C1 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
- C1 Advanced
- Lessons
- 64
- Segments
- 6,697
- Levels in category
- B1–C2
Browse 64 Lessons
64 videos
- 1 The Egg 125 segments Start 125 segments
- 2 Natural wonders of the world 231 segments Start 231 segments
- 3 How It's Made: Canned Meat 44 segments Start 44 segments
- 4 How It's Made: Orange Juice 56 segments Start 56 segments
- 5 Hitler - Part 1 109 segments Start 109 segments
- 6 Hitler - Part 2 140 segments Start 140 segments
- 7 Man-made wonders of the world 318 segments Start 318 segments
- 8 How It's Made 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 9 [Newsthink] Leonardo da Vinci 110 segments Start 110 segments
- 10 How Mosquitoes Suck Your Blood 36 segments Start 36 segments
- 11 How It's Made 61 segments Start 61 segments
- 12 [Newsthink] The Tragic Story of Nikola Tesla 173 segments Start 173 segments
- 13 How It's Made: Lipstick 55 segments Start 55 segments
- 14 [Newsthink] How the Genius of Marie Curie Killed Her 170 segments Start 170 segments
- 15 How It's Made: Oolong Tea 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 16 [Newsthink] The Secret Side of Sir Isaac Newton 135 segments Start 135 segments
- 17 How It's Made: Wax Figures 68 segments Start 68 segments
- 18 The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History 290 segments Start 290 segments
- 19 Polar Bear vs Walrus 20 segments Start 20 segments
- 20 Why Boredom is Good For You 80 segments Start 80 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.