The B2 course, anchored to the Cambridge B2 First exam. Ten units of Britain, Arguably — Maya, a newspaper columnist with opinions, and Josh, a data journalist with receipts, take one British institution per unit and argue about it until one of them gives way. 100 minutes of podcast audio, everything built from the same unit — and a separate 20-week exam track to the certificate.
The numbers are the route: e-book first, then ears before eyes — listen to the episode before the transcript tasks — and the game seals the unit.
Unit 2 “The Small Talk Machine”: the full interactive e-book — the reading, the Grammar Clinic on the continuous aspect, and the vocabulary bank. Units 1–2 live.
Open the e-book → 2The Argument: Maya's “national anaesthetic” column and the widower's letter. The Evidence: Dr Johnson, the Met Office, and 370 words of Shipping Forecast. Ears first! (Audio in production; the script is on the page.)
Listen → 3The full episode script, word for word — the small-talk words in amber, every continuous form in teal — with numbered tasks including BEING and ALWAYS transformations.
Do the tasks → 4One grey British day, nine conversations — the bus stop, the kettle, the train, the heatwave. Say it in the right aspect and keep the handshake alive.
Play →Little and often beats long and rare. Two tiny habits, right here: your words come back on the day your memory needs them, and your streak keeps you honest (one missed day is forgiven each week).
Spaced repetition — each word returns on the day your memory needs it.
Tap when you practise — listening, reading, playing: it all counts.
One unit, one institution, one argument settled (or not). Units open as they are authored.
Finish the review on the unit page first — then claim your star and print your certificate.
A separate extension for after the ten units: one part of the real B2 First exam per week, a mini-mock every fourth week, and a full-mock block in weeks 17–20.
🎓 B2 First Exam Track: the 20-week map, all four papers part by part, key word transformations weekly, and the score bands — including the stretch target: Grade A certifies at C1. Open the track →1 h 15 · 7 parts · 52 questions · 40% — the heavyweight paper.
1 h 20 · essay + one of four genres · 140–190 words each · 20%.
≈40 min · 4 parts · 30 questions · 20% · everything plays twice.
14 min per pair · 4 parts · 20% · long turn, collaboration, discussion.
Britain's arguments in objects — from ration books to the first stored-value tickets.
Colleges, quads and questions: where big ideas learned to speak English.
The university behind your exam — and the river that taught it to think.