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
- 21 Kung Fu Mantis Vs Jumping Spider 28 segments Start 28 segments
- 22 Creme Caramel Recipe 116 segments Start 116 segments
- 23 Walking around the world with a dog 51 segments Start 51 segments
- 24 Baby Chick Jumps Off Cliff 22 segments Start 22 segments
- 25 From a dream to reality 55 segments Start 55 segments
- 26 How Instant Ramen Became an Overnight Success 23 segments Start 23 segments
- 27 Tiger Grieves Her Dead Mate 17 segments Start 17 segments
- 28 Shark Tank 34 segments Start 34 segments
- 29 Hungry Venus flytraps 18 segments Start 18 segments
- 30 Did you know that ice can sing? 27 segments Start 27 segments
- 31 The Farmer Boy Who Invented Ford 283 segments Start 283 segments
- 32 The 'I love you' massage 37 segments Start 37 segments
- 33 The Poor Farmer Who Created Walmart 213 segments Start 213 segments
- 34 What is a black hole? 111 segments Start 111 segments
- 35 The Orphan Boy Who Created Rolex 254 segments Start 254 segments
- 36 A journey to the Ocean Depths 166 segments Start 166 segments
- 37 How This Pen Changed The World 126 segments Start 126 segments
- 38 A Great Journey Inside Your Brain 140 segments Start 140 segments
- 39 Rare Facts About Sleep 162 segments Start 162 segments
- 40 The Simpsons 31 segments Start 31 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.