B2 listening practice with YouTube videos
178 YouTube videos, from How It's Made factory clips to history and science explainers, split into short segments for dictation. Levels B1 to C2.
Level
- Category
- YouTube Videos
- Level
- B2 Upper-Intermediate
- Lessons
- 52
- Segments
- 4,255
- Levels in category
- B1–C2
Browse 52 Lessons
52 videos
- 1 The Tragedy of Good Luck 79 segments Start 79 segments
- 2 Food Wishes 107 segments Start 107 segments
- 3 Why Do Tumbleweeds Tumble? 35 segments Start 35 segments
- 4 Best Things About Being Blind 37 segments Start 37 segments
- 5 Why did the Mexican Jumping Bean jump? 41 segments Start 41 segments
- 6 Why Does Your Cat's Tongue Feel Like Sandpaper 34 segments Start 34 segments
- 7 How Does the Mussel Grow its Beard? 36 segments Start 36 segments
- 8 A Secret Trick To Instantly Make a Baby Stop Crying 31 segments Start 31 segments
- 9 These Hairworms Eat a Cricket Alive and Control Its Mind 48 segments Start 48 segments
- 10 "State Fair" Lemonade 92 segments Start 92 segments
- 11 This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies 43 segments Start 43 segments
- 12 Grizzly Bears Catching Salmon 17 segments Start 17 segments
- 13 6 top crops to grow at home 178 segments Start 178 segments
- 14 Grape Farms in America 48 segments Start 48 segments
- 15 Garlic Shrimp Recipe 83 segments Start 83 segments
- 16 One Year Ago I Built an Ecosystem, This Happened 129 segments Start 129 segments
- 17 How to tap Birch Sap 50 segments Start 50 segments
- 18 The Ladybug Love-In 28 segments Start 28 segments
- 19 Wolf Pack Hunts A Hare 26 segments Start 26 segments
- 20 How a Poor Japanese Boy Created Honda 298 segments Start 298 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.