Grammar / B2 : Upper Intermediate / Reading comprehension
Reading comprehension
DELF method: argumentative texts. The author's point of view and implication.
La compréhension écrite
Complete Course · Level B2
What DELF B2 expects from you. Understand press articles and argumentative texts: the facts, but also the author's point of view, the tone, what is implied. You are no longer just asked to find information, but to understand an intention.
2. First reading: the intention
Who is writing, to say what, to whom? The title, the lead and the conclusion often give the author's position before the details of the text.
3. Tell facts from opinions
Opinion verbs (to consider, to deplore, to welcome), the conditional of caution and irony signal a judgement, not a fact. Many B2 questions test exactly this difference.
4. True/false with justification demands precision
A statement can be partially true: it is false as soon as one single element does not match the text. Your justification sentence must prove the whole statement, not just a part of it.
5. Opposition connectors hold the key
But, yet, however, admittedly, although: they often announce the author's real position. In “admittedly X, but Y”, the author thinks Y.
6. Manage your time
About one hour for long texts. Read the questions first, locate the relevant passage, and only reread that passage closely.