Talking About Photojournalism At TEDxTokyo
A2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 16s video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 178 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?
86%
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
83.7%
Top 1,000
86%
Top 2,000
97.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
94.9%
Top 1,000
100%
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.
byer
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
not a standard English word; possibly a name or typo
photojournalism
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
photography that documents news events
architects
1×
Top 5,000
people who design buildings and structures
diversity
1×
Top 5,000
the state of being varied or diverse
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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