DELF B2 : réussir le compréhension écrite: 36 textes types (nouveau format) (French Edition) Paperback – March 9, 2023

I got my results today and I passed, with a 24/25 in written comprehension. My strongest scores were in oral and written comprehension, and I really credit this book and the oral comprehension book by the same author for how well I did. If you are studying for the DELF b2, use these books!

If you are taking the DELF B2 exam, I highly recommend buying this book, as well as the Comprehension Orale, to help you prepare. I just took the exam and felt that this book helped me succeed, and I am glad I purchased it.A lot of this is a copy of my review for the Comprehension Orale; I worked with both and tandem and HIGHLY recommend doing it that way.The book is divided into 12 chapter that you will see in the exam (eg Art, History, School, Gender Equality, Technology, etc). Each chapter has three articles that are EXACTLY how they are given in the exam, so you will be well-prepared with the format.Each chapter has a 15-20-minute video in which Abdou presents some key vocabulary to go along with the Comprehension Orale portion; at this level, you will already know most of the words, but I watched them all as a refresher and I enjoyed Abdou's presentation. It was easy to use the exercises because the audio file includes all the timings and rules of the exam.A nice touch is the graph that allows you to chart your progress. In my case, I was able to see which subjects I was weaker in and try to work on them, but more often was getting used to the questions and the strategies they use of changing tenses to try to throw you off.This is an excellent book to help you prepare for the DELF B2 exam. I would recommend you buy this a month or two ahead of the exam and then do a couple chapters a week; doing all of them in a short period of time will tire you and won't prepare you for the rhythm of the exam. Personally, I did the same chapters of the audio and written books back-to-back to help me replicate the timings and intensity of the exam.Final note: FrenchPill.com offers oral production video calls with Agathe in which you can prepare for the oral part of the exam. I did this very late, a day ahead of my exam, but I was able to add some important points to strengthen my argument and give a more formal presentation.Thanks, Abdou and Agathe!