Favorite VERY BASIC Comprehensible Input Sources Iâve Found (all free)
These are all for Italian and Arabic (MSA + Levantine dialect) and suitable for A1! Iâve found the very early stages are the hardest to find stuff for but also when itâs the most boring to be confined to flashcards and memorizing so hopefully this helps. Also it keeps me from losing these links.
Italian:
Curioso come George (Italian Curious George, honestly a lot of kids shows can get tiring but Curious George doesnât hit that âannoyingâ pitch while still being simple) (link is to one episode but you can find tons in the related vids) (also segments are themed so you can find ones that roughly correlate to a unit of vocab like weather or clothes)
Ardea Digitale Schoolbooks (schoolbooks for children that you can download as PDFs along with workbooks/worksheets)
Arabic (MSA)
Read Learn Play Arabic (cannot speak highly enough of this one itâs so good and thereâs so much and idk how it isnât talked about more)
Cartoon Network MENA (good just because the material is recognizable, obviously usefulness of vocab/level is gonna vary by show)
Arabic (Levantine Dialect)
Sesame Street! Aka Ahlan Simsim. (Some segments are more advanced than others obviously but itâs incredible for learning the sound of the dialect and is also not grating for adults imo) (free on YouTube)
Lingualism Diaries (not nearly as beginner friendly as Read Learn Play but definitely doable within a few weeks assuming you know the alphabet) (also has audio versions)
I highly recommend lingualism.com for a ton of Arabic materials in all sorts of dialects/levels but theyâre mostly paid (not expensive! But not free) and this post is meant to compile free stuff.











