What it is: Conditions to move from B1 to B2. What it’s for: Confirm you can handle faster speech and more complex texts. Example: You can discuss a topic and support your opinion with examples.

• Speak 3 minutes on a familiar topic with clear structure (opinion + reasons + example).
• Understand 60–70% of normal-speed videos/podcasts on familiar topics without transcript.
• Read articles and infer meaning of some new words from context.
• Write a short opinion paragraph (120–180 words) with coherence and cohesion.
• Use present perfect/past simple correctly most of the time.

• *infer* /ɪnˈfɜː/: suy luận
• *coherence* /kəʊˈhɪərəns/: tính mạch lạc
• *cohesion* /kəʊˈhiːʒən/: tính liên kết
• *support* /səˈpɔːt/: hỗ trợ/đưa dẫn chứng