The Future for B2 Older Teens
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The Future for B2 Older Teens
B2 older teens are poised between school and the wider world, making them uniquely receptive to questions about what comes next. These 50 questions push upper-intermediate sixteen-to-eighteen-year-olds to discuss how technology might reshape careers, whether their generation will live differently from their parents, what role education should play in preparing for an uncertain future, and how they balance practical ambition with personal values.
The vocabulary reflects this forward-looking sophistication: words like 'automation', 'career path', 'disruption', 'globalisation', 'sustainability', and 'aspiration' combine with argument structures like 'the main challenge facing... is...', 'it is likely that...', and 'this raises the question of whether...' that scaffold the speculative, analytical discourse B2 assessments reward.
Speculation and Analysis at B2
The transition from B1 to B2 is the shift from describing personal plans to analysing broader trends and their implications. When a teen discusses whether university is still worth the investment, they are weighing evidence, considering counterarguments, and producing the kind of balanced analysis that marks genuine upper-intermediate competence.
Running Speculative Discussions With Teens
Alternate between personal and societal questions within each session. A question about individual career plans followed by one about automation's impact on employment creates productive tension between the personal and the systemic. YapYapGo's question sequencing creates these thematic connections naturally.