Money and Society for B2 Older Teens
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Money and Society for B2 Older Teens
B2 older teens are developing the critical awareness to examine money not just as something they spend but as a system that shapes their world. These 50 questions challenge upper-intermediate sixteen-to-eighteen-year-olds to discuss whether advertising manipulates spending habits, how financial literacy could change their generation's relationship with debt, whether the gig economy offers freedom or exploitation, and what success means beyond financial measures.
The vocabulary reflects this growing analytical capability: words like 'consumer', 'financial literacy', 'inequality', 'advertising', 'investment', and 'materialism' combine with argument structures like 'it could be argued that...', 'the main issue with... is...', and 'this is significant because...' that scaffold the structured, evaluative discourse B2 assessments require.
Critical Financial Awareness at B2
Older teens at B2 inhabit a consumer landscape shaped by influencer marketing, buy-now-pay-later schemes, and gig economy opportunities. Questions that examine these realities feel urgently relevant rather than academically distant. When a seventeen-year-old analyses whether subscription models exploit young consumers, they are doing sophisticated analytical work with language that matters to their daily life.
Structuring B2 Money Debates
Alternate between YapYapGo's topic discussion and debate modes for money themes. A proposition like 'Schools should teach financial literacy as a core subject' generates structured argumentation, while open discussion allows broader exploration of financial values and priorities.