Beyond for Switzerland A2+ Unit 2: Communicative Activities

Beyond for Switzerland A2+ Unit 2. Through speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary, and grammar tasks, learners practice the present simple and present continuous, ask and answer questions, and talk about personal experiences. Each activity encourages interaction and helps students apply Unit 2 language in familiar, real‑world contexts.

• Asking classmates about household chores and how long they take, then writing and reporting findings
• Playing a speaking game to practice asking and answering questions in the present continuous
• Miming and guessing chores to reinforce household vocabulary
• Reading an additional, more challenging text about a teen’s home and comparing it with the unit text
• Completing a gap‑fill dialogue to practice choosing between present simple and present continuous
• Playing a telephone game to highlight communication challenges and practice speaking and listening
• Solving a crossword puzzle to practice vocabulary related to culture shock