Level B1-B2

B1 is the level of an independent user: you read clear texts on familiar topics and understand the main points. B2 goes further: you read articles and reports on a wide range of subjects, follow complex arguments and notice the writer’s point of view. What separates the two is mostly vocabulary: a B2 reader knows several thousand word families and many fixed phrases.

The articles here read like good magazine features. Sentences average around nineteen words, there are more abstract nouns, phrasal verbs and idioms, and a text often builds an argument across several sections: how a bilingual brain works, how LEGO nearly went bankrupt, what artificial intelligence really does.

At this level, progress comes mainly from volume. Read regularly, one article every day or two, and don’t translate every unknown word: try to guess it from context first and look it up only when the sentence makes no sense without it. When B1–B2 articles start to feel easy, try B2–C1.