Our Favourite Youtube Channels for Language Learning

Watching YouTube videos is a great way to improve your language skills as there are thousands of different resources to choose from and it gives viewers the chance to hear real examples of their target language instead of reading it from a textbook or website. Learning in this way also allows you to practice at your own pace and review anything you may have trouble understanding.

Here we have compiled some of our favourite channels to help you on your langue learning journey!

Spanish

Butterfly Spanish is ran by native Spanish speaker and linguist Ana. With videos for all Spanish levels, you can learn and improve your Spanish vocabulary, phrases, grammar, pronunciation and tips with these useful lessons. Ana covers topics for beginner Spanish students, intermediate Spanish and advanced Spanish - focusing on teaching students how to talk like a native.

Lirica – Learn Spanish With Music is based on a fun and unique way of language learning. This channel combines studying Spanish language with Spanish music. Next to vocabulary and grammar exercises there are lots of Spanish songs with their lyrics written down and the English translations. If you get a little tired of the exercises you can switch to the fun song part and still keep practicing and improving your skills. Lirica now combines lots of other languages with music too!

French

Alexa Polidoro, host of Learn French with Alexa, is a real French teacher with many years' experience of teaching French to adults and children at all levels. 

Fun, friendly and stress-free, Alexa’s videos are now hugely popular online for French learners all over the world. Her goal is to make students feel like they have their very own personal tutor at home and her helpful videos certainly do this!

After living in the UK, Géraldine Lepère started Comme une Française (“Like a French woman”) to help English speakers learn French in a new and fresh way. Her videos centre around every day topics and French pop culture so as students can learn more about France and the people as well as the language. 

Rather than concentrating on grammar and vocabulary, Géraldine’s channel is filled with videos to help English speakers talk more like French locals. This includes what she considers the ‘basics’ such as ‘How to order a coffee in France like a local’, ‘Everyday French Slang’ and ‘Useful French for Everyday Situations’ but she also delves into French customs and how to avoid any cultural misunderstandings. ‘Debating in French’ and ‘French table manners’ are a must see if you’re visiting France any time soon!

Italian

Italy Made Easy is ran by Manu - an Italian born and bred linguist, polyglot, translator AND academic. What more could you ask for?

His channel boasts hundreds of videos for all learning levels including easy to follow Italian grammar lessons, modern conversational videos, questions from students, resources for shadowing and comprehension, verb conjugation (for proper pronunciation and inflection) and even travel tips and hacks for Italy.

With videos in Italian to help students with listening and comprehension - this is a great place to find resources if you are studying for exams!

German

Learn German is ran by an experienced team of teachers for all levels. This channel is particularly great for beginners or those coming back to the language after a while as it covers grammar and vocabulary using short and very clear videos. It even has a course format going from absolute beginner up to lower intermediate so that students can easily navigate their language learning journey and work their way up after mastering the basics.

Easy German, part of the Easy Languages group, teaches viewers German by presenting real life conversations by real people in the streets of Berlin.

The channel is ran by friends Cari and Janusz as they interview people on the streets and discuss a variety of topics which are easy for viewers to understand. As well as covering all the necessary grammar and vocabulary, the two friends teach students useful information like ‘how to find a room in Germany’, ‘how to make small talk in German’ and take viewers on tours of various German cities.

Best of all, this channel combines informative videos with the silly and amusing which we can still pick up some great German vocabulary and phrases from! Some of our favourites are ‘Why Germans love David Hasslehoff’ and ‘Berliners tell their craziest Metro Stories’.

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