Monologue suivi: present and defend a viewpoint

The pronunciation track fixed the sounds. This is the other half of Production orale: discourse — the B2 monologue suivi, where you take a position on a question and defend it for a few minutes, alone, without notes. The DELF examiner is not counting your accent here; they are marking whether you present and defend a viewpoint with structure, connectors, range and control — exactly the five things this rung scores.

You record a monologue; the app recognises it and returns three things: the speech-to-text of what you said (so you can see exactly what the analysis is based on), a delivery signal (fluency, prosody) from the speech runtime, and a B2 rubric — a band on each of task, coherence, range, accuracy and register — from the oral coach. The copy sent for scoring is recognised, scored, then discarded server-side; nothing is stored — but you can play back and save your own recording locally, on your device, to hear how you sounded.

Shape it like the épreuve. A B2 monologue is not a list of opinions — it is an argument:

• Announce your position in one sentence. Selon moi... / Je suis convaincu(e) que...
• Two or three arguments, each with an example. Chain them: d'une part... d'autre part..., de plus, en revanche, c'est pourquoi.
• Concede and refute one objection — this is what pushes a monologue from B1 to B2. Certes... mais..., on pourrait objecter que..., pourtant...
• Conclude by restating the position, widened. En somme... / Il me semble donc que...

Pick one trigger, take thirty seconds to plan, then speak for a minute or two.

Trigger 1 — society. Le télétravail est-il un progrès pour la société ? Présentez et défendez votre point de vue.

Trigger 2 — culture. Faut-il rendre les musées entièrement gratuits ? Donnez votre avis et justifiez-le.

Trigger 3 — technology. Les réseaux sociaux rapprochent-ils vraiment les gens ? Défendez une position nuancée.

Can't record right now — no microphone, or offline? Use Can't record? on any prompt: type a short outline and the rubric still grades it, or rate yourself against the B2 points above. Either way the attempt counts toward your Production orale progress.