Internships

Level: C2
Topic: Work & Professional Development
Source: Internship experiences (5-speaker audio task)

This C2 Listening worksheet exposes students to five authentic-sounding internship stories, each rich in advanced vocabulary, idiomatic expressions and detailed narrative. Learners must identify specific information, implied meaning and subtle distinctions across multiple speakers — a task that reflects the complexity of real C2 exam listening.

The stories cover topics such as relocation, career discovery, advanced technology, responsibility, global environments, awards and job offers, offering excellent opportunities for discussion on career paths and workplace culture.

The worksheet strengthens essential C2 skills like cross-referencing ideas, recognising paraphrased content, understanding implicit motivations, and managing multi-speaker listening — all crucial for Cambridge C2 (CPE) Listening Parts 1 & 2.

✅ Multi-speaker authentic input, ideal for training high-level listening discrimination.
✅ Develops inference, detail extraction and paraphrase recognition, required at C2 level.
✅ Includes rich work-related vocabulary and natural expressions from real professional contexts.
✅ Perfect for lessons focused on career development, internships, workplace expectations.
✅ Highly effective for exam prep: similar to C2 Listening tasks that contrast multiple viewpoints.