La scuola di Barbiana e la lettera che sfidò il sistema
B1 Italian listening practice · Neapolitan Italian · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:39 video in Italian at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 165 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
- ▸Books & Reading - Books, literature, and reading culture.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 Italian listening practice listening practice?
91.2%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Italian words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Italian.
General Italian frequency
86.6%
Top 1,000
91.2%
Top 2,000
95.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken Italian frequency
95.1%
Top 1,000
98.5%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Italian 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 B1 level.
barbiana
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
village in Tuscany, Italy
svogliati
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sluggish; unmotivated
bocciati
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
failed (exam); rejected
elitario
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
misspelling of elitario (elitist)
lettera a una professoressa
1×
literally "a letter to a teacher", title of famous book
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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