I can follow Calloui pretty well - let's say 99%, and also city of friends around 90%.
I use these shows to listen as well as have full blown conversations with. Often doing repeated variations of sentences and shadowing.
ChatGPT reckons these shows are at A1-A2 and I don't disagree.
However listening to these shows in English I realise that one could actually do quite a bit with all the vocab in the shows. Like a heck of a lot. I could easily assume I was a higher level.
In real life my comprehension dives to 5%. Simply too many words used in weird ways.
This gave me cause to think that I would perform very well in a classroom setting but collapse under any real life pressure. I suspect that I am victim to a fallacy of using prediction(easily done in a kids show with laughably predictable tropes) to aid understanding.
I suspect I have been overestimating my listening level for a while. I think my speaking is also well behind my listening but it's forgiveable to be weaker at speaking so harder to be self critical.
For me at least this highlights the importance of abstract vocabulary and grammar drills to actually prove level and progress. Although I'm sure others will infer different meanings.
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