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
- 41 Cowboys 47 segments Start 47 segments
- 42 George W. Bush Jr. 45 segments Start 45 segments
- 43 Handel's Messiah 42 segments Start 42 segments
- 44 Ireland 42 segments Start 42 segments
- 45 Louisa May Alcott 55 segments Start 55 segments
- 46 Newspapers 47 segments Start 47 segments
- 47 Paul Kane Frontier Artist 59 segments Start 59 segments
- 48 Plains Indians 44 segments Start 44 segments
- 49 Telephone systems 42 segments Start 42 segments
- 50 The Niagara Parks Commission 43 segments Start 43 segments
- 51 The Welland Canal 44 segments Start 44 segments
- 52 Pocahontas and John Smith 52 segments Start 52 segments
- 53 Walmart Stores 40 segments Start 40 segments
- 54 Student newspapers 45 segments Start 45 segments
- 55 Canadian colleges and universities 40 segments Start 40 segments
- 56 Medical Missionary 63 segments Start 63 segments
- 57 Florence Nightingale 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 58 Harriet Tubman 50 segments Start 50 segments
- 59 Potato chips and corn chips 47 segments Start 47 segments
- 60 The Stratford Festival 43 segments Start 43 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.