English Vocabulary – B2 Upper-Intermediate Level

Vantage
- Build confidence and control when speaking, writing, listening, and reading in English.
- Function in English-speaking workplaces, schools, and colleges.
- Produce complex sentences and sound natural in normal conversations.
- Memorize at least 4000 words.
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Welcome to basic English fluency! At B2 English level, you have built confidence and control when speaking, writing, listening and reading in English. This English level is good enough to function in English-speaking workplaces, schools, and colleges, and you can now produce complex sentences and sound natural in normal conversations. Sure, your English has its own flavor or accent, and you’re certainly not quite ready to deliver a speech on Kantian philosophy. However, you now have the language skills to live in an English-speaking country comfortably, and work in an English-speaking office.
When you reach B2, you should have a working vocabulary of about 4000 words. It takes approximately 500-600 hours with the language to pass the B2 Cambridge examination.
Learning a new language is a long process of acquiring knowledge and sharpening skills. Just diligently study and practice without too concentrating on the exams as the score or grade is merely the evident outcome of the ceaseless progress. Just focus on how to learn so that you can use the language fluently and confidently. So, let’s begin learning whatever you like below and persevering with them.
APPS
Come to the intermediate level, you need to gradually create your personal vocabulary lists to enhance your words, by using the following apps, and you can download the app from your CH Play or App store.
Quizlet
Quizlet is a web-based application developed to help students study information through interactive tools and games.
Anki
Anki utilizes spaced repetition, an evidence-based learning technique that optimizes memory retention and recall.
Notion
This is an indispensable app for generating individual vocabulary lists with various categories by topics and just searching the words to use them easily.
Websites
1. Learn vocabulary
2. Do vocabulary exercises
4000 Essential English Words – Volume 4
The 30 lessons (compiled according to each story going from easy to difficult) provide pre-analyzed vocabulary with pronunciation, sound, explanations, sentence examples, and multiple choice questions to test word memory. After learning vocabulary is a Reading part with reading-comprehension questions. It is highly convenient to learn all four skills.