CILS B2 study plan

Set up a fixed 15-minute daily listening slot using authentic Italian audio (news bulletins, short podcasts) and log every session

Transcribe two 90-second clips by hand, then compare against the audio a second time and mark every missed word

Complete a written diagnostic covering congiuntivo, periodo ipotetico, pronomi and concordanza dei tempi, and tabulate results by grammar area

Open a personal error log and record the first 20 recurring mistakes with a corrected version for each

Answer six comprehension questions after each of five B2-level news bulletins, without replaying more than once

Take structured notes (who / what / when / consequence) while listening to four 3-minute audio pieces

Locate the topic sentence and the author's stance in four opinion articles and underline them

Infer the meaning of 30 unknown words from context before checking a dictionary, and record the inference in writing

Complete three timed reading sets of 45 minutes and record accuracy per item type (detail, inference, opinion)

Separate fact from opinion in six argumentative texts by listing the claims and the evidence given for each

Drill pronomi combinati, relative clauses and tense agreement by rewriting 15 sentences from memory and then checking

Reduce average reading time per text while holding accuracy, and chart the two figures together

Sit a full timed mock of listening, reading and structures in one sitting under exam conditions

Classify every error from the mock into comprehension, vocabulary, or grammar causes

Re-attempt the ten most-missed items two days later and confirm the corrections hold

Rewrite the week-1 error log, removing resolved entries and adding any new ones

Dissect three model B2 texts to map their opening, development, connectors and closing moves

Write one formal email, one informal message and one short article of 180-220 words each

Apply a self-editing checklist covering connectors, register and verb agreement to all three texts

Submit the corrected drafts for feedback, or compare them against a published model and list five concrete differences

Write two texts under a hard 40-minute timer and stop exactly when time expires

Record three two-minute monologues on familiar topics and transcribe them to expose hesitation and errors

Build a bank of 15 connectors and discourse markers and insert at least eight into each new text

Identify and correct the five most frequent spoken errors found in the transcripts

Speak for two minutes on six different topics with only 30 seconds of preparation, recording each attempt

Shadow one minute of native audio daily for five days to work on rhythm and intonation

Hold two 15-minute spoken conversations or self-dialogues using a fixed set of discussion functions (agreeing, hedging, comparing)

Re-listen to the week-6 recordings and score fluency, range and accuracy on a three-point scale

Run two complete timed mock exams across all five domains on separate days

Score both mocks and compare the two results domain by domain

Re-record the weakest speaking task and the weakest written task after targeted review

Compile a final revision sheet of the ten errors most likely to recur on exam day