Highly recommend an app named vistopia full of interesting audible contents together with text, but it require maybe C1 level?

slow chinese, i think is the best for a basic level

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Here is a list of random YouTube channels I have collected over the last couple of years:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lzDJLCEnP_MRTaOQKBcRo59hAzPycXxKq9FwtbfYPMg/edit?usp=sharing

Every now and again I run this query:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E7%9A%84+-eng&sp=EgYIAxABKAE%253D (的 or another term)

Credits to the user @iaing who originally shared this. Whenever I found something I saved it, by now my bookmarks are a mess, so I have tried to put some in a Google sheet. Maybe this helps. The entries should really be ordered, categorized, low quality ones should be culled and so on; but I simply don't have much time. So it is what it is.

Here some channels on geopolitics with subs:

Very interesting thread, thank y'all.

I was reading "撒哈拉的故事" by 三毛 although I've had to interrupt my language studies for some months, I look forward to resuming it again.

I have really struggled to find content that is both engaging and suitable for my level, so I'm grateful to read other messages on this post, I'll look those resources up.

I read Taiwanese news sites, like 中央社, and will listen to/read some podcasts at an easier level, like the LingQ chinese podcast. My next goalpost is that once reading the news becomes easy enough I want to start watching and listening to it, and then focus for a while on improving my conversation ability.

My method has been importing webnovels way above my level and giving myself headaches getting through them. Not sure if this is the most effective strategy, but it's working for me (my primary goal is to read books).

In the beginning I imported a lot of kid's stories from sites like qigushi.com/baobao and gushi365.com

I've been picking webnovels to read based on cdramas that I've either watched or am looking forward to watching, but currently I'm also trying to mix in shorter stories.

Last month I moved to notion to track my reading. If anyone is interested here is my link (mostly romance, kids and danmei so far - but if you scroll all the way down, it's got a list of a lot of graded readers as well for beginner / intermediate learners)

https://sprinkle-turnip-e0c.notion.site/Chinese-Media-143b34a975c4424282d88a15851b7524

I also highly suggest taking a look at the heavenly path site if you are interested in chinese media (https://heavenlypath.notion.site/heavenlypath/Heavenly-Path-d9be1806465b4525afeb132d1079194c) . They have a nice section on books / webnovels ranked by difficulty, so it's easier to pick a more appropriate material (and they have a very nice active discord community). Even if you don't like their recommendations, I've learned a lot on how to better pick and where to find suitable material.

I import from jjwxc a lot, so I recommend using a chrome extension like Absolute Enable Right Click & Copy (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/absolute-enable-right-cli/jdocbkpgdakpekjlhemmfcncgdjeiika) so it's easier to copy stuff into lingQ chapter by chapter.

I still find reading chinese very very difficult, and I'm trying to stick to things >93% and up. Finding interesting content at 98% has proved impossible for me so far, but maybe one day!

slow chinese, i think is the best for a basic level

Excellent idea! I am indeed curious as to that what other people might be studying on LingQ. I'll keep my entry brief, but I can elaborate if need be.

Youtube:

On most days I import an episode from 大康有话说. I don't use the LingQ import extension anymore, so I just download the subtitles, either via yt-dlp (www.lingq.com/en/learn/zh/web/community/post/4370447), or a website like https://downsub.com/, in this particular case a further step is helpful, converting stray 繁体字 to 简体字 using this site: https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/chinese_conversion.htm

To study, I create a split screen scenario, on the left side the video, on the right hand side LingQ with the text, I speed the video up by 25%. So 1h 30m become 68 minutes, and 13k words. I understand that some people might find this type of content controversial, offensive or just plain boring, but I respect him and find that he uses the language well. Occasionally I also import similar content (繁体字) from 江峰时刻, 天亮時分, 陳破空, etc there are so many in the political commentary / news genre. If there is interest I can easily point out 10+ more such channels. I have also shared hundreds of episodes: (www.lingq.com/en/learn/zh/web/community/post/4363392). Also check out the content shared by the user @dylanblack for an overview over the genre on YouTube.

Occasionally I also import book summaries. There are already many in the lingQ library mostly uploaded by @Damjan94, e.g. 听世界, 思維咖啡(繁体字). Here are other examples:

https://www.lingq.com/en/learn/zh/web/library/course/991396

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLHSemdIeKej7Q-rkxIexmQ/videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4m3sb4Xs4blu9ZRzG3l8jw/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/%E5%A4%A9%E5%A4%A9%E8%AE%80%E6%9B%B8%E6%9C%83/videos

History:

Again Damjan's content is great, it's mostly 繁体字, for example:

There is also 袁腾飞, a history teacher who is really popular in China:

https://www.youtube.com/c/tengfeiofficial/videos

简体字:

https://www.lingq.com/en/learn/zh/web/library/course/1118743

Science:

Everyone probably knows him, and there are many courses on LingQ already 李永乐老师: https://www.youtube.com/c/%E6%9D%8E%E6%B0%B8%E4%B9%90%E8%80%81%E5%B8%88/videos

Podcasts:

Every now and again I import transcripts of a podcast. I use AWS transcribe to create those. Looking through my library I have episodes from: 忽左忽右, 文化有限, 得意忘形播客, 大内密谈， 故事FM.

I also used to import episodes from 于谦's podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCERwOK7WU3ZOWx2VWTcFffQ/videos

Originally I planned to share those, but the transcripts are rather bad. But it's good content, mainly focussed on food.

Here is another podcast I like, complete with dodgy transcripts:

https://www.lingq.com/en/learn/zh/web/library/course/952583

I assume everyone already knows that anything by user @iaing is incredibly valuable, especially for improving one's listening comprehension.

Books:

Currently my priority is to improve my listening comprehension, so books are on the back burner. But every now and again I read a couple of pages of Harry Potter (in 繁体字), I don't have the audiobook so I have to use TTS. (I make an effort to always read and listen). There are many audiobooks on YouTube, I used: https://www.youtube.com/c/mimiFish/videos for example. The ebooks themselves can easily be found online. But beware, text and audio don't always match; also publications in 繁体字 are often translated differently, e.g. Harry Potter.

I've made a list of books that I've "read" here:

www.lingq.com/en/learn/zh/web/community/post/4363371

Some of those are really vacuous (eg Ray Dalio), and others are way above my head (王小波). Franky my level is not sufficient to properly enjoy a book in Chinese. But I will come back to this, at one point.

I have also shared the Gospels:

https://www.lingq.com/en/learn/zh/web/library/course/1028497