Palki Sharma: Telling India's Story Through Journalism
B2 English listening practice · Indian English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 8:34 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 204 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
92.5%
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
84.6%
Top 1,000
92.5%
Top 2,000
97.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
91.4%
Top 1,000
95.7%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B2 level.
wion
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
World Is One News
colonized
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
taken over by another country
nagasaki
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Nagasaki
contaminate
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
make something dirty or unsafe
devastate
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cause severe destruction
grand storytelling competition
1×
competition to tell persuasive stories
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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