Open Your Mind And Change The World
A2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 2:19 video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 104 words per minute, rated 1.9/5, easy listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
From TEDx Verona↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?
90%
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
85%
Top 1,000
90%
Top 2,000
96.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
94.6%
Top 1,000
97.3%
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.
tedx
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
local TED events
multiply
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
increase in number
vibrations
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
oscillations or waves
ours
1×
Top 5,000Common in speech
belonging to us
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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