What’s Your Real ENGLISH Level? Take This A1–C2 Test — Transcript

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1. 0:00Do you actually know your English level?
2. 0:03Today, I'll be testing your English
3. 0:05listening from A1
4. 0:07to C2.
5. 0:09Each level will become more difficult.
6. 0:12The vocabulary will become more
7. 0:14advanced. The sentences will become
8. 0:16longer and the ideas will become more
9. 0:19complex. And I will slowly start
10. 0:22speaking more naturally and like a
11. 0:25native English speaker. So, watch until
12. 0:27the end, answer all the questions, and
13. 0:30watch until the very end of the video
14. 0:31because that is where I'll explain each
15. 0:34English level in detail and what it
16. 0:36means if you passed a certain level.
17. 0:38So, here are the rules.
18. 0:41Rule one, do not use subtitles the first
19. 0:44time you watch this video. Rule two,
20. 0:47listen to each section and at the end of
21. 0:50each section, I will ask you three
22. 0:52questions. Do your best to answer these
23. 0:55questions and put your answers in the
24. 0:58comments. If you get two or three
25. 1:00correct, you probably understand that
26. 1:02level. If you get zero or one correct,
27. 1:05then that level is probably too
28. 1:07difficult for you right now. This is not
29. 1:10an official English listening exam, but
30. 1:13it'll give you a good idea where your
31. 1:15English listening level is at. So, if
32. 1:18you're ready, let's get started with A1.
33. 1:21This is A1 English.
34. 1:25Listen carefully.
35. 1:27Hello.
36. 1:29My name is Volkan. I'm at home. I am in
37. 1:35my room. I am in my living room.
38. 1:40I have a phone. I have a chair.
39. 1:45I have a desk. Today, I am making a
40. 1:49video.
41. 1:51I am speaking English.
42. 1:54I am speaking slowly.
43. 1:57I like English.
44. 2:00I like teaching English. I want to help
45. 2:06you. English is not easy, but you can
46. 2:12learn. Listen every day. Speak every
47. 2:18day. Little by little, your English gets
48. 2:23better. Now, answer these three
49. 2:25questions to test your listening
50. 2:28comprehension.
51. 2:30First question, where am I?
52. 2:34Question two, what am I making?
53. 2:40Question three, what language am I
54. 2:44speaking?
55. 2:46Here are the answers to these three
56. 2:49questions.
57. 2:52If you got two or more correct, your
58. 2:55English level is probably A1 or higher.
59. 3:00Remember to stick around till the very
60. 3:02end to see what your English level
61. 3:05means. Now, let's do the A2 listening
62. 3:09test.
63. 3:11This is A2 English, so listen carefully.
64. 3:15Yesterday morning, I woke up at 8:00.
65. 3:19I was a little tired, so I made a cup of
66. 3:22coffee. After that, I checked my phone
67. 3:25and answered some messages. Then, I went
68. 3:27outside to buy food. There is a small
69. 3:30supermarket near my apartment. I bought
70. 3:33eggs, rice, chicken, and some fruit. The
71. 3:38supermarket was busy because many people
72. 3:41were shopping before lunch. When I came
73. 3:45home, I cooked a simple meal. It was not
74. 3:48amazing, but it was healthy. Later, I
75. 3:52cleaned my room, worked on a video, and
76. 3:55called a friend. It was a normal day,
77. 3:59but I felt happy because I finished
78. 4:01everything I needed to do.
79. 4:04That was A2. Now, answer these three
80. 4:07questions. Question one, what time did I
81. 4:10wake up? Remember to leave your answers
82. 4:13in the comments. Question two, where did
83. 4:16I go?
84. 4:18Question three,
85. 4:20did I feel happy?
86. 4:23Here are the answers. Question one, the
87. 4:25answer was B, 8:00. Question two, the
88. 4:29answer was A, to a supermarket.
89. 4:33Question three, the answer was B,
90. 4:35because I finished everything I needed
91. 4:38to do.
92. 4:39So, if you got two or three correct,
93. 4:41then you probably understand this level,
94. 4:43and let's go on to the next one now.
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114. 5:45focus on the vocabulary that actually
115. 5:48matters. You can get them from the link
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117. 5:52vulcaenglish.com.
118. 5:55Last year, I took a train to visit a
119. 5:58city I had never been to before.
120. 6:00At first, everything was fine. I bought
121. 6:03my ticket, found the right platform, and
122. 6:06got on the train without any problems.
123. 6:09But when I arrived, I realized I had
124. 6:11made a small mistake. I got off at the
125. 6:14wrong station. The names of the two
126. 6:16stations were similar, and I had not
127. 6:18checked carefully.
128. 6:20For a few minutes, I felt stressed
129. 6:22because my phone battery was almost
130. 6:25dead. I needed to meet my friend at a
131. 6:27cafe, but I did not know where it was.
132. 6:30So, I went into a small shop and asked
133. 6:32the owner for help. He was very kind. He
134. 6:36showed me the correct station on a map
135. 6:39and told me which bus to take. I was 30
136. 6:42minutes late, but my friend was not
137. 6:44angry. Actually, she laughed and said,
138. 6:46"At least now you have a good travel
139. 6:49story."
140. 6:50In the end, the mistake was annoying,
141. 6:52but it taught me to check station names
142. 6:55more carefully.
143. 6:57Question one. What mistake did I make?
144. 7:01Question two. Why did I feel stressed?
145. 7:07Question three. How did the shop owner
146. 7:10help me?
147. 7:13Remember, you can pause the video if you
148. 7:15need more time to answer these
149. 7:16questions.
150. 7:18Here are the answers to the three
151. 7:20questions. Remember, if you got two or
152. 7:23three correct, you probably understand
153. 7:25this level.
154. 7:27Now, let's move on to B2 English. And
155. 7:30remember, guys, to tell me what level
156. 7:32you are at in the comments once this
157. 7:34whole test is finished. Let's go. Now,
158. 7:37B2 English. Remember to listen carefully
159. 7:41and to tell me what your English level
160. 7:43is at the end. A few months ago, I
161. 7:45planned to go hiking with two friends.
162. 7:48The weather forecast said there might be
163. 7:49light rain in the afternoon, but the
164. 7:51morning looked clear, so we decided to
165. 7:53go anyway. At first, the hike was
166. 7:55beautiful. The sky was gray, but the air
167. 7:58was fresh and the trail was quiet. After
168. 8:01about an hour, however, the weather
169. 8:02started to change. The wind became
170. 8:04stronger, the clouds got darker, and we
171. 8:07heard thunder in the distance. One of my
172. 8:09friends wanted to keep going because we
173. 8:12were already close to the viewpoint, but
174. 8:14my other friend said it was better to
175. 8:16turn back before the storm got worse. At
176. 8:19first, I was disappointed because I
177. 8:21really wanted to reach the top, but
178. 8:23after a few minutes the rain became
179. 8:25extremely heavy and the trail became
180. 8:28slippery. That was when I realized
181. 8:30turning back was the right decision. If
182. 8:32we had continued, we might have been
183. 8:34stuck on the mountain during a storm.
184. 8:36Later, we found a small restaurant near
185. 8:39the trail and had lunch there instead.
186. 8:41The day did not go as planned, but it
187. 8:43was still a good day because we made a
188. 8:45safe choice. Sometimes changing your
189. 8:47plan is not failure. Sometimes it's just
190. 8:50common sense.
191. 8:53Now, time for the three questions. Why
192. 8:55did we decide to go hiking at first?
193. 9:00Question two. Why did one friend want to
194. 9:03continue?
195. 9:06Question three. What is the main lesson
196. 9:09of the story?
197. 9:13Here are the answers to all the
198. 9:15questions. If you got two or more
199. 9:17correct, you most likely understand this
200. 9:19level. Now, let's go to the advanced
201. 9:22levels, C1 and C2. This is C1 English.
202. 9:28Social media is strange because it gives
203. 9:30people the feeling of connection while
204. 9:33often making them feel more alone. You
205. 9:35can open your phone and immediately see
206. 9:37what hundreds of people are doing.
207. 9:39Someone is traveling, someone is getting
208. 9:41married, someone is starting a business,
209. 9:43someone is posting a perfect breakfast
210. 9:45that probably took 40 minutes to arrange
211. 9:48and 5 seconds to eat. At first, this can
212. 9:51feel entertaining, but over time it can
213. 9:53quietly change the way you see your own
214. 9:55life. Normal moments start to feel
215. 9:57boring, rest starts to feel lazy,
216. 10:00privacy starts to feel like
217. 10:01invisibility, and instead of asking,
218. 10:04"Did I enjoy this?" people start asking,
219. 10:06"Can I post this?" The problem is not
220. 10:08that social media is evil, that would be
221. 10:10too simple. The real problem is that
222. 10:13these platforms are usually designed to
223. 10:14keep your attention, not necessarily to
224. 10:17make you happier, wiser, or more
225. 10:19peaceful. And when your attention
226. 10:21becomes the product, your emotions
227. 10:23become part of the business model. That
228. 10:25does not mean everyone should delete
229. 10:27every app and go live in a forest,
230. 10:29although honestly some people on the
231. 10:31internet could probably use a weekend
232. 10:33outside. It means we need to be more
233. 10:35aware of how these platforms shape our
234. 10:37habits, our confidence, and even our
235. 10:40idea of what a successful life looks
236. 10:42like.
237. 10:43First question, according to the
238. 10:45passage, why is social media strange?
239. 10:50Question two, what do I mean by when
240. 10:53your attention becomes the product?
241. 10:57Question three, what is my attitude
242. 10:59towards social media?
243. 11:03Here are the answers to those three
244. 11:05questions. If you got two or more right,
245. 11:08let's go on to the final level, C2, the
246. 11:11most advanced English level. Don't just
247. 11:13watch this lesson and forget it. Get the
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249. 11:19and practice everything from the lesson
250. 11:21more deeply. Inside you'll review the
251. 11:25grammar, vocabulary, tenses, sentence
252. 11:28patterns, comprehension questions, and
253. 11:31real English from this video with clear
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255. 11:38helps you understand, but practicing
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259. 11:47The link is in the description or at
260. 11:49vulcaenglish.com.
261. 11:51Now, C2 English. Most English learners
262. 11:54do not need this level, so if you don't
263. 11:56understand it completely or at all,
264. 11:58don't worry. But if you do, then your
265. 12:00listening comprehension is extremely
266. 12:03strong. This is C2 English. Listen
267. 12:07carefully.
268. 12:08Whenever a new technology changes the
269. 12:09way information moves, people tend to
270. 12:11have two opposite reactions. One group
271. 12:14says it will destroy society, the other
272. 12:16says it will solve almost everything.
273. 12:19History suggests that both sides are
274. 12:21usually exaggerating. When books become
275. 12:23easier to produce, more people could
276. 12:25access knowledge, but that did not
277. 12:27magically make everyone wise. When
278. 12:30television became popular, people could
279. 12:32see the world from their living rooms,
280. 12:34but they could also be influenced by
281. 12:35whoever controlled the screen. Now, we
282. 12:38are living through a similar shift with
283. 12:40algorithms, artificial intelligence, and
284. 12:42personalized feeds. The issue is not
285. 12:45simply that information is available.
286. 12:47The issue is that information is
287. 12:49selected, ranked, shortened, framed, and
288. 12:51delivered to us before we even realize a
289. 12:54choice has been made. That creates a
290. 12:56strange situation.
291. 12:58People feel more informed because they
292. 13:00see more content, but they may actually
293. 13:02be seeing a narrower version of reality.
294. 13:04Not because someone is always lying to
295. 13:06them, but because the system learns what
296. 13:09keeps them watching.
297. 13:11Over time, that can make public
298. 13:12conversation more emotional, more
299. 13:14reactive, and less patient. Complicated
300. 13:18problems start to look simple, opponents
301. 13:21start to look evil, and uncertainty
302. 13:23starts to look like weakness. The real
303. 13:26danger is not that technology thinks for
304. 13:28us. The real danger is that it trains us
305. 13:31to stop thinking slowly. And slow
306. 13:34thinking is where judgment, humility,
307. 13:36and real understanding usually begin.
308. 13:40First question. What does the speaker
309. 13:42suggest about people's reactions to new
310. 13:45technology?
311. 13:48Question two. What is the main concern
312. 13:50about algorithms and personalized feeds?
313. 13:55Question three. What does the speaker
314. 13:57mean by technology trains us to stop
315. 14:00thinking slowly?
316. 14:03Here are the answers to those three
317. 14:05questions. If you got two or more
318. 14:07correct, then your English comprehension
319. 14:09is very good. That means you could
320. 14:11understand fast, complex, and abstract
321. 14:14English with layered ideas, implied
322. 14:16meaning, and native style phrasing.
323. 14:19Again, guys, all the levels are only an
324. 14:21estimate. It's not exact, but it gives
325. 14:24you a good idea where your English level
326. 14:26is currently at. Now, guys, time for
327. 14:29your results. If you passed level A1,
328. 14:32you could understand very basic English
329. 14:34when it's slow and clear. If you passed
330. 14:37level A2, you could understand simple
331. 14:40everyday English about familiar topics.
332. 14:44If you passed level B1, then you could
333. 14:46understand clear stories and the main
334. 14:48points of familiar situations. If you
335. 14:51passed level B2, you can understand
336. 14:53longer explanations, reasons,
337. 14:55consequences, and opinions when the
338. 14:58topic is not familiar. If you passed C1,
339. 15:02you can understand abstract ideas,
340. 15:04implied meaning, tone, attitude, and
341. 15:08natural humor.
342. 15:09And if you passed C2, then your
343. 15:11comprehension is extremely strong. You
344. 15:14can understand complex, fast, and native
345. 15:16style English with little difficulty.
346. 15:19Now, I want you guys to comment your
347. 15:20results. Are you an A1, A2, B1, B2, C1,
348. 15:25or C2 English learner? And if you want
349. 15:28to improve your English comprehension
350. 15:30more, make sure to check out all my
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352. 15:34100, and they teach you English
353. 15:36naturally. And there are no boring
354. 15:38lessons or classes, so make sure you
355. 15:40check out all my videos on my channel.
356. 15:43And if you guys want to have a native
357. 15:44English test to see if your English is
358. 15:46at a native level, let me know in the
359. 15:48comments by typing "native English
360. 15:50test", and I'll make that video for you
361. 15:52guys as well. And remember, guys, you
362. 15:55will become fluent in English.
363. 15:57Bye, guys.
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