Upper-Intermediate (B2) English short stories
289 short stories read aloud, about 2 minutes each, from A1 to C1. Listen to one sentence at a time, type it and check every word.
Level
- Category
- Short Stories
- Level
- B2 Upper-Intermediate
- Lessons
- 82
- Segments
- 3,593
- Levels in category
- A1–C1
Browse 82 Lessons
82 lessons
- 1 Memories 25 segments Start 25 segments
- 2 Creative people 33 segments Start 33 segments
- 3 Personal computers 18 segments Start 18 segments
- 4 Corruption 44 segments Start 44 segments
- 5 William Shakespeare 44 segments Start 44 segments
- 6 Ice hockey 37 segments Start 37 segments
- 7 Chinese people in North America 41 segments Start 41 segments
- 8 The history of the English language 42 segments Start 42 segments
- 9 African slavery in the America 46 segments Start 46 segments
- 10 The history of trial by jury 41 segments Start 41 segments
- 11 Kings and Queens of England 50 segments Start 50 segments
- 12 Alcohol 42 segments Start 42 segments
- 13 Hawaii 48 segments Start 48 segments
- 14 Charles Darwin 42 segments Start 42 segments
- 15 Jazz 44 segments Start 44 segments
- 16 Australia - nature 43 segments Start 43 segments
- 17 Australia - people 50 segments Start 50 segments
- 18 The Earth revolves around the Sun 38 segments Start 38 segments
- 19 George Washington Carver 42 segments Start 42 segments
- 20 New York City 41 segments Start 41 segments
B2 Upper-Intermediate English Lessons
B2 lessons include lectures, talks and longer discussions at natural speed. The challenge moves from single words to following an argument while keeping up with the pace.
What You'll Learn
- Follow talks and discussions on concrete and abstract topics
- Keep up with natural speed and linked speech
- Catch the speaker's point of view and the reasons given
- Follow academic lectures like those in IELTS Part 4 and TOEFL
- Spell less common and topic-specific words
- Time Estimate
- About 500–600 hours of guided learning in total (Cambridge English estimate)
- Skills You'll Master
- Understand the main ideas of complex speech, including technical discussion in your field
- Next Level
- C1 lessons use longer, denser recordings such as TED-Ed and YouTube talks
What is B2 Level?
B2 is the upper-intermediate level of the CEFR. You can understand the main ideas of complex text, including technical discussion in your field, and talk with native speakers with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes conversation easy for both sides.