Reading and mediation: B2 source analysis and synthesis

What this page trains

Use it when you can identify the main ideas but not yet organize them into a response with a visible stance.

At B2, synthesis is not just summary plus longer wording. It is structured selection.

Core patterns and contrasts

A workable synthesis path is: identify viewpoint, compare tension, choose what matters, then build your own line.

Bias and framing matter because they influence which evidence you should trust, quote, soften, or challenge.

Practice routine

• Track viewpoint, evidence, and implied position.
• Compare what two sources share and where they diverge.
• Write one synthesis sentence before drafting the full answer.

How to use this page

How to use this page: open it alongside one real B2 lesson or mock source. The point is to sort actual material, not to memorize a theory of synthesis in the abstract.

Return when your response still sounds like two disconnected summaries instead of one organized answer.

After reading the page, return to one live text and mark the exact clue, connector, or detail that the page helped you notice more clearly. That second pass is where reading and listening strategy becomes visible.

Rewrite the text result in two or three lines for another learner. If you can relay the point more clearly after using the page, the strategy has started to become active and not merely understood.

Keep a small note on which detail type still escapes you most often: timing, stance, evidence, implication, or consequence. That makes the next review block much more precise.

Use the page again just before a checkpoint or mock so the strategy is tested under pressure and not only in relaxed reading.

Use reading and mediation: b2 source analysis and synthesis with one real task the same day and note exactly which sentence, connector, or decision changed after the second draft. That traceable change is what turns a resource into a working study tool.

Before closing the page, write one short checkpoint for yourself about tone, structure, evidence, or correction, then test that checkpoint in the next lesson or mock instead of leaving it as passive advice.

• Useful for source handling, mediation, and writing.
• Supports B2 and C1 preparation.
• Strong before source-heavy mocks.