The Best C1 English Course for SLEEP 💤 (comprehensible input)

What if you could improve your English… even while you sleep?
Sounds impossible? Not exactly.
In this unique and deeply relaxing episode of Mind Life In English, host Profe Lao introduces you to a powerful learning approach based on comprehensible input — designed especially for C1-level learners who want to improve their English naturally, effortlessly, and consistently.
This episode is not a traditional lesson. There are no stressful exercises, no pressure to memorize, and no complicated grammar explanations. Instead, you’ll experience calm, clear, and understandable English that gently trains your brain through listening — even in a relaxed or sleepy state.
🎙️ What You’ll Experience in This Episode
🌙 1. Relaxed, Natural English Input
You’ll hear smooth, slow, and understandable English designed to help your brain absorb language naturally without effort.
🧠 2. The Power of Comprehensible Input
Learn how your brain acquires language best when you understand the message, not when you force memorization.
😴 3. English for Sleep & Relaxation
This episode is perfect for:
Listening before sleep
Background learning
Reducing anxiety while studying English
Creating a calm learning environment
🔹 4. C1-Level Language Exposure
You’ll be exposed to advanced-level English in a clear and controlled way, helping you:
• Expand vocabulary naturally
• Improve listening comprehension
• Build fluency without pressure
• Strengthen your “thinking in English” ability
🔹 5. No Stress, No Pressure Learning
Forget traditional studying.
This method focuses on:
Passive listening
Repetition through exposure
Natural understanding
Long-term memory development
🎯 Who This Episode Is For
✔️ Upper-intermediate to advanced (B2–C1) English learners
✔️ Listeners who feel tired of traditional study methods
✔️ People who enjoy learning through listening
✔️ Anyone looking for a calm, relaxing way to improve English
🧠 Learning Insight
Your brain learns language best when it is: 👉 Relaxed
👉 Focused on meaning
👉 Free from pressure
That’s why comprehensible input is one of the most effective and natural ways to reach fluency.
🌙 How to Use This Episode
For best results:
🎧 Listen with headphones
🛌 Play it before sleep or while resting
🔁 Repeat regularly
🧘 Stay relaxed — don’t force understanding
🎧 Final Thought
You don’t always need to “study harder” to improve your English.
Sometimes, you just need to listen smarter.
Let your brain do the work — naturally.
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Transcript

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Hello and welcome to the C1 English Immersion Experience. In this audio, you'll hear short real life situations. After each situation, you'll hear a natural sentence you can say in that moment. When you hear you can say, focus on the sentence. When you hear again, just listen and absorb. No need to repeat out loud unless you want to. Just follow the flow. Let's begin. You're in a meeting. Someone suggests an idea, but you're not fully convinced. You can say, I'm not entirely convinced that's the best approach, but I can see why it might work. Again, I'm not entirely convinced that's the best approach, but I can see how it might work. Sorry, but I can see why it might work. Either way is fine. Why or how? You're talking to someone and you want to disagree politely. You can say, I see where you're coming from, but I think we might be overlooking something. Again, I see where you're coming from, but I think we might be overlooking something. You're explaining a situation that became more complicated than expected. You can say it turned out to be more complicated than we initially expected. Again. It turned out to be more complicated than we initially expected. You think someone's explanation doesn't make sense. You can say that doesn't quite add up again. That doesn't quite add up. You want to soften your opinion so you don't sound too direct. You can say I might be mistaken, but it seems like we're focusing on the wrong issue. Again. I might be mistaken, but it seems like we're focusing on the wrong issue. You're reacting to a decision that wasn't very smart. You can say I wouldn't say it was a good idea to be honest. Again. I wouldn't say it was a good idea to be honest. You're explaining why something happened. You can say that was mainly due to poor planning. Again. That was mainly due to more to poor planning. That was mainly due to poor planning. You want to say something is becoming more common. You can say it's becoming increasingly common. Again. It's becoming increasingly common. You're not completely sure about something. You can say I'm not so sure about that. Again. I'm not so sure about that. You want to sound more confident about your opinion. You can say there's no doubt about it. Again. There's no doubt about it. You're comparing two options. You can say this one is far more effective. Again. This one is far more effective. You're telling a story and something unexpected happened. You can say, so we thought everything was under control, but when things but then things started to go wrong. Sorry, sometimes I I read it wrong. It's like dyslexia or something, I'm not sure, but again. So we thought everything was under control, but then things started to go wrong. You want to clarify what you meant. You can say, that's not exactly what I meant. Again. That's not exactly what I meant. You want to rephrase your idea. You can say, let me put it another way. Again. Let me put it another let me put it another way. See, even native speakers, we sometimes we try to say something, we know how to say it, but like it comes out wrong. Like it our our mouth has problems and it comes out wrong, you know? Let me put it another way. Let me put it another way. Let me put it another because we try to talk fast and then we get we get all tongue-tied. Let me put it another put it put it another. Put it let's see, that's hard to say. Let me put it another way. Let me put it another way. Let me put it another way. Let me put it another way. Yeah. You know what? If you find something that something's hard to say, you can always slow it down. That's what native speakers do. That's what we do. If some sounds, some words are hard to say together fast. If the sounds are difficult to say, we will just slow it down. And instead of saying, Let me put it another way, I'll say, Let me put it another way. Let me put it another way. I will ch I will try to slow it down if it's easier for me to say. And I'm a native speaker. So yeah, there's no issue, there's no problem with slowing it down. You can have very advanced English, you can sound just like a native speaker, you could sound great in your English, but you don't talk extremely fast all the time. You don't need to. If there's one piece of advice you take away from this video, don't try to speak fast. Speaking faster is something that comes naturally with fluency and practice and experience, but it's not something that you should try to do. It's not something that you should strive for. Because a lot of us native speakers don't speak fast, and it doesn't matter at all. We're still able to communicate just as well, just as effectively, just as professionally. If anything, when what you say is is correct or powerful, but it's slow or not super fast, it actually kind of makes you seem more grounded and sure of what you're saying. Sometimes when you talk too fast, it sounds like you're a little bit anxious. Right? So there's absolutely nothing wrong with slowing it down, and sometimes it's even better. Often it's even better to slow it down. So I just wanted to talk about that for a second. Because sometimes I'm a human, I'm not AI, and sometimes you will hear me make mistakes in my reading or in my speaking. Um, but it's just because I'm having a mouth brain glitch that happens to the best of us native speakers as well. So that's important to remember. I know you want to achieve C1 or C2, but you need to understand that you will always be a human, and so you will always make human mistakes, no matter how much knowledge you acquire. Got it? Alright. Let's continue. You're reacting to something that makes sense. You can say, that makes sense. Again, that makes sense. Alright, that was part one. We're going to continue with part two of our C1 English immersion. How are we feeling so far? Do you like this method? Do you like this flow? Let me know in the comments what you think about it and what you would like me to do in another video like this. What kind of method or what would you like me to focus on in a future video? But never forget to give me feedback on the current video because it helps me out a lot. And I like to hear from you guys. Alright, so are we ready to continue? Let's go. You're talking about a future plan, but you want to sound flexible. You can say, for the time being, this seems like the best option. Again, for the time being, this seems like the best option. Fur for the time being. For the time being, yes. Someone is explaining something, and you partially agree, you can say, I agree to some extent, but I think there are a few things we should reconsider. Again, I agree to some extent, but I think there are a few things we should reconsider. You want to say something will probably happen. You can say there's a good chance that'll happen. Again. There's a good chance that'll happen. You're reacting to something unlikely. You can say that seems unlikely again. That seems unlikely. You want to explain that something didn't meet your expectations. You can say it didn't quite live up to my expectations again. It didn't quite live up to my expectations. That's live up. Live up. Live up to Ah, sorry. The way I read it was live up to my expectations, which is fine. Um, but if you want to talk about expectations in general, not just yours, you could say it didn't quite live up to expectations. That was what I have written here, but I re I accidentally put my in there. But either way is correct, either way is fine. You're giving your opinion, but you don't want to sound too strong. Well, I don't know why you wouldn't want to sound strong personally. Kidding. Not really. You can say, I wouldn't go that far. Again. I wouldn't go that far. So, yes, that's like if you're having a conversation with someone and and someone says like something that is a little bit extra bold or extreme, or it's like, you know, a little bit stronger than what you would say, you you might say, Well, I I wouldn't go that far, you know. Um, like if you're talking to someone and they say, Oh, do you you know, I hate this thing, do you hate this thing? You might say, Oh, I wouldn't go that far. It's not that I hate it. Mm, this is not my favorite. I wouldn't go that far as to say, I hate it. Alright. You want to say something is mostly true. You can say, for the most part, that's true. Again. For the most part, that's true. You're explaining a result. You can say, as a result, everything was delayed. Again. As a result, everything was delayed. You want to introduce a contrasting idea. You can say, that being said, we should consider other options. Again. That being said, we should consider other options. You're describing a gradual change. You can say there's been a noticeable shift. Again. There's been a noticeable shift. You want to say something is obvious. You can say it's pretty clear at this point. Again. It's pretty clear at this point. You're expressing doubt about someone's intention. You can say I doubt that was intentional. Again. I doubt that was intentional. You want to say someone probably realized something. You can say they must have realized something was off again. They must have realized something was off. Something was off is like something was not right. You're explaining that something could have been avoided. You can say, this could have been avoided altogether. Again, this could have been avoided altogether. In this case, altogether is one word. They're actually there are two words all and together, but they make one word that's actually spelled A L together. So it's just one L, A L, and then the word together, and that is all one word as well. So just so you know. You're describing a situation that's temporarily true. You can say, for now, this will have to do. Again. For now, this will have to do. This will have to do. Yeah, it's like this this is this is what we got, this is what is gonna have to happen, this is what is gonna have to work. You want to sound more natural and less formal. You can say, it's not that big of a deal. Again, it's not that big of a deal. Okay. Sometimes the contexts are not very specific that I'm providing, because I'm I'm providing like a sentence that gives you a little bit of context, but sometimes it's still very general, it's not very specific. And then the the example phrases of what you can say are like related, but not necessarily it's it's not super clear always like what is happening. Um I have to like provide you with a whole paragraph of context to kind of give you something more specific. Um yes, maybe I will do that. Um, maybe I'm gonna try to come up with a bit more specific context to make this even better. Alright, so let me do that now, and then I'll we'll pick up where we left off. Alright, and we are back in action. So I have a little bit more context for you this time. Um let's see how it goes. If I think we need even more context, then I can I can do that. But um let's see how this goes. And let's see if this is a little bit easier to to understand and learn. Alright, so let's continue with our C1 English immersion. You're in a work meeting. A colleague presents a plan that sounds good at first, but you notice a potential problem they haven't mentioned. You can say, on the surface it sounds like a solid plan, but there might be a few issues we need to address. Again, on the surface, it sounds like a solid plan, but there might be a few issues we need to address. Alright, remember you can say colleague or co-worker. Co-worker is another word that a lot of students forget about that is also very common. Alright, next one. You're talking to a friend who is overreacting to a small problem and you want to calm them down. You can say, I think you might be overthinking it a little. Again, I think you might be overthinking it a little. You're explaining why you didn't say anything earlier in a group conversation. You can say, I was going to mention it earlier, but I didn't want to interrupt. Again, I was gonna mention it earlier, but I didn't want to interrupt. You're in a discussion and someone says something that is partly true but not completely accurate. You can say that's not entirely accurate. Again, that's not entirely accurate. You're explaining a mistake your team made, and you want to sound honest but professional. You can say in hindsight, we should have handled it differently. Again, in hindsight, we should have handled it differently. In hindsight is like when we look back, like looking into the past now that we are um you know in the future, in the present, and we we can look back, we can look behind and we can see it more clearly. So in hindsight. You're talking about a decision you regret making in the past. You can say, I should have thought it through more carefully. Again, I should have thought it through more carefully. You're reacting to a situation that is getting worse over time. You can say it seems to be getting out of hand. Again, it seems to be getting out of hand. You're explaining that something isn't a big priority right now. You can say it's not a top priority at the moment. Again, it's not a top priority at the moment. You're in a conversation and you want to move to a different point without being abrupt. You can say that aside, there's something else we should consider. Again, that aside, there's something else we should consider. You're describing a situation where something didn't go as planned, but you adapted. You can say it didn't go exactly as planned, but we managed to work around it. Managed. Again, it didn't go exactly as planned, but we managed to work around it. Managed to see that's that's hard to say. Managed to manage to work, managed to work. Sometimes even though it's a word in the past, it's a verb in the past, and it has that E D sound, has that managed managed because I'm saying managed to manage to work, sometimes the dh gets cut off because it's hard to say, and you just say managed to work, and you can't really tell other than based on the contact context that I'm saying managed managed like in the past. Sometimes we are saying the verb in the past, but it sounds like it's in the present because the that ending sound is not easy to say or it's not clear in this particular phrase. So you have to kind of pay attention to the context clues sometimes to know that we're talking about the past in English. Next one. You're talking about a topic where you don't have complete information. You can say, as far as I know, nothing has been confirmed yet. Again. As far as I know, nothing has been confirmed yet. You're reacting to someone's explanation and you understand their point. You can say, I get what you're saying, again. I get what you're saying. Remember that get is used to express understanding the point of what someone's saying. It's not used to express that you understand the language that they're speaking. So if you want to express that you understand their English or or the language they're speaking, then you use understand. You don't use get for that, because get is about understanding the point, not the language. Alright, just wanted to make that distinction because a lot of students don't know that. So even advanced students, I guess. I don't know. Okay. Next one. You're explaining that something is obvious after the fact. You can say, in hindsight, it was pretty obvious. Again. In hindsight, it was pretty obvious. You're describing a situation where someone misunderstood something. You can say there seems to have been a misunderstanding. Again. There seems to have been a misunderstanding. You're talking about something that is improving slowly over time. You can say it's gradually getting better. Again. It's gradually getting better. Alright. How is it going so far? Is are we liking more context? I think I think I I am liking it. I think it to me it's flowing better, it's making more sense, a little bit more specific context. I think it's good. I think it's good. Let me know if um if you like that I added a little bit more context, made it a little bit more specific. Um yeah, added like made it like a couple sentences instead of just one. Um so yeah, let me know if you if you're still awake and you uh if you like that change. Alright. So let's continue. You're in a meeting, someone is explaining a problem, but you think they're focusing on the wrong thing, you can say, I think we might be missing the big picture here. Sorry, the bigger picture here. I think we might be missing the bigger picture here. Again, I think we might be missing the bigger picture here. You're talking to a friend who keeps delaying on imp no, who keeps delaying an important decision. You want to suggest action without sounding pushy. You can say, at some point, you're just gonna have to make a decision. So it says going to have to, but as a native speaker I read that as gonna have to. Gonna have to. You're just gonna have to make a you're just gonna have to make a gonna have to make a a decision. Again, at some point, you're just gonna have to make a decision. And yes, even people in professional environments, at work, in the office, or wherever, talk like that. You're just gonna have to. It's very calm. It's not slang, like it's just it's just like normal, normal modern English. It's just yeah, it's normal. You're explaining why something isn't as simple as it seems. You can say it's not as straightforward as it looks. Again, it's not as straightforward as it looks. So straightforward and simple are not always the same thing, but they could be kind of the same thing, like it kind of just depends on the context, right? You're reacting to a situation where everything is unclear and confusing. You can say it's all a bit up in the air at the moment. Again, it's all a bit up in the air at the moment. So it's up in the air, or it's a bit up in the air. It's like um it's not decided, you know. In this case, it's unclear and confusing, but it could be like for something that's we're not sure about yet, it's undecided, like you know, the plans for this weekend are still up in the air at the moment, like they're not decided, right? It's not set in stone. Um, we're still not sure, we're still deciding. So that's how you can use up in the air. It's up in the air at the moment. You're describing a situation where you expected a better outcome. You can say, I was expecting it to turn out differently. Again. I was expecting it to turn out differently. You're talking about a problem that keeps happening again and again. You can say, This keeps coming up again. This keeps coming up. This problem keeps coming up. You're in a discussion and you want to emphasize what really matters. You can say, at the end of the day, that's what matters most. Again. At the end of the day, at the end of the day, that's what matters most. I use this phrase all the time. At the end of the day, at the end of the day, like, does it really matter? I always say stuff like that. You're explaining something no, sorry. You're explaining that something depends on another factor. You can say, it all depends on how things play out. Again, it all depends on how things play out. So how things play out like how things turn out, how things go. You're reacting to a suggestion that sounds unrealistic. You can say, that's easier said than done. Again, that's easier said than done. Yeah, a lot of things are easier said than done. Like it's easier to talk about something than to actually do it. You're explaining that something happened for a specific reason. You can say, There's a reason why that happened. Again, there's a reason why that happened. You're describing a situation where something is improving, but slowly. You can say it's a step in the right direction. Again, it's a step in the right direction. You're talking about a situation that requires patience. You can say these things take time. Again, these things take time. You're reacting to a situation where someone is being unrealistic. You can say, let's be realistic about this. Again, let's be realistic about this. You're explaining that something is not your responsibility. You can say, that's not really up to me. Again, that's not really up to me. So, like, that's not really for me to decide, essentially. That's why when people say like it's up to you, it's like you can decide. You're describing a situation where something didn't have much impact. You can say it didn't make much of a difference. Again, it didn't make much of a difference. Alright. How is it going so far? Are you awake? How are you feeling? I am interested in making more videos like this, um, maybe different levels, maybe B1, B2, C2, depending on like, you know, what what the interest is, what the demand is. Um I chose C1 now for my first video like this because I feel like a lot of students are hovering around B2 and they a lot a lot of students I feel like think they're not quite C1, but they might be or they might like be able to they might be able to understand like all of it. They just need to practice more C1 level phrases, you know, those types of phrases. I think a lot of students are kind of hovering around like upper intermediate level and just need you know, even even advanced students can always use a brushing up on more advanced like sentence structures and phrases and native speaker things, you know, common phrases that we say in different situations. I think seeing how native speakers react to different situations and and seeing or hearing like a wide variety of different phrases that you can use in that case, I think that's really helpful for all levels. Um, I think when you're learning another language, you know, that's not your native language, you always are looking to expand your vocabulary and sound more like a native speaker and know what to say in different situations and sound more natural. And so I think regardless of your level, even if you're B1 or you are like super advanced, you can still benefit from a video like this, from kind of like a C1 type um sentence, you know, collection, collection of sentences and vocabulary and situational English um examples, I think that that most people would be able to benefit from this. Um so that's why that's why I chose this C1 um video. And also people tend to like these learn English while you sleep videos, these kind of relaxing um videos that you know it's not really for learning English while you sleep, obviously. It's for one, having something relaxing to fall asleep to, you know, you can practice your your your English um right before you fall asleep, and then you can kind of fall asleep to it. So in that way it kind of works in like it works like a two-in-one, you know, like you can practice your English and then you can go to sleep. You can like achieve those two things. Um so I think people like it for that reason, but of course some people listen to it and they don't even have the intention of sleeping. Um so they just like to listen to a podcast type video, you know, a relaxing podcast style video that I'm doing. Um, so either way, it's a win for whatever you're looking for. Um, this is the kind of stuff that that helps you improve your English, and you know, you can listen to this multiple times so that these phrases really sink in. They really they really stick with you and you remember them because I'm I'm teaching you a lot of stuff right now. I mean I'm I'm using a ton of examples and probably a lot of it you already know, or some of it or some of it you know, and some you don't, but basically, the more you listen to it, it's only gonna get um more like you know, stamped into you, like it's only gonna it's only gonna sink in more and it's gonna stick with you better. So so yeah, you can definitely listen to my videos like this again and again. And I have a playlist of Learn English While You Sleep videos that I'm building. So if you go to my YouTube channel page and the playlists tab, you will see the playlist with these these specific type of videos that are more like relaxing, you know, just audio format. Um, and then of course I have all my other podcast style videos where I actually film myself where I'm talking about all kinds of different things. I've made a lot of um long podcast style videos where I show like my natural reactions as a native speaker to all kinds of different situations, and I get a little bit silly and funny, so they're kind of entertaining. Uh the learning is why you sleep ones are a little bit more relaxed and not so like entertaining. Um, but I definitely do have more entertaining um ones with with the visual component as well. And I'm speaking more like in my normal voice. This is my more like sleepy time, relaxed voice, uh, my quiet voice. So, yeah, so I have something for everyone, regardless of your your specific tastes or what you're what you're looking for, what you feel like listening to today. Um I have a lot of stuff, I have a lot of content, and yeah, and always uh make sure to to leave me a comment. I love the comments. Um so yeah, alright, thanks for that little that little intermission time. This is a random intermission. I didn't even warn you. You're like, okay, get back to the C1 English immersion. Okay, okay, let's get back to it. Um let's continue with the examples. Um, so let's go. Alrighty then. You're in a team meeting. So there's a lot of work stuff here, there's a lot of meeting-related stuff. But if you don't have that kind of a job, well, it doesn't matter because you can still use these phrases in normal life situations. Any life you could be with your friends, you could be anywhere. Like you could be in any life situation and use these phrases. It doesn't have to be at work, it doesn't have to be in a meeting. It's just the context, the contextual examples that they provide, um, because a lot of people do have these experiences, but it doesn't have to be that for you. It could be, you know, you like I said, you could use these phrases anywhere, anytime with anyone. So don't get hung up on that. It's not just like for business or work English. Um honestly, most of the language we use at work, um, besides the vocabulary that's related to the specific job, um, a lot of the other stuff is just normal English that we just use all the time. So it's not like we speak a totally different language at work, right? Okay, so you're in a team meeting, your manager suggests launching a new feature next week, but you know the team hasn't tested it properly yet. You can say, I'm a bit concerned we might be rushing this. Rushing this, rushing. Again, I'm a bit I'm a bit concerned we might be rushing this. We also say rushing into this. It's another another way of saying it. Like going going too fast. Maybe being a little bit impulsive. You're talking to a friend who keeps changing their plans and can't decide what they want to do. You want to point it out without sounding rude. You can say, you keep going back and forth on this. Again, you keep going back and forth on this. You're explaining to a colleague why a project failed, and you want to be clear but not overly negative. You can say it didn't go as well as we'd hoped. Again, it didn't go as well as we'd hoped. You're in a conversation and someone interrupts you before you finish your point. You want to politely continue. You can say, as I was saying, again, as I was saying, so it's like as I was saying, dot dot dot, and then you would say what you were saying. You're talking about a situation where everything is finally improving after a difficult period. You can say, things seem to be getting back on track. Again, things seem to be getting back on track. So you can think of like a railroad track, like a rail, like the train tracks. You know, a train, it goes along a track, a track, the train is on a track. So if it goes off the tracks, then it's like chaos, you know, but if it goes if it gets back on the track, get back on track, then everything is going well. Smoothly. Everything is going smoothly. You're reacting to a complicated explanation, and you want to summarize it simply. You can say, so basically, what you're saying is dot dot dot blah blah blah. Again. So basically what you're saying is you're explaining why you're not fully comfortable with the decision, with the decision, even though others support it. You can say, I'm not completely on board with that. Again. I'm not completely on board with that. So, once again, it's like related to transportation. You can think of a boat. Uh a boat, you're if you get on a boat, you're like on board, on board the ship. Um, you know, you board the ship, you get on the ship, you're on board. So if you're not completely on board with something, it's like you're not it's like the you're not really totally ready to get on that ship because you don't agree or you're not fully comfortable with that. You're describing a situation where someone misunderstood your intentions. Misunderstood your intentions. You want to clarify calmly. You can say that's not how I meant it. Again, that's not how I meant it. You're talking about a plan that might work, but you're not fully confident. You can say it could work, but it's not guaranteed. Again, it could work, but it's not guaranteed. It's not guaranteed. You're explaining that you expected a different result based on previous experience. You can say based on past experience, I thought it would turn out differently. Again. Based on past experience, I thought it would turn out differently. You're reacting to a situation where someone is making things more complicated than necessary. You can say, I think we're overcomplicating things. Again, I think we're overcomplicating things. You're in a discussion and you want to return to the main topic after a distraction. You can say getting back to the point, blah blah blah. Again, getting back to the point, blah blah blah. You're explaining that something is acceptable for now, even if it's not ideal. You can say, It's not ideal, but I'll but it'll do for now. Again. It'll do, it'll do for now. Yeah, I feel like this phrase is a little bit old. Older. Um, I feel like nowadays younger generations would probably just say like it's not ideal but but it'll work. It'll work for now. It'll work for now, or it's okay for now, like it's good enough for now. Yeah, it'll work for now, it's okay for now, it's good enough for now, it's fine for now. It'll do is like i a little bit older English, I feel like. Um in the United States, but uh yeah, I don't know about British, but um but it's okay. But yeah, I feel like it's a little bit a little bit outdated. Alright, you're talking about a situation where you don't want to make a quick decision without thinking. You can say, I'd rather take some time to think it through. Again, I'd rather take some time to think it through. So personally, I probably wouldn't say think it through, I probably would just say like think about it. Think about it more. So I'd rather take some time to think about it more. Yeah, I need to think about it more. That's probably what I would say. You're reacting to a suggestion that sounds reasonable and practical. You can say, that sounds like a sensible approach. Again. That sounds like a sensible approach. So because this is C1 language immersion, language training, you know, I'm trying to teach you C1 types of phrases and vocabulary and things that that do exist and are used, and you you could hear them. But it's important to understand when when we talk about C1 and C2 English, when we enter into this kind of level, this kind of realm, um a lot of the language does have a bit more of a of a of a formal tone, or like a an overly professional tur t uh tone, or like maybe even sometimes um it's just less common. Um, but it exists and it's fine and it's totally valid to use. Like everything that I've told you so far in this video is absolutely valid and something you totally can say and people might say. Um but it it's not like the most nat like it's not always the most casual, natural, you know, everyday English type stuff. Um but and and and some of that stuff, especially when we get into like slangs and I mean just there's a lot of expressions that you could consider common everyday English informal that is still um it could also be considered C1 just because it's you know, it's still kind of like advanced, you know. So advanced doesn't necessarily mean like professional or formal. Um it's those are not synonymous. Okay, you can have advanced English that's like, you know, very unprofessional, basically, you know, unprofessional English. Um but typically when you look on the internet for like C1, C2 type stuff, you're gonna get more of the you're you know, what's gonna come up is more of the professional stuff, or when you take exams like the IELTS or whatever, or you know, um when you read, when you read books, when you read stuff, uh written English is usually more professional, more like academic English, um, higher vocabulary, more like polished and formal sounding. Um so like I have said in a previous video I made about the these kinds of levels, the CEFR levels, the um, you know, B1, B2, C1, C2. Um, yeah, with a B2 level, you can do most things you need to do in life, no problem, right? Like B2 level is like good enough for most most of life. Um, but students are often interested in taking it a step further and you know, advancing their English even more, learning more. So so that's why I'm you know I'm making this video and um and doing C1. But uh and some of the and some of the things that I'm saying here are, you know, some of the things that I've I've taught so far in this video are um quite common, you know, and I'm not saying all of this stuff is uncommon. No, absolutely not. Like some of this stuff is very common. Um but also the lines between B2 and C1 sometimes are a little bit blurry, you know, it's like a little bit of a gray area. So, you know, some of these things you you might be B1 and already know some like some of these things, like phrases that I'm saying and stuff, some of these stuff, things that I'm saying, you know. This isn't like extremely advanced. Um so yeah, basically I just wanted to to tell you that my my take on all of this, my perspective, and I'm always trying to keep it real and honest and realistic and transparent with you guys and tell you what I really think is a native speaker. Um a native speaker who like I consider myself to be an intellectual person. I definitely I definitely am an intellectual person. Um I take, you know, English writing very seriously and stuff. Um I can't say that I read books all the time, but um but I as an intellectual native speaker I I also think it's very important to keep it realistic and I also understand that you know 99% of my time in real life or 95% of my time in real life I am using a very everyday English. And that's what I try to mainly focus on on this channel. Um so you know, if if anything that I'm reading to you right now is seems like unrealistic, I will I will let you know. If anything seems a little bit strange or whatever, you know, I I will let you know most of the time. Um but but yeah, but for those of you who are interested in this in uh C C1 type stuff, um let's you know, let's keep going and let's keep learning and practicing. And um, yeah, at the very least, it's it's relaxing and uh you're having a wonderful sleep right now. I don't know. So um yeah. So let's continue with the next part of the C1 English immersion. Alright. Just a second, and we're ready. Okay. Um you're in a meeting. How many times have I said that? You're in a meeting, a teammate is explaining a problem, but they're being vague and not giving clear details. You want them to be more specific. You can say, could you be a bit more specific about what you mean? Again, could you be a bit more specific about what you mean? So, see, stuff like that, that is a perfect example of something that is totally normal, totally common, it sounds extremely natural. Um, it's also part of everyday English, you know. Could you be more specific? You know, we we might instead of could we might say like can, can you be more specific? Or yeah, can you be a little bit more specific about what you mean? I I don't know what you mean. Can you be more specific? You know, like we might alter the phrase slightly in everyday English, depending on, you know, the context and the people we're talking to or whatever. Um, of course, the phrases that I'm reading are like more polished. Um maybe like what you would write in an email, you know, it versus like what you would say out loud. You know how what you would write in the email, you you take time to think about it like a little bit more than stuff you just say, right? You you take time to think about it a little bit more and write it in a little bit more clear and concise and polished and professional way than when you're just naturally speaking. It's like that. You know, so it's not like we don't use it, you know, w but it's just when you're speaking, what comes out doesn't always sound as polished as when you're like writing an email, right? Even if you're writing an email to I don't know, I was gonna say anybody, but I guess not anybody. But um yeah. But anyway, it's totally normal to be like, hey, can you um I'm not sure what you mean, can you be more specific? Something like that. Okay. Next one. You're talking to a friend who is blaming someone else for a situation, but you think they also played a role. You want to point that out carefully. You can say, to be fair, you were part of that decision too. Again, to be fair, you were part of that decision too. So if if you're talking to someone who's just blaming something on someone else, but you know they were part of it, you can say, You were part of that decision too. To be to be fair, to be fair. I love it. It's like respectfully holding someone accountable. I like that. You're explaining why you're not ready to commit to a plan yet because you need more information. You can say, I'd rather wait until we have all the facts. Again. I'd rather wait until we have all the facts. You're reacting to a situation where something small has turned into a much bigger problem. You can say, It's blown out of proportion. Again. It's blown out of proportion. Okay. It's it has blown out of proportion. Um, yeah, it's like it it turned into a much bigger problem. You're in a s you're in a conversation and you want to politely interrupt because you have something important to add. You can say, sorry to interrupt, but can I just add something? Again, sorry to interrupt, but can I just add something? All right. You're explaining that something seems correct based on the information you have, but you're not 100% certain. You can say, from what I can tell, everything seems fine. Again, from what I can tell, everything seems fine. So remember, when we say like uh like from what I can tell or um yeah, i it's hard to tell, or you know, when when we use to be able to tell or can tell in that kind of context, it means like not literally telling or saying something, it means like being able to perceive, right? So from what I can tell, it's like from what I can perceive. It's not from what I can say, it's from what I can perceive. So that's an interesting thing about English that um probably a lot of students just naturally notice that and just learn that automatically, but but I feel like I always need to explain that because it's a little bit of a strange thing about English. Um I notice that other languages will use actual words like like from what I can notice or perceive or whatever. And yeah, you can say that in English too, but the most common way to say it is like from what I can tell. And it's strange that we use the word tell, because it's not really tell, you know. Um it's like if you go to someone go in someone's house, you know, you enter someone's house, and they just cleaned their house, and they and they say, I just cleaned my house. You you can say, I can tell. It's like I can see, I can I I see that, I notice, yeah. It's it's noticeable. Alright. You're talking about a situation where someone is avoiding the real issue. You can say, I think we're avoiding the main issue. Again. I think we're avoiding the main issue. So it's funny, this is like a C1, you know, lesson, right? Um, but a lot of the the vocab and the phrases here that I'm using are are simple stuff that you already know. R in in other words, what it's kind of doing is it's teaching you, like this lesson is really kind of just teaching you how to speak more polished and professional. And I guess that's what a lot of C1 and C2 is about, is just like sounding more professional. It's not even necessarily using like so much more difficult or advanced vocabulary, it's honestly a lot of the time just phrasing things in a way to sound a bit more professional. Um yeah. So, in that sense, it's it's not as scary and hard as you might think. I mean the vocabulary is not you know, because you don't want to use vocabulary that's so advanced that even your native speaker colleagues are like, what? You know, you know, so it's really just about about sounding professional, uh, and also natural, but yeah. So a lot of the stuff I'm saying is not even that uh that super advanced, you know. You're describing a situation where something isn't worth the time or effort. You can say, it's probably not worth going into too much detail. Again, it's probably not worth going into too much detail. So this is a perfect example of how like every word I said you already know. I'm I'm certain you already know every single word I just said. It's probably not worth going into too much detail. You know all those words, I'm assuming. But what is C1 about it is the particular order, the particular phrasing, right? Because that's something that a native speaker would say. A native speaker would say, it's probably not worth going into too much detail. And even though you know all the words, you might not put them in that order, and you might not say that particular phrase because you're not a native speaker and you, you know, you don't have that phrase ingrained into your mind like we do from hearing other people say it since we were born. So, you know, for us it kind of just comes naturally that phrase. But for you, even though you know all the words, you might not put them together like that. So that's really what C1 is about. It's it's learning to put together the words, a lot of the words you already know in a particular way, put them together in a way to sound not just professional, but also natural to sound like a native speaker. Um, to speak not so robotic, but like real, you know. So, you know, you probably know like the phrase, um, like it's not worth it, you know? Ah, it's not worth it. So add probably to that, uh, it's probably not worth it. Okay? And then there's the phrase to go into detail. So to go into details, like to, you know, to to get into the details, to um to to focus on the details, right? So it's probably not worth going into too much detail. It's probably not worth going into that much detail, or so much detail, or you know, whatever. So, yeah, that's just one example. Um, you know, don't get too hung up on that phrase. Like I could say the same thing about a lot of these phrases I'm teaching in this lesson. Um, you might know all the words, but you might have never thought of putting them in that particular order in a context like that, and that is what it's all about. That's what that's what I want you to to learn and and focus on. Alright. Yes, and this also comes from you know, consuming content in the language, um, you know, listening to native speakers talk to me. You're doing that right now, I am a native speaker, but but like more natural situations, like right now I'm just reading stuff, um, and then adding my commentary and stuff, but you know, I mean like watching videos, like realistic um stuff or listening to podcasts. Podcasts would be a great way to to hear some of these phrases and stuff in real life. Yeah, and the more you hear stuff, it'll it'll kind of just stick with you. Um don't get overwhelmed or be worried about, you know, oh my god, you're you're going through so many phrases and so many, uh, I'm not gonna remember all this stuff. That's not what it's about. At this point of your English learning journey, when you get to like C1, you it's not about memorizing stuff anymore. It's not about memorizing vocabulary and verbs and no. It's just about like getting used to like the flow of English, like the kind of the attitude, the feeling, the phrases, the the vibe, the it's just you know, it's just getting kind of kind of getting used to the flow and a lot of like passive listening and um not so much like trying to memorize stuff, right? Um, yeah. It's just it's all about exposure, exposure, exposure. And obviously if you want to take your studying to the next level, um, you know, you can listen multiple times and you can you know you can repeat, you can pause and repeat and actually practice your speaking as well with these phrases. That's another thing you could do, but that is that's definitely next level of studying, uh especially with this type of video, which is meant for just relaxing. Um, but that's always an option with all of my videos uh to practice um speaking as well, you know, pausing and speaking. That's how I learned um Spanish and Portuguese, and um that's what I recommend for learning languages. Okay, to to practice your speaking right. Because that's like really the biggest issue students have is just not enough speaking practice, really. That's like the number one issue that they have. Okay, let's continue. You're reacting to a decision that doesn't seem logical. You can say, that doesn't really make sense to me. Again, that doesn't really make sense to me. You're explaining that something will happen eventually, even if it takes time. You can say, it's only a matter of time. Again. It's only a matter of time. Yeah, it's only a matter of time until something happens. That's a very common expression. I use that a lot actually. You're describing a situation where someone misunderstood the situation completely. You can say, They got the wrong idea. Again. They got the wrong idea. You're in a discussion and you want to highlight a key point before continuing. You can say, the main point is this. Blah blah blah. Again. The main point is this. That's a word that a lot of students forget. Main. Main M-A-I-N. A lot of students who speak Latin based languages, their brain always goes to principal, because they know that the word principle exists in spa uh in English, and it's you know, that's kind of like the word that we use in Spanish and Portuguese. But in English, yes, principle you could the principal point like principle it exists and it does have this meaning. But it sounds a bit strange and uncommon. So really what we say is the main, the main point, the main thing. So Maine is this is this really important word to have in your vocabulary. And it's also where I'm from. Well, I'm from the state of Maine, which is spelled M-A-I-N-E. So that the only difference is that there's an E on the end with the state, and with the normal word, there's no E. So yeah. You're explaining that something is improving, but not as quickly as you'd like. You can say, it's getting better, just not as fast as we expected. Again, it's getting better, just not as fast as we expected. You're reacting to a situation where someone is making a valid point. A valid p valid point. You can say, that's a fair point. Again. That's a fair point. You're explaining that something depends on multiple factors. You can say there are a lot of variables involved. Again. There are a lot of variables involved. Alright. Alright, how are we doing? I think I think we're gonna end it there. So obviously this isn't a complete this isn't a complete C1, you know, course. Um I can definitely make more videos like this. Um I I thought about doing like a complete C1 course video. I'd not I'm not sure how long that would take though. I don't know at which point I could call it like complete, you know. I feel like it's a huge it's a huge task, it's a huge topic to to teach in just one YouTube video. Obviously there are teachers who claim to to do that. I don't know if they really are, but I've never watched one of those videos. There are also teachers who sell courses like friggin' $300, $200 for an entire C1 course. People like, you know, English with Lucy. You know, uh I'm against these silly courses like you achieve I I don't even really believe in following these kinds of levels, but if you are going to kind of focus on these these C one kind of B2 levels, you know, these types of levels, um you get there just to the same methods as you get to A1 and A2. You you know, every level is the same, it's all just about more exposure to even more advanced stuff, pra you know, practicing, blah blah blah. It's it's all the same stuff, it just takes time. You know, it takes time. And um yeah. Like obviously, no matter what course you take, video you watch, thing you do, you can always improve. Um but are you gonna watch one video or take one course and all of a sudden be an absolute master of the C1 English level and all the phrases that you could possibly consider to be C1? No. No. Um, but it's just kind of one resource of many um to to learn stuff and to to practice, right? But ultimately it takes infinite time and exposure, you know. It's a lifelong journey. It's a lifelong journey learning a language, improving a language. Right? So um, yeah, so you have been a wonderful viewer, listener. If you are still awake, congratulations. You are amazing. Um, maybe you're just listening to this during the day after a cup of coffee and it's not an issue. Um, but you're still amazing anyways. Even those of you who are asleep right now, even though you can't hear me, you are also amazing. Um, I love everyone who watches my videos and listens. So um, yes, so like I said, feel free to listen to this several times through if you want, multiple times. Um, there were a lot of good nuggets of advice and little little tidbits of my perspective, my feedback, my information, my knowledge that I have for you as a native speaker and as an English teacher. And also just a lot of great phrases that we practiced, a lot of great context and phrases and reactions. Um and yeah, just remember that as a native speaker, yeah, so certainly some of the time, I will have those reactions myself, like I would say something like that, but many other times I would not say something like that. What I would say is even more casual or relaxed or, you know, messy, you know. The way native speakers speak is often messy, right? I mean, think about how you talk in your native language. Is it is it super polished all the time? Is it or or would you say that it's it's often messy? Um, you know? Yeah. Even the even the best speakers will use filler words and sometimes are are thinking as they're speaking and they're, you know, i kind of trying to formulate the phrase as they go and it doesn't sound as good as if they had taken the time to plan it and write it. And that's just the way the human brain works at the end of the day. It's not even about, you know, your language ability at the end of the day. It's like we have human brains, we have limitations, um, we're not AI, thankfully. And um, oh yes, one last piece of advice before I end this. Um, I there are a lot of like AI English learning, English teaching videos on the internet now, and I recommend avoiding those. Um, there are plenty of real English teacher videos on the internet to to watch. Um it's okay if you want to use AI to ask a question maybe about English, or you know, sometimes I'll use it to get a answer, quick answer about like what is the most natural way to express this in Spanish or whatever. You know, it's okay to use AI for stuff like that, but as far as watching videos on the internet or listening to you know to English speakers and stuff like as far as consuming English, like it's okay to ask AI a question, but in terms of when you're when you're consuming English for the sake of improving, like you're studying English, right? So you're listening to podcasts, you're watching videos, when you do that, I recommend making sure that you're only doing that with like real people, not AI. Because AI is always gonna sound a lot more robotic. Well, at least for now, it sounds quite robotic. And yeah, and it's kind of just AI crap, AI slop. Um, and it kind of takes away from real English teachers. And also, yeah, it's just it's so robotic, and like, you know, where's the fun in that? Don't you want an English teacher with some, you know, some some personality, and not just like a computer, you know? Um, and also what I do on my channel is I give you a lot of my personal opinion, my feedback. I I get really specific, my details, my personal experiences, and I try to keep it really realistic with you. So a lot of the AI English teaching videos I've seen, they just they teach this kind of generic stuff, but they don't really provide any nuance, they don't really um explain to you like how it really is in real life and what they themselves would say naturally as a native speaker, because they're not, because they're not. They're a computer, they're I they're AI. So remember that. Um yeah. If um you watch a video and it's teaching you something about English, or it tells you not to say something, but it doesn't explain why, or you know, it's not you're not looking at or listening to a real person that you know for sure that's a real person, I say just get rid of it. Just leave it and don't go back. Just don't don't continue uh consuming that content because yeah, AI is helpful for some things, but for other things it's just completely unnecessary and and can be harmful or can be inaccurate. So um yes, know when to use AI and when not to use AI. So um yeah, I have noticed I have looked at some other like Learn English While You Sleep type videos, and uh there's some weird, I don't know if it's AI or what, but there's some there's some robotic kind of strangely perfect ones out there, and I'm like, mmm, I don't know about that. So let me know in the comments if you like my natural messy Learn English while you sleep videos where I just talk and ramble and just tell you whatever pops into my mind in addition to the the planned lesson that I read. So it's a little of both, you know. Uh let me know if you if you like that. Um I think I think that most people prefer that, but yeah. Okay, so have a wonderful night, day, whatever it is for you, wherever you are on this big green planet. Blue. It's mostly blue, I think, not green, actually. Well, actually, is it really blue or is that an illusion? Anyways, I don't know. I need to go to bed myself. It's midnight here where I am, currently in Mexico City. But I don't live here I don't live anywhere, I'm always traveling. So I'm a nomad. So right now I'm in Mexico City, but next week I'll be somewhere else. Um yes, every few months I tend to go somewhere else, so so yeah. Um I'm going to bed now. Good night. And until next time, see ya later. Bye bye.