Listening
Exam structure
You will be able to listen to all exam audios twice.
(C2 Proficiency exam format | Cambridge English, o. J.)
Part 1
(Multiple choice)
Three short, unrelated recordings, each approximately 1 minute long. You will listen to the recordings and answer two multiple-choice questions per recording with three options (A, B, or C). Practice identifying gist, detail, function, purpose, theme, speaker, addressee, feeling, attitude, and opinion.
Part 2
(Sentence completion)
A 3-4-minute monologue or guided monologue. Listen to the recording and fill in the gaps in incomplete sentences with one to three words. Focus on finding specific information and clearly expressed opinions.
Part 3
(Multiple choice)
A 3-4 minute recording with interactive speakers. You'll answer a series of multiple-choice questions with four options (A, B, C, or D). Practice recognizing opinions, gist, details, and conclusions.
Part 4
(Multiple matching)
Fünf kurze, thematische Monologe à etwa 35 Sekunden. Es gibt zwei Multiple-Matching-Aufgaben, bei denen du jeweils fünf richtige Optionen aus einer Liste von acht auswählst. Trainiere das Erfassen von gist, Haltung, Hauptpunkten und Kontextinterpretation.
How do you learn?
Listening
Watch English films and series
Watch films and series in English to get a feel for natural speech rhythm and intonation. Regular listening will also help you learn new words and phrases. Use subtitles to understand vocabulary. If you feel like it, try repeating sentences.
Watch specific YouTube videos
Watch targeted YouTube videos, such as a video on pronouncing 100 essential words , to refine your speaking skills. These videos will help you learn precise sounds and accentuations and expand your active vocabulary. Repeat the words aloud to immediately apply what you've learned.
Listening to others is essential for learning natural pronunciation, intonation, and fluency. Through active listening, you unconsciously expand your vocabulary and better understand idiomatic expressions. This lays the foundation for fluent and understandable speaking.
Bonus: listen to (more) English music!
Active practice
While listening to English as much as possible, you also need to learn to extract and interpret important information. To do this, you'll need to listen to dialogues and texts and then complete tasks.
Online exercises
Generate a task yourself
If you can't find any more exercises or you want to practice a specific part of the listening exam, you can generate a text and questions and have the text read aloud to you using a text-to-speech application. Having dialogues read aloud is rather difficult, but for monologues, I can recommend a website like Elevenlabs .