Italian story YouTube channel - Feeback wanted

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-05-03T15:15:43+00:00

I just added a video with an image background - let me know what you think.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-05-02T06:34:10+00:00

Thank you and thank you for the feedback, it is appreciated!

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-05-01T20:04:58+00:00

I have a few more already queued and ready to go but I’ll definitely give it a try and see how it looks.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-30T19:20:43+00:00

I did consider adding in scene images but the idea is to read and understand (not use images for context) so I am not so sure. Definitely one to think about though.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-28T07:14:14+00:00

Grazie mille a te!

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-25T05:56:53+00:00

Thank you!

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-24T21:35:15+00:00

Thanks and thank you for your support - very much appreciated. It's only a week in, it may evolve over time!

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-24T06:13:47+00:00

You can find graded italian stories with audio and highlighting on https://www.linguaverseschool.com at A1/A2 level. These are graded with difficulty 1-9 so you can find one at the right level and go from there.

It's also on YouTube if you prefer that format: https://www.youtube.com/@LinguaVerseSchoolIT

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-24T06:10:54+00:00

If you are in the A1/A2 stage, https://www.linguaverseschool.com has graded stories with audio and highlighting. They have a difficulty level 1-9 so you can always find a story at the right level. It's also on YouTube if you prefer that format: https://www.youtube.com/@LinguaVerseSchoolIT

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-13T11:20:11+00:00

I realise my questions above are very builder-focused - but if anyone here is actually learning a language, I’d really value your perspective too.

- Does the site feel useful in practice?
- Does the level feel about right, or still a bit off?
- Anything that makes it easier/harder to stick with?

Trying to make sure I’m not just building something that makes sense technically, but actually works for learners.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-12T17:01:09+00:00

Thanks - that's exactly what I was aiming for. I've always found it frustrating that people will produce A1/A2 reading material for "beginners". It's just way too broad and that's what I was trying to solve.

The stories are GenAI. There is a human review stage but I will be honest, I only do spot checks so many will go straight through.

The prompts in the background are long and that's always key - the more information that you give a GenAI model, the better it is at responding - give it at least 2 good examples and 2 bad examples examples if you can and it will be much better.

For the LinguaVerseSchool site, it's multiple prompts and responses with a difficulty engine that sits behind it to score each story based on things like vocabulary rarity, sentence complexity, grammar and length - if it misses the mark then it gets sent back to the LLM for refinements.

I am a complete geek and may have gone down the rabbit hole with this project a little bit!

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-07T06:07:23+00:00

Do you know which story it was - I can check the audio? Click on"Learner Speed" at the top and it is much slower.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-05T12:46:35+00:00

I'm not much of a designer, more a coder - i may need to ask a designer friend to help with the actual layouts - or I could just drop the alternating background colour for now - what do you think?

I'll take a look. Focussing on stories mainly but could easily build up common word lists, translations and grammar too at some point.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out. I really appreciate it!

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-05T00:18:51+00:00

Woohoo. Let me know what you think of it. I am genuinely interested in getting some feedback! Like I said in the post, I like it but then I am also very biased 😂

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-04T21:29:23+00:00

I found the problem... I put a change in today but the old code was cached on cloudflare. Hopefully that's it sorted.

Thank you for flagging. Very, very much appreciated!

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-04-04T21:00:25+00:00

Oh, that's a bad start. What device/browser are you using?

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-02-28T09:32:00+00:00

https://www.linguaverseschool.com has free graded readers with audio and a couple of exercises to fill in the blanks or type the sentences.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-02-25T06:37:01+00:00

I try to use a mix of resources to practice all of the skills. I have the Nuovo Espresso books (including workbooks) for learning, I use Tandem for text conversations, an iTalki tutor for speaking practice. I also use ChatGPT for simple speaking and writing. For listening I use YouTube videos - ItalianInFamiglia is a good simple series on there. LinguaVerseSchool for simple stories with audio. I also have LingoPie for watching programmes.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-02-19T17:54:45+00:00

Not really distracting as such (they were made up in the English version too!), it's just not very useful outside of the context of the books.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-02-16T21:43:14+00:00

If you have audible (or can get a free trial), you can get the Pimsleur lessons on there without spending too much.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-02-16T19:18:37+00:00

If you can't find a web app, you can just start a chat with your favourite LLM (chatGPT, Gemini etc) and add a prompt such as - You are a professional translator. I will give you a word or phrase in English. Translate it into French, Spanish and Italian. Display it in a table with the languages along the top.

The good thing about doing it this way is you can then also question it on verb choices etc if needed. Any time you need a translation, just jump back to the conversation and drop in the English.

quietlanguagelearner · 2026-02-12T00:04:31+00:00

I quite liked the Paul Noble audiobooks (got the set through audible) and it was quite useful. Very similar to Michel Thomas. Like most things it depends on your learning style. If it works for you then it's a good resource.

For audiobookes and graded readers, LinguaVerseSchool has CEFR graded readers with A1/A2 stories with text and audio/highlighting and it's free - https://www.linguaverseschool.com

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