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Room 1 of 8

Complex Articles & Reports

Read long German feature articles and institutional reports: find the thesis, follow one argument across the whole text, and work out unknown words from their parts.

3 lessons + Knowledge Stamp
Room 2 of 8

Argument Structure & Author Position

Find the author's own position inside an argumentative text, take the argument apart move by move, and build one of your own.

3 lessons + Knowledge Stamp
Room 3 of 8

Implicit Meaning & Register

Hear what German writers mean but never say — particles, understatement, irony — then repair a text that stands on the wrong rung of the register ladder.

3 lessons + Knowledge Stamp
Room 4 of 8

Workplace & Public Information Texts

Circulars, posted notices, tenant information and official decisions — and the complaints, requests and proposals you write back.

3 lessons + Knowledge Stamp
Room 5 of 8

Digital & Media Texts

Recognise the German text types you meet online, read past the framing to what a report actually claims, and write the email that matches your reader's register.

3 lessons + Knowledge Stamp
Room 6 of 8

Comparative Sources, Reports & Summaries

Read two German sources on the same question side by side, combine several accounts into one accurate synthesis, and write it up as a Zusammenfassung or a Bericht.

3 lessons + Knowledge Stamp
Room 7 of 8

Critical Reading & Cohesive Writing

Read a persuasive German text against the grain, then write one whose paragraphs and connectors carry the argument.

3 lessons + Knowledge Stamp
Room 8 of 8

B2 Reading & Writing Mastery

The room where reading and writing become one task: read a source once, plan in five minutes, and finish inside the clock.

3 lessons + Knowledge Stamp

Zone Certificate

B2 Reading & Writing Mastery Certificate

Sixteen or more. You can read a B2 source under time, plan in five minutes and finish the text you planned.

CEFR B2 coverage in this zone

  • Complex articles and reports
  • Vocabulary inference from context
  • Argument structure and author position
  • Structured argumentation
  • Opinions with reasons and evidence
  • Implicit meaning and register
  • Register correction and editing
  • Workplace and public-information texts
  • Complaints, requests and proposals
  • Digital and media texts
  • Formal and semi-formal correspondence
  • Comparative source reading
  • Reports and summaries
  • Critical reading strategies
  • Cohesion, paragraphing and connectors
  • Timed integrated writing tasks
  • Integrated reading and writing mastery