I think watching a German movie won’t work for me. However, I believe I can watch German news channel for 30 mins per day which can help me with my German language skills.
So, can you guys recommend me some Good German News channels on YouTube or free website maybe?
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With Langsam DW they do a recap every day, they have text+audio and it is an intermediate level. https://learngerman.dw.com/de/langsam-gesprochene-nachrichten/s-60040332
DW have also the DW Deutsch Youtube channel, and the DW International News Youtube channel.
They have the website as well in several languages.
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Once you watch one or two of any channel, YT will feed you more suggestions.
See if this interests you. Bayerischer Rundfunk:
https://www.youtube.com/@bayerischerrundfunk
Or DW Deutsch:
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My favorite website, especially through late beginner and intermediate is Nachrichtenleicht Startseite
I’ve even gone back to going through these articles in my “advanced” stage for additional “easy” reading. I also figured it would help reinforce vocabulary I could use for output when talking about “current events”. The website doesn’t update every day, but maybe once or twice a week there are new articles.
You can import the articles with the LingQ Extension, and there is audio on each article that you can download and then upload to the imported lesson.
On youtube I generally just watch Tageschau (20:00 Uhr). It is 15 minutes long, but they have the longer updates as well.
This one is obviously advanced so may or may not be useful to you depending on your level.
On a more humor based level there is:
Similar to the Daily Show in America. It looks at various news events but throws some humor, sarcasm, etc. into the mix.
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There is also “News in Slow” podcast where depending on your level you can listen to the news slow or slightly faster, although the vast majority of podcast software can change the playing speed.
The one downside to this way of listening is you do not get used to hearing the language spoken at normal speed. Yes, it is hard to understand normal spoken German, at first, however your mind quickly adapts, as your vocabulary increases, and you start recognising those words you already know and get the gist of the news item. Good luck.
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DW’s Langsam Gesprochene Nachrichten (LGN) is a good option, as mentioned in another reply. It is read very slowly, which can be good or bad, depending on your level. If it is too slow for you, each episode has a link to the content spoken at normal speed (but even this is unrealistically slow). The disadvantage to LGN, if you can call it a disadvantage, is that it is intended for German learners, and hence the language used is somewhat simplified.
My preference, therefore, is to listen to actual German news programs, most often on tagesschau.de. They have all sorts of news programming, but several times a day, they record a news summary called “Tagesschau in 100 Sekunden,” which I transcribe and import on average once a day into LingQ. You can find these episodes by typing “Tagesschau in 100 Sekunden” into the search box on the Lessons page.
The advantage to this, besides being transcribed, is that you will be listening to authentic German news contact; it is actually what Tagesschau broadcasts on TV in Germany.
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