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DELF B2 argument defence: match evidence to the exact challenge

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Match French argument-defence replies to precise cost, fairness, feasibility and evidence objections. Use full exchanges rather than merely related facts.

In short

Identify what the objection asks you to establish. A cost challenge needs a funding answer; a fairness challenge needs an access answer; a feasibility challenge needs an implementation answer. A true fact can still fail to answer the question.

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Four coloured panels have circular, square, triangular and hexagonal openings, with matching shaped pieces below.
Distinct shapes illustrate different challenges that need a fitting reply. Illustration: Atelier

You defend a three-month evening-opening trial. The audience raises five different concerns. A reply about popularity cannot by itself answer who will staff the reception desk. The matching task keeps each concern tied to the evidence or arrangement that addresses it.

Match the challenge to the reply that answers it

Tap one on the left, then its partner on the right.

Correct an overstatement before defending the recommendation

The evidence objection identifies an unsupported universal claim. The useful reply corrects it to a respondent count. That correction need not destroy the trial proposal; it can change the reason for it. A bounded trial may be justified as a way to learn about use rather than as implementation of a unanimous demand.

Vous soulevez une question de personnel. La fréquentation attendue ne suffit pas à y répondre ; voici l’organisation proposée.

You raise a staffing question. Expected attendance is not enough to answer it; here is the proposed organisation.

Question 1No account needed
Which reply addresses staffing feasibility?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Two agents will follow a defined rota. A named staffing arrangement directly answers who will operate the service.

Question 2No account needed
Which response addresses the evidence scope?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Correct all users to the actual respondent group. The objection concerns support for a population claim, so the reply must repair that claim’s scope.

Question 3No account needed
Can a relevant true fact still miss an objection?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Yes. A fact about demand can be true while leaving cost or staffing unanswered.

For your own defence, use a short bridge: sur le coût…, quant à l’accès…, pour la mise en œuvre…. Then give the matching answer and return to your proposal. This makes the exchange responsive rather than a memorised speech repeated over every question.

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