Here you’ll find some listening activities for C1 and C2 levels! The activities have been organised according to the topic.
The Natural World
Watching a video: Greenland is melting
Listening: How do you become a marine biologist?
Watching a video: The Panda who didn’t know she had twins
Food waste and what can we do about it
TED Talks Are we running out of clean water?
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest in flames
Brits first food waste and poo-powered bus
New Zealand volunteers in race to rescue hundreds of whales
The Panda Who Didn’t Know She Had Twins
Politics
C1-C2 The Other Story Behind Brexit
Science and technology
Astronomers discover seven earth-sized planets
Health, Sport and Diet
Interving nutricionist Yvonne Wake
Interview Donald Williamson on Sin Tax effectiveness
Work and jobs
3 Rules for a better work-life balance
Homes and houses
Art, Literature and leisure
The ten strangest hobbies in the world
B2 Listening Meryl Streep’s speech at Golden Globes
How old-time skiffle liberated British rock
TED talks why should you read The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Crime and punishment
Sociopath goes to job interview
Knife crime on the rise in London
Shopping, fashion and consumerism
Personal identity
Language and learning
TED Talks the Benefits of a Bilingual Brain
TED Talks How to escape education’s death valley (also includes speaking activity)
Social Issues
How Urbane Farming Saved a Dallas Community
5 Reasons that justify deportation
Social Issues