Conversation Questions: Work and Career
Work and career is the speaking topic every adult learner cares about — current job, past roles, future ambitions, career frustrations, professional values. The questions in this worksheet move from current role (What do you do? What does a typical day look like?) into reflection (What’s been the most challenging moment of your career?) and forward-looking discussion (Where do you see yourself in five years? What would your dream job be?). Learners build extended-answer fluency on workplace topics.
This worksheet builds B1–B2 speaking fluency through work and career discussion.
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What’s inside:
- 20 open conversation questions sequenced from easier to harder
- Pre-discussion vocabulary box with workplace and career terms
- Follow-up question patterns to extend professional conversations
- Speaking-frame phrases for describing, reflecting, and projecting
- Teacher Notes with pair-work setup and timing
Common challenges: Workplace-specific vocabulary at B1–B2 — role, responsibilities, projects, deadlines, deliverables, line manager. STAR-method structure for behavioural responses. Salary and earnings discussion: culturally sensitive — questions allow indirect answers.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study with a partner. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) and B2 First (FCE) Speaking. Part of the Conversation Questions collection — the natural next step is Conversation Questions: Money and Success.
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