The B2 Level-Up Plan
Eight weeks from strong B1 to solid B2.
B2 is where English starts paying rent: you can argue a point, follow fast speech, and work in the language. The jump from B1 is not more of the same, it is precision. Natural word combinations, linking words that hold an argument together, and grammar you can produce at speed, not just recognise. This plan is the guided part of that climb.
The honest math: moving up one CEFR level takes roughly 150 to 250 guided hours. This plan, at about an hour a day, five days a week, gives you around 40 of the most targeted hours there are. If you are at the top of B1, that is enough to cross. If you are mid-B1, treat this as your first block, finish it, retest, and run the next block. No shortcuts are sold here, just no wasted hours.
Week 1: Your B2 baseline
Diagnosis and the B2 map
- Retake the free level test and save your band scores
- B2 book, Chapters 1-2: how B2 sentences are built
- Student Library: Vocabulary B2 quiz, first pass, note every miss
Week 2: Collocations I
Words that travel together
- B2 book, Chapters 3-4
- Library game: Fill the Gap, Advanced tier
- Write 10 sentences a day using the week's collocations, out loud as well as on paper
Week 3: Linking an argument
Linking words and register
- B2 book, Chapters 5-6
- Library quiz: Linking Words set inside the Grammar quizzes
- Rewrite one B1-style paragraph twice: once neutral, once formal
Week 4: Checkpoint
The B2 Natural English Mastery Test
- Take the B2 Natural English Mastery Test ($5) under time, no dictionary
- Score it with the explained key and list your three weakest areas
- Library game: Error Trap, Advanced tier, twice
Week 5: Grammar at speed
Passives, reporting, conditionals
- B2 book, Chapters 7-8
- Library quiz: Grammar B2, Passives and Reporting
- Library game: Question Builder, Advanced tier
Week 6: Sound like the level
Pronunciation and listening pressure
- Pronunciation Guide in the Library: stress and intonation drills, 10 minutes a day
- Library game: 5-Sounds Challenge and Homophone Duel
- Shadow one short news clip a day: listen, pause, repeat in the same rhythm
Week 7: Produce, do not just practise
Writing and speaking output
- B2 book, Chapters 9-10
- Write one opinion essay a week: state a view, give pros and cons, conclude
- Speak for two minutes a day on the week's topic and record yourself
Week 8: Prove it
Retest and the next door
- Retake the free level test and compare band scores with Week 1
- Retake your Week 4 test errors only
- If B2 is solid, your next door is the C1 Level-Up Plan
The kit for this plan
Everything below is used inside the eight weeks, including the Week 4 checkpoint, the B2 Natural English Mastery Test. The practice itself lives free in the Student Library.
B2 Natural English Mastery Test
Collocations, linking words and register · 40 questions with an explained answer key · 10 pages