#mandarin learning resource

[cynosurus]

Mandarin learning resource recommendation:

Some wonderful person is collecting all natural Mandarin conversations (comprehensible input and similar) for learners on YouTube from different channels in one playlist.

Chinese Dialogue

At the time of writing there are 178 conversations at different levels, from beginner to advanced.

Truly an outstanding learning resource and great if you like me don't have energy to keep up with many different accounts and look out for new channels and you can find something that suits your tastes.

And instead of doing grammar drills that you still might struggle to apply to natural language you're practising language through listening to people actually speaking it in a pretty relaxed and natural way, the way you will hopefully be actually using the language :)

[cynosurus]

Advanced Mandarin learning resource:

The OutChina queer podcast

This is podcast interviews queer Chinese people!

There are 46 episodes so far.

It's not made specifically for learners, but I found that by playing it on 0.95 speed I could kind of follow along, which surprised me a little bit. (Helped by the added motivation of interesting content I am sure!)

Also they don't have background music which makes it much easier to hear.

So I encourage you to give it a try if you think it sounds interesting, maybe there is a playback speed that works for you :)

[cynosurus]

How to Pronounce Chinese Naturally | YouGlish

Struggling with Chinese pronunciation? YouGlish uses real people speaking real Chinese to help you master tricky sounds. No more dictionary

Really neat learning resource! Search for a word or a phrase in YouTube subtitles and hear clips of how it is pronounced in context on YouTube.

Example: how do people actually pronounce 多长时间?