C1 listening practice with TED-Ed videos
TED-Ed animated videos on science, history, health and philosophy, about 5 minutes each. Watch a short segment, type what you hear and check every word.
Level
- Category
- TED-Ed
- Level
- C1 Advanced
- Lessons
- 70
- Segments
- 5,028
- Levels in category
- C1–C2
Browse 70 Lessons
70 lessons
- 61 The dark history of Graham crackers 56 segments Start 56 segments
- 62 How does money laundering work? 47 segments Start 47 segments
- 63 How to recognize a dystopia 63 segments Start 63 segments
- 64 Can the economy grow forever? 64 segments Start 64 segments
- 65 Should knowledge be free? 50 segments Start 50 segments
- 66 What causes an economic recession? 58 segments Start 58 segments
- 67 Is inequality inevitable? 78 segments Start 78 segments
- 68 Why are there two tides a day? 59 segments Start 59 segments
- 69 What causes insomnia? 68 segments Start 68 segments
- 70 [Talk] How language shapes the way we think 203 segments Start 203 segments
C1 Advanced English Lessons
C1 lessons are longer talks and videos with dense vocabulary, such as TED-Ed animations and YouTube explainers. Expect subject words from science, history and economics.
What You'll Learn
- Follow long talks even when their structure isn't stated
- Understand implied meaning and the speaker's attitude
- Catch subject vocabulary from science, history and economics
- Follow fast, natural speech with weak forms and dropped sounds
- Write down long segments accurately in one or two listens
- Time Estimate
- About 700–800 hours of guided learning in total (Cambridge English estimate)
- Skills You'll Master
- Understand long, demanding speech and recognise what is implied
- Next Level
- C2 lessons are the longest and most varied recordings on the site
What is C1 Level?
C1 is the advanced level of the CEFR. You can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognise implicit meaning, express yourself fluently without obvious searching for words, and use English flexibly for social, academic and professional purposes.