Katie Couric Shares Tips For Good Interviews
B2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 5:08 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 198 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Interviews - Long-form conversations and Q&As.
- ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
- ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
90.8%
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
85.2%
Top 1,000
90.8%
Top 2,000
97.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
91.3%
Top 1,000
95.9%
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 B2 level.
bobcat
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
wild feline species
calibrate
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
adjust for accuracy
elicit
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
draw out a response
empathetic
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
showing understanding of feelings
loaded for bear
1×
prepared and ready for confrontation
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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