12 Video Sites to Entertain and Practice Chinese
1. www.danwei.org – Ok, the first isn’t really a video site, but rather great video content. More than just videos, but truly insightful, entertaining and educational content. I’m not sure if they are still actively producing videos, but check out their archives.
2. www.asizia.com – movies for download. They also have a collection of Japanese and Korean films. Not sure how legit this site is.
3. www.china-8.com – you will need to register to watch the videos on this site, or you can find many of them on their YouTube channel.
4. Yangyang Chinese School also has many videos on YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/sloppycheng). Tutoring is also available.
5. $ www.netflix.com – I’ve had netflix for a little while, maybe about a year now, and I have to say I am impressed with the selection and site functionality and mail turn-around time. Quite frankly, I don’t know how they are able to do this so quickly. I live in rural Iowa! (Netflix is a DVD rental site in the U.S.)
YouTube Style Sites
The remaining section are YouTube style video sharing sites with plenty of television clips and movies loaded. Actually, these sites seem to be more about tv/movies than individuals loading their own content – but that is there too. I can’t figure out why, but these sites seem to insist on opening more and more windows every time I click to play a video. Is it just me?
6. www.youku.com – one strategy on sites like these is to find English educational content. It might be easier to understand than others. A great way to practice your listening skills!
9. ku6.com
10. 6.cn. (Liù Jiàn Fáng)
Documentary videos
11. PBS Video. This link is a search on the word “Chinese.”
12. Snagfilms.com. Nice collection of professionally produced films.
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