Emotional scene from Looking for Alaska

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A2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for beginners

About this clip

A 1:00 video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 150 words per minute, rated 2.4/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
  • Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.

Vocabulary frequency

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

90.9%
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

83.6%
Top 1,000
90.9%
Top 2,000
98.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

98.1%
Top 1,000
98.1%
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.

elastic
Rare / outside top 5,000
able to stretch and return

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

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