Beyond for Switzerland A2+ Unit 1: Communicative Activities

These communicative activities give students opportunities to use English meaningfully while focusing on everyday life, basic grammar, and language awareness. They are self‑created activities designed to support and extend the work done in Beyond for Switzerland A2+ Unit 1. Through writing, speaking, reading, listening, and organization tasks, learners practice the present simple, adverbs of frequency, articles, capitalization rules, word classes, and strategies for understanding new texts. Each activity encourages interaction and helps students apply Unit 1 language in familiar, classroom‑based contexts.

• Practicing ten key rules of capitalization through structured writing exercises
• Completing a daily‑life survey using the present simple and adverbs of frequency, followed by writing and reporting
• Using an organization sheet to introduce homophones as a lead‑in to the raspberry pi listening task
• Revising definite and indefinite articles through tic‑tac‑toe and a guided grammar support sheet
• Completing an additional reading test focused on word classes and understanding meaning from context
• Learning and revising the eight word classes using flashcards with definitions and examples