Fluency under pressure: guided B2 practice

What this module changes

This module focuses on Fluency under pressure. You begin by learning to completes 4/3/2 on an abstract prompt; interleaves one old topic. The final lesson asks you to passes a 10-item course-spanning quiz; self-places against the B2 grid without copying the original model.

Level: B2. There are 6 connected lessons. Complete them in order if the topic is new, or use the list to locate one specific gap.

The lesson map

What useful practice looks like

• 4/3/2 on hard mode: abstract topics: Completes 4/3/2 on an abstract prompt; interleaves one old topic.
• Record, transcribe, correct: be your own teacher: Transcribes own 2-minute recording, marks and corrects errors, re-records.
• Stress changes meaning: Shifts nuclear stress across one sentence and states each meaning change.

Use true information where possible. A sentence about your own routine, work or plans is easier to remember than a sentence copied from a model.

A practical study routine

1. Read the lesson objective before the explanation.
2. Say the model aloud once, then change at least two details.
3. Complete the check without opening the answer first.
4. Record or write the mission on your own device.
5. At the checkpoint, name one error you corrected and one skill that still needs practice.

How the lessons work together

Fluency under pressure is a sequence, not a folder of unrelated pages. 4/3/2 on hard mode: abstract topics establishes the first usable move. Later lessons add control, choice and time pressure. Exit checkpoint: are you at B2? asks you to combine the module without copying an answer.

• 4/3/2 on hard mode: abstract topics: Completes 4/3/2 on an abstract prompt; interleaves one old topic
• Record, transcribe, correct: be your own teacher: Transcribes own 2-minute recording, marks and corrects errors, re-records
• Stress changes meaning: Shifts nuclear stress across one sentence and states each meaning change
• The fossil clinic: errors that survive to B2: Names own top five persistent errors from transcripts and applies the repairs

Keep one piece of evidence from the first lesson and improve the same piece at the checkpoint. That comparison shows more than a quiz score because it records what changed in your own language.

Transfer the skill to a new situation

After the checkpoint, change the audience or purpose. A speaking answer can become a short written message. A formal response can be rewritten for a teammate. A story can be shortened for a meeting update. Keep the main meaning while changing the delivery.

When a result is weak, return to the lesson whose outcome describes the missing skill. Do not restart the full course unless several earlier foundations are missing.

Start or continue the module

Your progress is saved on this device only.

1. 14/3/2 on hard mode: abstract topics19 min, Not complete
2. 2Record, transcribe, correct: be your own teacher20 min, Not complete
3. 3Stress changes meaning18 min, Not complete
4. 4The fossil clinic: errors that survive to B219 min, Not complete
5. 5The gauntlet: five timed speaking tasks20 min, Not complete
6. 6Exit checkpoint: are you at B2?18 min, Not complete

How to know you are ready to continue

Do not judge readiness by reading speed. You are ready when you can complete the checkpoint task with a clear message, understandable language and no copied answer. A small number of errors is normal at B2; errors should not hide your meaning.

If the checkpoint is difficult, repeat the lesson whose outcome matches the problem. That is faster than restarting the whole module.