CAE listening comprehension sample tests galore

https://engexam.info/tag/cae-listening-test/

Some beginner videos that are definitely going to help you with your writing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTMV8JRCg44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIY6DK8IWjI

Cool BBC Learning English Channel focusing on English at work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN2jyw6D1ak&list=PLcetZ6gSk969oGvAI0e4_PgVnlGbm64bp&index=2

Autonomous Learning Resources

Miscellany

Crashcourses (15 min presentations with pretty accurate closed captions available)
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse

Full semesters organized by subject (Higher learning. Verbatim closed captions available)
http://oyc.yale.edu/courses
https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses/playlists

Long articles on a variety of issues available as downloadable audio files
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read

It may sound dreadfully pretentious but the purpose of this channel is to provide useful lessons for life. (CC's are pretty much verbatim) 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog

Short, mostly animated clips with full transcripts and subtitles in quite a few languages.
https://ed.ted.com/lessons?content_type=animations&direction=desc&sort=publish-date&user_by_click=student

15-minute talks on a variety of subject matters including technology, education, design, business, science and global issues. (full transcripts and subtitles in several languages)

https://www.ted.com/talks

Short clips organized by topic. (clowny approach)
https://www.youtube.com/user/OUlearn

Talks, seminars and interviews about all sorts of stuff. If you're a culture vulture, there's probably something for you here.

https://www.youtube.com/@92NY/playlists

In-depth documentaries (full transcripts available)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/topics/

In-depths investigative reports (full transcripts available)
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/episodes/

Debate sites (Closed captions available)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY
https://www.youtube.com/user/IntelligenceSquared

Animated interviews with 20th century personalities.
https://www.youtube.com/user/blankonblank


Podcasts

All in the mind

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/episodes

The Inquiry
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029399x/episodes/downloads
Why do we do the things we do?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xtky9/episodes/downloads
People fixing the world
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04grdbc/episodes/downloads
A closer look at some of the stuff in the news
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029399x/episodes/downloads
The story behind the headlines
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus
Longer n deeper
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-audio-long-read

Music

https://www.youtube.com/@fantano

https://www.youtube.com/@SoundFieldPBS

https://www.youtube.com/@Polyphonic

https://www.youtube.com/@NahreSol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008mj7p/episodes/downloads

Cinema

https://www.youtube.com/@YMS

https://www.youtube.com/@LessonsfromtheScreenplay

https://www.criterion.com/current/category/2-essays

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFqcJQXGZ6T6sxyFB-5i6A

https://www.youtube.com/@TheCinemaCartography

https://www.youtube.com/@OutstandingScreenplays

Books & Authors

https://www.youtube.com/@VideoSparkNotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldkLFvaHHNA&list=PL7qClh5XAo-1wmRMALZ5VW1l354uWrl24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe64p-QzhNE&list=PLkn2TP7UpiKydwu3SvaVh9PIDg2787-0_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAzKGkTIKpg&list=PLwxNMb28Xmpfv2COuuJaKzy6E2n8nSMdi

Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/@OverthinkPodcastPhilosophy

https://www.youtube.com/@ContraPoints
https://www.youtube.com/@carefreewandering

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/episodes

Just a reminder of where to find C1 sample tests:


http://portals.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/portals/web/educacion-permanente/pruebas-certificacion/modelos


https://www.educastur.es/estudiantes/idiomas/pruebas-certificacion/modelos/-/document_library_display/gDaKh5XUDjQn/view/2566533;jsessionid=3A175FC654385900C8D572C732A72BE0?_110_INSTANCE_gDaKh5XUDjQn_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.educastur.es%2Festudiantes%2Fidiomas%2Fpruebas-certificacion%2Fmodelos%3Bjsessionid%3D3A175FC654385900C8D572C732A72BE0%3Fp_p_id%3D110_INSTANCE_gDaKh5XUDjQn%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1

https://www.educastur.es/documents/10531/2566533/IN_C1_EOI_ECONOMY+AND+INDUSTRY+%28+INTERACCION%29.pdf/589ec6a5-ed69-45bf-bf28-b00d1e62a984

https://sites.google.com/site/eoivillaverde/modelos-examen-otras-comunidades

1.Are we better off or worse off than we were in 2008?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNqB-Yqpz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvig0KvUaE

2. Is the Italian debt likely end up jeopardizing the future of the EU? 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYt9T218k2Q

3. Google knows what you're looking for. Facebook knows what you like. Sharing is the norm, and secrecy is out. Are we doomed to witness the end of privacy?

4. Data from the World Resources Institute (WRI)suggests that global population will increase by 34% by 2050 - an extra 2.3 billion people. To consider that the entire global population was 2.5 billion in 1950 gives an idea of the challenges which lie ahead.  Should international regulations be put in place?  Should sterilization be incentivized,  one-child policies implemented?

5. AI will lead to a technological singularity, a point when machine intelligence will overpower human intelligence. Some think this is the end of the world; others see more positive possibilities. While arguing that the virtually unregulated development of machine learning and AI pose a very serious risk to the survival of the human species, Nick Bostrom concedes that  superintelligence could also help us solve issues such as disease, poverty, and environmental destruction, and could help us to “enhance" ourselves. Does AI pose a real threat to human existence or should we be mostly  optimistic about it? 

6. What are the main drawbacks and upsides of virtual reality?

A1 speaking tasks

https://www.scribd.com/document/371646853/1NB-SPK-Dialogues
https://www.scribd.com/document/372043777/1NB-SPK-Monologues

How to write reports

Step-by-step video explanations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53hZPKvHI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KQTTHxFr6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zTjN7AQ24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2dyZx68K7k

far beyond masta scribbla status

Here's the kind of blog you needed. It´s packed full with specific information about C1 writing tests at EOI and  links to ESL webpages which provide juicy tips, exercises, real C1 feedback, sample tests- you name it... All of that to get you up to speed on the different writing formats you are expected to be familiar with. That new year's resolution whereby you'd be becoming a proficient English writer will now seem feasible rather than that ever retreating dream of old.


http://writingeoi.blogspot.com.es/p/c1.html


The following links are from the aforementioned blog:

https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/makeover/archive.htm

https://www.caeexamtips.com/blog/how-to-write-a-cae-proposal

https://www.caeexamtips.com/blog/2016/2/19/improving-a-cae-essay

We were discussing dictionaries in our last session. Here s a free dictionary of collocations:
http://www.ozdic.com/collocation-dictionary/road

And a couple of excellent monolingual dictionaries with rather juicy extra features:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/you-can-bet-your-life?fallbackFrom=british-grammar&q=Bottom+dollar

https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/franks-resigns-amid-surrogacy-scandal-20171208

Pronuncation and rhythm!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91p6pTPpSY

Fantastic channel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECHVk4LykZo&list=PL5bLw9Uguvv3Mjnzd0YGmu-lGRWRWv-cU&index=6

Exam practice tasks
https://www.scribd.com/document/339579053/2-Nb-Monologues
https://www.scribd.com/document/339579040/2-Nb-Dialogues

Extensive Reading

Time to listen to some stories!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMpTnLQizrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQZRZZOhjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37RVQ2vvy9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYa6OLQHrEc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrmZeXf7ScU

Fluency tips: rhythm 'n' clues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJIb2y6MQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jobiAHhNotA&spfreload=5

I know it's Friday but this channel got me massively overexcited and I just couldn't help myself. Prepare to dribble all over your keyboard. This is past mouth-watering!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3xxYsIMs6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl5Jx0o5F_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6K-Z67vI4&spfreload=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMoYxUMJG4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuW7FHw0x_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwPcS9vhO7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBWKj9lezrc

Pronunciation tips coming from the antipodes this time round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4NVPg2kHv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91p6pTPpSY

Brilliant debate site exploring the philosophical and moral underpinnings of justice. It may not sound like it's much fun but it is!
http://www.justiceharvard.org/watch/
http://www.justiceharvard.org/resources/

A2 moodle for extra practice!!!

http://permanente.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/permanente/materiales/index.php?etapa=7&materia=122&unidad=1#space

 C1 tricks n tips to improve your pronunciation!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P-Bk-Sm9dY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu0FE31oAg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEBqsi20SmI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUVGhF1fFig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWes7irLOzI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5b8HdxIhaE&spfreload=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLeXB925yww