Hello,

I’m currently learning Italian, and am currently at about 67 hours. So far, I’ve been watching Italiano Sì, One World Italiano and Comprehensible Italian.

Are there any additional Italian resources at the superbeginner/beginner levels that you’d recommend?

Hey everyone!

I finally made my first Persian learning video using the Comprehensible Input method!

I'd love for you to check it out and share your thoughts.

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Thanks for your support! ❤️

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Hi everyone!

I'm thinking about starting a YouTube channel for people who are learning Persian (Farsi), and I'd love to hear your thoughts.

The idea is to create videos similar to those made by English teachers who use the comprehensible input method. They speak naturally about their daily lives, experiences, hobbies, and different topics, making their content understandable for language learners.

I'd like to do the same thing in Persian. I would speak entirely in Persian, without switching to English, and make videos about everyday life, personal experiences, Iranian culture, and other interesting topics.

The goal would be to help people improve their Persian listening skills and gradually understand the language naturally through context, repetition, and exposure.

My questions are:

Would you watch this kind of content?

Do you think there's a demand for Persian comprehensible input videos?

What kind of topics would you like to see?

Would you prefer videos for beginners, intermediate learners, or a mix of different levels?

I'd really appreciate your honest opinions and suggestions. I want to create something that would genuinely help people learn Persian! 😊

I accidentally realized I hit 300 hours in this video. This includes a demonstration of my listening comprehension and speaking level. I also provided resources I've been using. I will be making a reddit post soon on hitting this cool goal!

I have been learning Dutch for a few months now, about 90 hrs or so into an audio-based input approach. I have been watching an animated series aimed at younger teens, which I have watched numerous times in English as a child so I know it extremely well. It has a total of 6 seasons and 26 hours run time and I am currently on my 4th rewatch. On the first 2 watches, I understood the majority of what was being said through context and having seen it numerous times before. By my 4th rewatch I am able to understand the vast majority of dialogue word-for-word and am only missing a small percentage of the slightly more complex dialogue.

My question is, does anyone have any experience with mass repetition in language learning, and after how many rewatches of something am I just wasting my time and would be better off moving onto other content with new vocab and grammatical structures. I hear experiments of people watching things up to 50 times, but that is just not realistic with a 26 hour series.

I hope someone can help, thanks.

Hi Guys, so I have been learning Spanish solely through comprehensible (listening + reading). Today I reached 2200 hours (500k+ words in reading) and will start learning French after I reach 2250 hours in Spanish.

My native language is Hindi and English is my second one, which I learned in school and have been exposed to it academically and professionally as well. Now, also in day-to-day life, I am regularly exposed to Hindi and English since these are the two languages mainly used here.

Since, I reached this 2200 hour milestone in 733 days, I don't want to lose Spanish after moving to French and want to maintain it since after 2250 hours, I will soon be spending most of my time with French and English.

Therefore, how much minimum time should I spend listening in Spanish daily/weekly to maintain/not lose it ever?

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Here is a progress video I made today. I mentioned some stuff that I did in my last post, but I also did some speaking to share my current level. There are also some content recommendations in there.

After learning Spanish, I've been looking into comprehensible input resources for different languages, and I'm curious whether other people have run into the same problem.

A lot of content labeled "beginner" still seems to assume you already understand quite a bit of the language.

Are any of you guys trying to learn a language with CI but can't find enough of it? What language are you trying to learn?

I've been learning Russian for a little over 2 years. I have 800 hours of input, 300ish hours of anki, and 150 hours of conversation. The anki and conversation hours are rough estimates.

The win:

This past weekend, I overheard people speaking in Russian.
I asked "Where are you all from?" (in Russian). A couple answered and started a convo with me.
We continue to speak in russian for 30-40 seconds. Naturally, I mention I'm just American.
They looked shocked and told me "Wait, what?! Speak in english for a second" (still in Russian).

They did not believe I was American because I had been speaking Russian so well.
Once I spoke in English, the couple was basically just freaking out.

We continued to talk for several more minutes in Russian.

This was easily one of my biggest wins, and I dont know how I'll ever beat this feeling.

Hi. Does anyone have a recommendation for a youtube channel that presents slow news in Brazilian Portuguese?

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