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B2
Upper Intermediate
~4,000 words · ~500 hours
You can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in your field of specialisation. You can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.
What you can do
- ✓Follow extended speech and complex arguments on familiar topics
- ✓Read articles and reports on contemporary issues and understand the writer's stance
- ✓Present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects
- ✓Engage in discussion, supporting and challenging viewpoints
- ✓Write clear, detailed texts such as essays, reports, and formal letters
- ✓Understand most TV news, current affairs programmes, and films in standard dialect
Grammar Topics
Konjunktiv I for indirect speech (reported speech)Advanced passive constructions and alternatives to passiveExtended participial attributes (erweiterte Partizipialattribute)Nominal style and complex noun phrasesDouble infinitive constructionsAdvanced connectors and discourse markers (trotzdem, dennoch, allerdings)