Akkie sensei is so great! (And a babe!)
I love, love, love Dogen!
For my target language (Persian) I mostly watch native content not related to language learning.
As for the language itself, Fara Zaban is the best - although it’s primarily for Iranian’s learning English.
For other languages / language learning, I try to support other Australians:
- Thai Talk with Paddy
- Days of French n Swedish
- Aussie English
- Blondie in China
- Chinese with Xiaolu
- mmmEnglish
and then:
My favourite language channels are
Vietnamese
Learn Vietnamese with Annie : https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnVietnameseWithAnnie
Vietnamese Pod 101 : https://www.youtube.com/c/VietnamesePod101
Thai
ThaiwithMod : https://www.youtube.com/user/ThaiwithMod
Speak Thai Easy : https://www.youtube.com/c/SpeakThaiEasy
Thai Pod 101 : https://www.youtube.com/c/ThaiPod101
Swahili
Swahili Pod 101 : https://www.youtube.com/c/SwahiliPod101
Swahili Dar Language School :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKFHfMS7IU5yPnvNDlalcDQ
General Language Channels
Lindie Botes : https://www.youtube.com/c/LindieBotes
Langfocus : https://www.youtube.com/c/Langfocus
Alex Rawlings : https://www.youtube.com/user/RawLangsBlog
Mylangs : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWOq60wc6wedUAUDxTSrvw
I follow a few language focused channels that I really enjoy. Apologies if there’s a double post.
This first is more English etymology:
Next is about exploring languages:
An Italian polyglot:
Another Italian polyglot:
This channel occasionally goes into the creator’s various languages and is a delight:
This channel makes interesting connectionsin and between languages:
Robin McPherson:
Steve Kaufmann:
These are really good, but I am surprised no one mentioned Inner French yet. His earlier videos have slower spoken French and the later ones are a bit faster. After researching his topics, he posts videos and releases podcasts about a variety of topics.
Merci Heather pour votre contribution. Je me suis abonné à la chaîne YouTube innerFrench.
French: Français Authentique
Spanish: Español con Juan
English: Canguro English
German: Easy German
Italian: Impara l’Italiano con Italiano Automatico / Podcast italiano
This post is super relevant!! I just loved it. I was able to get to know a lot of new interesting languages channels!
My two favorite channels for learning English ! Both are absolutely legendary!
Français :
Cainéil YouTube is fear liom / My favorite YouTube channels in (or on) Irish:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClg5zuS_hCjvI3EIqCHmDnA (Learn Irish - lots of interesting tidbits of vocab and grammar)
TG Foghlaim great for beginners, Ulster dialect
What the Focal? with Ciara Ní É
Anything TG4! (also including the station where you can stream shows)
Lots of great videos in Irish, some with subtitles (some older ones fro TG4)
There’s LOTS more than this …
Merci, je voulais dire InnerFrench aussi. Pour moi, c’est vraiment un des meilleurs podcast de ce genre. Enfin, c’est quelque chose qu’on peut écouter pour apprendre, mais aussi simplement parce que c’est assez intéressant. Je pense qu’il prépare très bien chaque sujet.
I think nobody mentioned European Portuguese, yet.
I basically started my Portuguese journey with the Practice Portuguese website.
This channel is new, so there aren’t that many videos, yet. It seems to be the style I like though. Somebody speaking the language clearly and about interesting topics.
I’d be really grateful for any recommendations of “normal” (not meant for learning) channels in European Portuguese, though. It’s so hard to find them. If I just search for a topic I like in Portuguese, I will get a zillion results from Brazil and usually zero from Portugal. So far I’m stuck with the news and whatever I can find on RTP. I do know Bumba na Fofinha and 5meianoite. They’re very fast paced and it’s just one joke after the other. I like those where one person just rants about a topic for a while or calm interviews or discussions, so I can listen to it in the background while cleaning or walking.
For Turkish this one is quite good.
And this one of course:
Québec French
I love this channel. So much that I became a patreon.
This is my channel. I’d be grateful for any feedback. My mission is to inspire people to learn languages.
I see you have twi in your list. i have started messing around with twi the last couple days.
Merci beaucoup, Patricia! Je voudrais étudier le français québécois par ce que j’habite à Vermont.
I only did a few Pimsleur lessons and watched some Youtube videos a few times. I’d like to learn some more. Wo ti twi?