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. 21 Roman Sculpture 64 segments
  2. 22 Van Gogh 50 segments
  3. 23 Impressionism 83 segments
  4. 24 Theater and Film 80 segments
  5. 25 Art Movement 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