Talk about goals and dreams: 90 questions prompts for English language learners!

Stimulate discussion in English with these prompt cards designed to elicit answers to common questions about personal goals and dreams, both business and personal. With this set of 90 conversation prompts, help your students encounter, notice, and practise language patterns commonly used to form and answer questions about their future in English.

Questions are grouped together by topic and in similar language forms. These questions allow students to experience and respond to natural English questions and answer in a way that is relevant to them.

The questions are colour-coded and divided into the following sections:

Wants and Hopes:

Do you want to have…
Do you want to own….
Would you like to learn…
Would you like to visit…
Would you like to be…
Would you like to make…
What do you want to do before…
What do you want to do after…
What do you hope to achieve in …

Predictions:
Where do you see yourself in…
Do you see yourself…
Will you be…
Will you ever…
Would you ever…
What will you be… in ….

Career goals:
e.g. What industry do you want to work in?
Do you plan to pursue further education?

These cards are designed for intermediate level students and above, and are suitable for mature learners from mid-to-late teens to adult learners.

These cards ensure your students learn naturally, increasing their fluency, accuracy, vocabulary, and confidence in discussing their ambitions and predictions in English. They also encourage students to identify and learn common English patterns in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives.

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Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!