A Lagos boy chasing his football dream
A2 English listening practice · Nigerian English · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 2:41 video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 241 words per minute, rated 3.7/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
- ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
- ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
From African Tales by Kora↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?
92.6%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common English words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday English.
General English frequency
85.7%
Top 1,000
92.6%
Top 2,000
98.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
90%
Top 1,000
98%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-English data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.
mhm
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
yes (agreement sound)
sachet
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
small bag or packet
lagos
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Lagos
footballer
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
football player
hurry hurry
1×
acting too quickly can cause problems
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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