Cavesa wrote:1.I could do with some listening stuff
-it needs to not be too hard. Something A2ish B1ish.
-please, not an audio or video course of the language, I know far too many already. Stuff like easier news, popular science, history, anything
-either audio, or video..
Have you considered daily soaps?
They might be a little above your current level (it's difficult for me to judge that with German material) but the plot will be easy enough to follow even if you don't understand everything.
Some options:
- 1. Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten: https://www.tvnow.de/rtl/gzsz/
- 2. Unter uns: https://www.tvnow.de/rtl/unter-uns/
- 3. Alles was zählt: https://www.tvnow.de/rtl/alles-was-zaehlt/
All of them have been running for 10+ years and you get 5 episodes per week. The first series is set in Berlin, the second in Cologne and the third in Essen. Wikipedia has further info and you should be able to find trailers and snippets on YouTube.
I don't recommend them for their plot because frankly, there isn't much of an overarching plot. It's a collection of typical soap clichés: love affairs, family matters, business rivalry, evil twins, long-lost relatives or unknown half-sisters and -brothers magically turning up, accidents followed by bouts of amnesia ... you name it. But also plenty of everyday vocabulary, reasonably slow-paced conversation and lots of repetition.
As far as I know they aren't available for free outside of Germany. On the plus side, the price is rather reasonable (around 3 euros per month, 1 month free trial) and geoblocking shouldn't be a issue. According to this list they are legally available worldwide. Another advantage is that they won't eat up too much of your time. Without commercials one episode takes about 20 minutes.