C1 TOEFL listening practice

50 academic recordings in the TOEFL style: 36 lectures and 14 campus conversations, split into short lines you type and check.

Category
TOEFL Listening
Level
C1 Advanced
Lessons
25
Segments
1,675
Levels in category
B1–C2

Browse 25 Lessons

25 lessons

  1. 1 TOEFL Lecture 4 81 segments
  2. 2 TOEFL Lecture 5 67 segments
  3. 3 TOEFL Lecture 6 58 segments
  4. 4 TOEFL Lecture 7 65 segments
  5. 5 TOEFL Lecture 8 73 segments
  6. 6 TOEFL Lecture 9 72 segments
  7. 7 TOEFL Lecture 11 72 segments
  8. 8 TOEFL Lecture 13 83 segments
  9. 9 Notothenioids 74 segments
  10. 10 Antikythera Mechanism 54 segments
  11. 11 Archimedes Palimpsest 62 segments
  12. 12 Rosetta Stone 45 segments
  13. 13 Sauropods 60 segments
  14. 14 Father of American Anthropology 66 segments
  15. 15 Hexagonal House 69 segments
  16. 16 Epic theaters 55 segments
  17. 17 Modern Dance 58 segments
  18. 18 History of Violins 75 segments
  19. 19 Dada 71 segments
  20. 20 Action Film 69 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.

Learn more about CEFR levels