South African student’s inspiring graduation achievement
B1 English listening practice · South African English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 50s video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 180 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
91.2%
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
88.2%
Top 1,000
91.2%
Top 2,000
96.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
89.5%
Top 1,000
96%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B1 level.
achiever
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
successful person
commendations
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
praise or awards
graduation
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
completion of education
hers
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
belonging to her
joyful
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
full of joy
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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