Thanks, but this is not what I am looking for. I want the tv series. The ones I have mentioned as examples are full of useful language. How do I know what is useful: well, I want to speak those languages ideally as well as French or English, so I am basing my judgement on previous experience.
Actually, the awesome blog about getting to C2 Italian is one of my sources of experience for this. I really admire the blogger's dedication and the method, I just need to apply them on a bit different resources.
I don't like the news much. And I find news very depressive and boring, and I find the language rather repetitive and less useful for normal life. I can't see myself transcribing the news or using such transcripts in any time consuming way. I already hate my daily life enough
And I don't necessarily need to compare my dictée to a previous one fortunately (lack of such a resource is one of the main reasons for this exercise). My Spanish and Italian listening skills are well above my other skills, so I'll just combine them with googling and checking relevant sources (like dictionaries).
Really, the tv series are the best, so why switch them for something that simply doesn't work just that great for me?
I am convinced that the "obsession" of the language teachers with the news (it is is basically the only native content widely recommended in the main stream language learning as far as I've seen and heard) is one of the reasons for such a low % of successful language learners. People believe them and use something that doesn't work that well for their needs and doesn't stimulate them enough to keep doing it. The news have their place in a language learner's input diet, sure. But they shouldn't be so central to it.
I'll tell you how it goes really soon. Who knows, perhaps I'll encounter some troubles.
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Another funny sentence from Duolingo: Jeder Cent zählt.
A very German one, I would say. And a piece of wisdom.