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A2 English listening practice · Southern American English · Curated for beginners

About this clip

A 47s video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 203 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
  • ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?

80%
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

76%
Top 1,000
80%
Top 2,000
92.7%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

87.7%
Top 1,000
96.2%
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.

tablespoon
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
measurement of volume (tbsp)

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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