Comprehensible Input Resource Guide

⍟ This list is not full. If you come across any resources that use the Comprehensible Input technique, your contribution will be appreciated. You can search them on the internet using keywords [language name] + CI, ALG (Automatic Language Growth), TPR, TPRS, nature method etc.

⍟ Blue highlight is for things that aren’t strictly CI, but still good for input-based learning.

⍟ Pink highlight indicates children-oriented content.

General

• Zero To Hero: A giant hub of everything you need for CI [including live TV] in ALL languages of the world. View on desktop
• Open Library: Digitalized books. You can filter by language.
• Ilya Frank’s Reading Method: Books in several languages facilitated with snippets of English translation.
• Метод чтения Ильи Франка: The website above in original Russian, a larger library.
• International Children's Digital Library

Arabic

• Arabic for Ummah: A YouTube channel
• Learn Arabic through short stories: An Arabic blooms’ YouTube playlist
• Ahlan Simsim: Sesame Street Arabic coproduction (YouTube channel)
• المدرسة الرقمية: Moroccan educational YouTube channel, also teaches French
• بیبا بیج: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• BabyBus Arabic TV - أغاني أطفال ورسوم متحركة : Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)
• (السنافر) The Smurfs •القناة الرسمية!: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• حكايات عالمية | قصص الشعوب: Cartoons and anime in Arabic (YouTube channel)
• CiBELES CARTOON HQ كرتون الطيبين: Anime in Arabic (YouTube channel)

Chinese (Mandarin)

• Terry Waltz's Blog: About TPR in general and inputting Chinese specifically
• HitChinese: A YouTube channel
• Unconventional Chinese With Keren: A YouTube channel
• Diane Neubauer: A YouTube channel
• ChineseCorner: A YouTube channel
• You Can Chinese: A YouTube channel
• Comprehensible Chinese: A YouTube channel
• Mandarin Click: A YouTube channel
• Jiayun Mandarin: A YouTube channel
• SyS Mandarin: A YouTube channel
• Eagar_Fun Chinese: A YouTube channel
• 小猪佩奇 中文官方: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• 寶寶巴士 - 兒歌童謠 - 卡通動畫: Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)
• 蓝精灵 • 官方频道！: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Pocoyo - 中文: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)

Czech

• Prasátko Peppa - Oficiální kanál: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Šmoulové • Čeština: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)

Danish

• Smølferne • Dansk: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Pocoyo - Dansk: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)

Dutch

• luister en leer Nederlands: A YouTube channel
• Studio Massa: A YouTube channel full of short animations
• JBW Productions: A YouTube channel
• Juf Roos: A YouTube channel
• Peuters en Kleuters: A YouTube channel
• Speel mit mij - Kinderspeelgoed: A YouTube channel
• Kindertelevisie.com: A website with loads of shows for children
• KinderseriesNL: Dubbed cartoons (YouTube channel)
• De Smurfen • Nederlands: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Nijntje: Miffy (YouTube channel)
• Peppa Pig Nederlands - Officiële Kanaal: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)

English

• Deliberate English: A YouTube channel
• English Comprehensible Input For ESL Beginners: A YouTube channel
• Dreaming English: A YouTube channel
• Extr@ English: A comedy series aimed at language learners
• Fingtam English: A YouTube channel
• English By The Nature Method: Direct download link to the book [.tar.gz]

• Read out loud in this Ayan Academy’s YouTube playlist by Arthur Jensen

• Easy English: A YouTube channel
• The Fable Cottage: A website with bilingual stories for beginners in various European languages.

Esperanto

• Pasporto al la tuta mondo: A YouTube channel
• Learn Esperanto - Direct Method: A YouTube channel

Finnish

• Finnished: A YouTube channel
• Jarps Art: A YouTube channel
• Suomea suomeksi: A Finnish textbook written in Finnish
• Selkosanomat: News in simple Finnish
• Pipsa Possu Suomi: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Smurffit • Suomi: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Pocoyo - Suomi: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)

French

• French In Action: An old learning series that was published on YouTube (upload by GammaNetwork)
• Alice Ayel: A YouTube channel
• French Comprehensible Input: A YouTube channel
• Julie Alors learn French: A YouTube channel
• Le Français par la « méthode nature »: A book

• Read out loud here in this Ayan Academy’s YouTube playlist

• Extr@ French: A comedy series aimed at language learners (upload by Madame Hodge)
• Lingo Mastery French: A YouTube channel
• The Fable Cottage: A website with bilingual stories for beginners in various European languages.
• France 24: News (A YouTube channel)
• Brut: short & long documentaries on the society, news
• Le Monde: news and documentaries
• INA Société: short & long documentaries
• Questions d'Histoire: A history YouTube channel with subs
• Japania: A blog about Japan (YouTube channel)
• STRIP TEASE OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A YouTube channel
• KINKY & COSY OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• SILEX AND THE CITY OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• FUNKY COPS OFFICIEL: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• BLAKE & MORTIMER OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• VALERIAN & LAURELINE OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: Some kind of French space anime (YouTube channel)
• Allez les petits!: Loads of cartoons (YouTube channel)
• Les Schtroumpfs • Français: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• SPIROU OFFICIEL: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• LES MALHEURS DE SOPHIE OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• le petit nicolas officiel: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• YAKARI OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• Histoires comme ça: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• Les belles histoires de Pomme d'Api: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• TROTRO OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• BABAR OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• Il Était une Fois... l'Homme: A French cartoon (YouTube playlist)
• Il était une fois... (Hello Maestro): A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• Les Aventures De Tintin - Complet Remastériser HD 1080p: A French cartoon (YouTube playlist)
• LUCKY LUKE OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube channel)
• CEDRIC OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French Cartoon (YouTube channel)
• MONSIEUR BONHOMME OFFICIEL 🇫🇷: A French cartoon (YouTube playlist)
• Bonne Nuit Les Petits - Chaine Officielle : A French show for little kids (YouTube channel)

German

• Authentic German Learning: A YouTube channel
• Erstes Deutsches Buch, nach der Natürlichen Methode: Direct download link of the book [pdf]
• Zweites Deutsches Buch, nach der Natürlichen Methode: Direct download link of the book [pdf]
• Deutsch Für Ausländer: A book
• Links Sprache: An ENORMOUS pile of links for all things languages. Leads to German websites. You’ll definitely like it.
• Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek: Basically archive.org but in German.
• Extra auf Deutsch: A comedy series aimed at language learners (upload by Master Language)
• German Grammar Frau: A YouTube channel
• Learn German with LearnOutLive: A YouTube channel
• My German Short Stories: A YouTube channel
• German is not boring: A YouTube channel
• ’Jens und Jakob’ by Werner Skalla: Part 1
• Anfänger | DW Deutsch Lernen: ‘Nicos Weg’, a series of A1-friendly videos united by one plotline

• Uploaded to YouTube by DW as a single video here

• DW Deutschekurse: A lot of GE-GE courses by DW for all levels.
• German To Go | Learn German for free with DW: Another collection of DW’s materials, covering levels from A1 to B2.
• The Fable Cottage: A website with bilingual stories for beginners in various European languages.
• Sesamstraße: Sesame Street coproduction (YouTube channel)
• KiKA von ARD und ZDF: A YouTube channel
• Frau Rosa: A YouTube channel
• Die Schlümpfe • Auf Deutsch: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Die Deutschen: History documentary series

Greek (Ancient)

• Athenaze: Introduzione Al Greco Antico. A book. Part 2 is available here
• Lexicity - Greek: A directory of websites with ancient Greek manuscripts, the Bible, etc.

Greek (Modern)

• Sevasti Ziogas Varitimidis: A YouTube channel
• Easy Greek: A YouTube channel
• Πέππα το Γουρουνάκι - επίσημο κανάλι: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Τόμας Το Τρενάκι: Thomas & Friends (YouTube channel)
• Τα Στρουμφάκια • Ελληνικά: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)

Hebrew (Ancient)

• Aleph with Beth: A website of a CI course, also a youtube channel

Hebrew (Modern)

• Rechov Sumsum: Sesame Street coproduction (YouTube playlist)
• הדרדסים • עברית: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)

Hindi

• BabyBus - बच्चों के गीत&कार्टून एनीमेशन: Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)
• Happy Bachpan: Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)
• द स्मर्फ्स • हिन्दी: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)

Hungarian

• Hungarian with Gábor: A YouTube channel
• SorozatBarát: Loads of subbed/dubbed Hungarian series
• Hupikék Törpikék • Magyar: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Pocoyo - magyarul: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)
• KEDD: A YouTube channel
• Kecskemetfilm Kids: A YouTube channel

Indonesian

• Indonesian Newspaper Reader: A text course by FSI
• Wikibuku: Wiki books
• Pocoyo - Indonesia: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)
• BabyBus - Cerita & Lagu Anak-anak: Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)

Irish

• Watch Cúla4 | TG4 | Súil Eile: Loads of cartoons
• Cúla4: A ton of short videos in Irish (YouTube channel)

Italian

• Italiano Automatico: A YouTube channel
• L’Italiano secondo il metodo natura: Direct download link to the book

• Read out loud in this Ayan Academy’s YouTube playlist

• Ripeti con me!: An audio course.
• Easy Italian: A YouTube channel
• Lingo Mastery Italiano: A YouTube channel
• The Fable Cottage: A website with bilingual stories for beginners in various European languages.
• Peppa Pig Italiano: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• I Puffi • Italiano: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Kit e Kate - Italian: Some kind of Gumball rip-off for audience of Peppa Pig originally made in Russia (YouTube channel)

Japanese

• Tadoku Free Books: A bunch of short texts (graded readers) for all levels
• Benjiro Japanese: A YouTube channel
• Japanese Immersion with Asami: A YouTube channel
• Learn Japanese with Noriko: A YouTube channel
• Immersion Japanese: A YouTube channel
• Effortless Japanese: A YouTube channel
• Michael Rubida: A YouTube channel
• Comprehensible Japanese: A YouTube channel
• Let's Learn Japanese Basic 1: Another old learning series (upload by Master Language)
• Learning Japanese With Taka: A YouTube channel
• Japanese Conversation: A SEIKO CENTER’s YouTube playlist
• Learn Japanese Through Story: A しのせんせい's YouTube playlist
• Video Clips for Japanese Lesson: A TubeIUJ’s YouTube playlist
• Itazuraneko Library: Manga, novels, books etc.
• ペッパピッグ: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Miffy - 日本語: Miffy (YouTube channel)
• 楽しいムーミン一家: Moomins in original Japanese (YouTube playlist).

Khmer

• Natural Khmer: A YouTube channel
• aakanee.com | South-East Asia Illustrations - Khmer: This webpage provides an abundance of wordless comic strips, each supplied with a recording of a native speaker describing it, and a transcript of what he/she says.
• aakanee.com | Khmer Recordings: Simple listening practice with transcripts

Korean

• Intuit Korean: A YouTube channel
• Learn Korean @acquirekorean: A YouTube channel
• 태웅쌤 - Comprehensible Input Korean: A YouTube channel
• 네이버 만화 (naver.com): Webtoon
• seemile Korean: A YouTube channel
• 꿀꿀! 페파는 즐거워 - 공식 채널: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• 베이비버스 -인기 동요・동화: Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)
• [개구쟁이 스머프] • 한국어: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Pocoyo - 한국의: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)
• Miffy - 한국어: Miffy (YouTube channel)

Lakota

• HÓYEYA: A YouTube channel

Latin

• Latinum Institute: A YouTube channel, also a website
• Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata: Part 1, Part 2

• Read out loud In this YouTube playlist by Sylvānus Pūblius

• Learn Latin Through Conversations With Caesar: An Ayan Academy’s YouTube playlist
• Lexicity - Latin: Not a resource on its own, but a directory of websites with old writings from different centuries.

Norwegian

• Ett Lite Bildeglimt: A YouTube channel
• ’The Mystery Of Nils‘ by Werner Skalla: Part 1 (for beginners), Part 2 (B1-B2).
• Peppa Gris - På Norsk: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Sesam Stasjon - del 1: Sesame Street coproduction (YouTube video). Other episodes can be found on the same channel
• Smurfene • På Norsk: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Pocoyo - Norsk: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)

Occidental

• Salute, Jonathan: A wiki book.

Persian / Farsi

• Basic Persian Conversations: A YouTube Playlist
• Persian Wonderland:Persian Animation and Cartoons [A YouTube channel]
• Footbalistha: A Football Cartoon (dubbed) [A YouTube Playlist]

Polish

• MrRealPolish: A YouTube channel
• Peppa Pig Polski: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Tomek i Przyjaciele: Thomas & Friends (YouTube channel)
• Smerfy • Po Polsku: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Bolek i Lolek: An Polish cartoon (YouTube playlist)
• MIŚ USZATEK: A Polish cartoon (YouTube playlist)
• Studio Filmów Rysunkowych: More Polish cartoons (YouTube channel)

Portuguese (Brazilian)

• Semantica Portuguese: A YouTube channel
• Lingo Mastery Portuguese: A YouTube channel
• Porta dos Fundos: A YouTube channel
• Cocoricó Filmes: A Brazilian muppet show (YouTube playlist)
• Vila Sésamo 2007: Sesame Street’s co-production (YouTube playlist)
• Peppa Pig em Português Brasil: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Ben e Holly em Português Brasil - Canal Oficial: Ben and Holly (YouTube channel)
• Bob Esponja em Português: SpongeBob (YouTube channel)
• Os Smurfs • Brasil: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)

Portuguese (European)

• Portuguese Lab: A YouTube channel
• Simpleton Portuguese: A YouTube channel
• Easy Portuguese - Learn Portuguese from the streets!: An EasyLanguages’ YouTube playlist
• Os Smurfs • Portugal: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)

Punjabi

• Maninder Singh: Peppa Pig (Punjabi) (YouTube channel)
• Happy Bachpan Punjabi: Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)

Russian

• Comprehensible Russian: A YouTube channel
• Russian Conversations (pre-intermediate and intermediate - A2-B1): A Russian with Anastasia’s YouTube playlist
• TPRS | Learn Russian Through Stories (Intermediate+): A Russian With Max’s YouTube playlist
• In Russian From Afar: A YouTube channel
• Zero Beginner - Comprehensible Russian: A YouTube channel
• BabySi: The description says it’s for babies but technically it can be used for CI. It is supposed to teach multiple languages but so far the channel is very young and only has videos for Russian learners (YouTube channel)
• iLibrary.ru: A website with a lot of classic Russian literature available online.
• Мосфильм: Plenty of soviet movies in HD for free (YouTube channel).
• Детские советские мультфильмы: Old cartoons from the USSR (YouTube playlist)
• Culture.ru: A website offering materials about the Russian culture, including literature, movies, articles, etc. This link will take you to the poetry section.
• Russian Progress: Vlog/Podcasts in Russian. A bit higher level and a bit faster speech than Russian With Max
• Советское телевидение. ГОСТЕЛЕРАДИОФОНД: recordings from Soviet television
• Свинка Пеппа Русский: Peppa Pig (YouTube Channel)
• Смурфики • Официальный канал!: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• ANI: Russian cartoons (YouTube channel)
• Котики Вперед: Peppa Pig but it’s blue cats (YouTube channel)
• Анимационные сериалы: Dubbed Disney cartoons (YouTube channel)
• Анимационные сериалы MARVEL: A YouTube channel with dubbed Marvel cartoons
• Get Movies: Loads of native and dubbed cartoons (YouTube channel)
• Спокойной ночи, малыши!: A Russian puppet show for younger kids (YouTube channel)
• TVSmeshariki: A Russian cartoon for somewhat older kids (YouTube channel)
• Fixiki: A Russian educational show for older kids

Sanskrit

• Learn Sanskrit through Sanskrit: A YouTube playlist (upload by Kāvya and Shāstra)

Spanish

• Dreaming Spanish: A YouTube channel
• Español con Juan: A YouTube channel
• Deliberate Spanish (Nacho Time Spanish): A YouTube channel
• Poco a poco: an elementary direct method for learning Spanish: A book

• Read out loud in Ayan Academy’s YouTube playlist

• Extr@ en español: A YouTube playlist
• Español Sí - Curso Completo: A show in simple & clear Spanish YouTube playlist)
• Spanish Input: A YouTube channel
• Sarah Kelso: A YouTube channel
• Spanish Comprehensible Input: A YouTube channel
• The Fable Cottage: A website with bilingual stories for beginners in various European languages.
• Yorokobu: Short animated videos with subs (YouTube channel)
• Sésamo: Episodios: Sesame Street Mexican co-production (YouTube playlist)
• Dibujos Animados & Cartoons: Loads of cartoons (YouTube channel)
• Mercury Films: Clips of Spanish movies (YouTube channel)
• Muppets baby audio latino: An old cartoon based on the Sesame Street (Youtube playlist)
• DIBUJOS TNP-7 RETRO-1990: Cartoons and shows for kids, including Niños en crecimiento, Pingu and others (YouTube channel)
• Bob Esponja en Español: SpongeBob (YouTube channel)
• Los Pitufos • Español: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• ShurikenSchoolTV: A cartoon (YouTube channel)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: (Latin American Spanish) official dub in good quality (YouTube playlist)

Swedish

• Learn Swedish with Paula: A YouTube channel
• ‘Alfred the Ghost’ by Joacim Eriksson and Werner Skalla: Part 1
• Greta Gris: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Barnprogram: A YouTube playlist of various old kid shows
• Svenska Sesam: Sesame Street coproduction (YouTube playlist)
• Mumindalen: Moomins in Swedish (YouTube playlist)
• Smurfarna • Svenska: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Pocoyo - Svenska: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)

Tagalog / Filipino

• Learn Filipino with Jedder: A YouTube channel
• Ang Mga Smurf: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)

Thai

• aakanee.com | South-East Asia Illustrations - Thai: This webpage provides an abundance of wordless comic strips, each supplied with a recording of a native speaker describing it, and a transcript of what he/she says.
• aakanee.com | Thai Recordings: Simple listening practice with transcripts

• Thai Recordings: A YouTube playlist

• algworld: A YouTube channel
• Comprehensible Thai: A YouTube channel
• Understand Thai: A YouTube channel
• Advanced Thai: A YouTube channel
• Thai Conversation Café: A YouTube channel
• Riam Thai: A YouTube channel
• Thai Growth Expert: A YouTube channel
• AUR THAI ONLINE: A YouTube channel
• FAROSE Podcast: A YouTube channel
• Listen Me Some Thai: A YouTube channel
• BabyBus—เพลงเด็กและการ์ตูน: Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)
• สเมิร์ฟ • ภาษาไทย: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Miffy - ไทย: Miffy (youTube channel)

Turkish

• LearningTurkishwithSeries: A YouTube channel
• Learn Turkish with Turkish Coffee: A Youtube playlist with Turkish daily routines
• So Turkish: A YouTube channel
• ANA-DİL Türkçe:  A Youtube playlist with Turkish dialogues
• Türkçe Öğreniyorum: a based playlist for A1 - A2 - B1 - B2 levels by Yunus Emre Institute
• Susam Sokağı Elmo Egitim Seti: Sesame Street coproduction (YouTube playlist)
• Peppa Pig Türkçe: Peppa Pig (YouTube channel)
• Şirinler • Türkçe: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• Thomas ve Arkadaşları Türkiye: Thomas & Friends (YouTube channel)
• POCOYO TÜRK - Resmi Kanal: Pocoyo (YouTube channel)

Vietnamese

• Listen and Speak Vietnamese with Thanh PC: A YouTube channel
• Hay Online: A YouTube channel
• BabyBus - Nhạc thiếu nhi: Nursery rhymes (YouTube channel)
• Xì Trum • Tiếng Việt: The Smurfs (YouTube channel)
• LỒNG TIẾNG OFFICIAL: Lucky Luke (YouTube channel)
• Phim Hoạt Hình Việt Nam: Loads of cartoons (YouTube channel)
• POPS Kids: Loads of cartoons (YouTube channel)

Welsh

• Welsh Comprehensible Input: A YouTube channel
• Easy Welsh: A YouTube playlist