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If you want to see advanced English, don't look at legalese; look at professional academic writing in the humanities. That's the natural home of complex vocabulary, syntax, and meaning. Simple speech is appropriate in many situations, but "big" words can pack a lot of meaning. Just today, I remarked that my grandson had become fastidious. My listener knew what I meant.

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When did we forget that language is for communication? Was it when people turned it into a subject or discipline? It is so human, so deep, so rooted so as to turn it into an object. We've got to go to the basics in all aspects of life :) Language commodified at such a scale is truly a crime :)) Great video, Christian.

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Sir, I had an opposite understanding of C1 and C2 levels as being able to use more commonly used native phrases, sentence structure, and vocabulary that is not difficult but more commonly used by native speakers. For example, instead of saying he is like an animal at the party C1 would say he is a party animal. Instead of saying I am trying to get the soaked biscuit out of my tea cup, a C1 would say I am trying to fish out the biscuit from the cup. To me, C1 and C2 levels make English more easy and friendly. I agree with the point that uncommon complex vocabulary is itself a hurdle in effective communication but some very intelligent teachers are now basing C1 and C2 on commonly used compound phrases and good sentence structure rather than making it about complex vocabulary. However, your conversation today has some deeper meaning and intellect when people use English not as an effective communication tool but rather to impress or undermine others.

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Great. As always.

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Hi Teacher, thank you for teaching us these five strategies, it was constructive for me.

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This video is liberating to both the teacher and the learner. Many thanks, Christian

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A former student of mine from China told me that they look at the algorithms to prepare them for the possible questions. Yes, they may be able to answer the questions or obtain high scores. Yet, and this is the big yet, they still have difficulty communicating in the real world. Thank you Christian for this insight. We need to see beyond the exams as a measure of language ability or proficiency. It is also not a level playing field. For developing countries, the cost of the exam is staggering. Additionally, preparing for the exams is likewise costly. All in all, that would be about two to three months' worth of salary. Higher-level exams are also not available in most developing countries. Only selected developing countries offer the CAE.

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For me as english learner.. Difficult test like that just makes me frustated. In my opinion when two people make conversation in english and they understand each other...they are well known in english...they are good👍🤗 Because for me...learn english is for long life..everyday we learn a new word , everyday we learn how to pronounce , how to write and how to spell...so difficult test just waste the time 😧😢and money. Learn from mr.Cristian through cangoru english is the best way to know and understand english more deeply Thank you Cristian See you in class😊❤❤❤👍👍

language is for communication. and it is not only used in english classroom. it's a tool to open my eyes and widen my world.

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Thank you for being brave for debunking these tests. Communication is the key. Studying a lot of hard words doesn't make you a good communicator. See Dr. Michio Kaku, a Therotical Physicist, he is a good communicator. He's able to discuss difficult topics using simple words.

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I adore your american accent 😊. Miss you all englisholics

I absolutely agree that the IELTS exam is not about the language! And I have conducted an experiment) I'm Russian native speaker, and I tried to pass the exam in Russian. Can you guess the result?😀😀😀

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Hello Cristian, are you planning english camp this year?

1:20 No. The reason why they're considered advanced is because their meaning carry more nuance than broad-meaning words. The fact that they're used with less frequency is only a consequence of that. Learning advanced language has nothing to do with stockpiling vocabulary for the sake of it, it's about learning to convey ideas more accurately, by using words that carry a more precise meaning, or are more context-appropriate. The point is not to sound like a bombastic smart-ass, the point is to learn to speak in a way that carries deeper meaning.

Hi Christian! I have done a lot of english courses in Argentina my country...I have always studied grammar, structures, verbs, etc...and my questions was...do english people really use it i their diary lives? Unfortunately I had never the opportunity to use the language in a real situation... Thanks...😊

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I would like to share it with you, my story is so interesting in my caso, I'm from Colombia and my native language is obviously Spanish but I can't learn English in high school. I also started to hate it, two years ago I decided that I must learn and improve my English, today I can understand maybe 70% of conversations and speak a little bit, now I hope to improve my grammar and correction my mistake when I am speaking and here your RUclips channel is the best way for I achieve this goal.

WHAAAA. There I thought as a kid that there was something wrong with me when I had encountered a similar "Jar Situation". I thought there was a human marking these tests, but again imagine how likely it is to become so rigid once you are exhausted by a 1000 of these. Thanks for the relief)). Hopefully all these LLMs like chatGPT can solve that problem. They seem smart enough to allow for such small variation, which could mean a lot if were an about to be student. Anybody agrees? Also this olympiad made me think of aptitude test I had to take. Which is basically an abstract, spacia logic and an IQ test. I also did not like it, because I felt there is a cheat to it. Now looking at how people are able to hone a skill of grammar problems in an unknown language, makes me think that exactly the same can be done with the IQ test. It's a matter of how quick you find answers to these abstract pictures. Sorry my brain does not compute these, YET. But it does not mean it cant compute a physics problem well enough (I even got an award in my school for it). I just think university are ought to be a upfront to it. Just state "We need hard working students" literraly and not "this test checks if your brain is good enough". Uh, how is this claim supported and validated? So yeah, some motivation talk for a random reader of this comment, never let an exam ruin your self esteem. Put enough effort and time at it and you will get it!

You're amazing teacher, is soo good to have you here teaching us so clear!!! Thanks

I saw the Portuguese test on the link, and this is insane!!! I completely agree with you, Christian, the best way is to communicate. Thank you so much.

These days, thousands of people in my country, Uzbekistan, are spending their entire lives on preparing for the IELTS exam. Their lives are too precious to be wasted this way…

Thank you so much for this🎉 I’m 65 young German and still learn new languages and other new things every day. 😊 I will send it to anybody who always tell me: Yes, for you it’s easy to learn new languages, you have talent to do it! 😮 My answer is always: No, I have fun and happiness if I can speak to people in the country I visit. ❤ For me it’s part of respect as well. 😊🌷 Stop saying: Yes, but…. ❤❤❤❤❤

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You are so incredible. Your explanation, your teaching is very powerful. I encountered your channel when I started to feel unconfident and desperate about my English. Watching your videos gives me motivation to continue to learn this language. I stopped to care about my level, I just enjoy the communication in English, about where I am now in this learning journey. Thank you giving me this inspiration.

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