3
What is one thing you want to learn in the next five years?
skill (n)language (n)get better (v)interested (adj)difficult (adj)practice (v)talent (n)useful (adj)
Question 4
Do you think you will go to university or college?
degree (n)study (v)subject (n)education (n)expensive (adj)decide (v)important (adj)work (v)
Question 5
What do you hope your life will look like when you are 25?
successful (adj)happy (adj)job (n)friendship (n)achieve (v)dream (n)stable (adj)alone (adj)
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Future Plans for A2 Older Teens

Sixteen-to-eighteen-year-olds are standing at the edge of major life decisions, which makes the future one of the most personally relevant topics available for A2 speaking practice. These 50 questions ask older teens to talk about their plans after school, what job they would like, where they want to live, and what they dream about for the future, all in language accessible to beginners.

Vocabulary connects to the decisions teens are actually facing: words like 'university', 'job', 'travel', 'study', 'dream', and 'plan' combine with essential structures like 'I want to...', 'I am going to...', 'I hope to...', and 'after school, I will...' that let A2 speakers express genuine intentions.

Why Future Talk Matters for Older A2 Teens

These students may not have fluent English yet, but they have real hopes and concrete decisions ahead. Giving them language to express those hopes in English is both practically useful and emotionally meaningful. An A2 teen who can say 'I want to study engineering in Germany' is doing more than practising grammar; they are rehearsing for their actual future.

Starting Future Conversations at A2

Begin with immediate plans before moving to bigger dreams. Questions about next weekend come before questions about life goals. YapYapGo sequences prompts to build confidence gradually within each session.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions include options for hypothetical and playful responses like 'What would be your dream job?' alongside concrete planning questions. Students who are unsure about their future can still participate comfortably.
Future plans naturally elicit 'going to', 'want to', 'will', and 'hope to', which are core A2 structures. The topic provides authentic reasons to use these forms.
Yes. The questions overlap naturally with careers exploration, making them useful for cross-curricular work between English and guidance departments.