No more updates?
I’ve used this app to learn quite a lot of Chinese words, however it seems there have not been any new content updates in a really long time. Probably won’t resubscribe
Best comprehensible input app I’ve found
I’ve looked at several apps/websites to help me with comprehensible input for Chinese, but either they are behind a paywall, too cumbersome to use, not interesting, or not geared towards complete beginners like me. Whereas with Immersi I get short snippets of content which I understand 90% of (as it is very targeted towards my exact level) and its built in translation feature is super helpful.
I think this app is great and I would recommend it to anyone struggling to find beginner level comprehensible input!!
I think this app is great and I would recommend it to anyone struggling to find beginner level comprehensible input!!
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This app is great!
This app is fantastic. It helps you learn Chinese (Mandarin) by doing what we all love to do, which is scroll through videos on our phones. It’s perfect if you are looking to transition to using more comprehensible input in your language learning. The videos are mostly drawn from content creators on YouTube and so you can hear spoken Mandarin from Taiwan people, mainland people, northern people, southern people and so on. They have like hundreds or thousands of videos on all sorts of topics. You can choose no subtitles, just hanzi, hanzi and pinyin, or hanzi, pinyin and English subtitles. It assesses your level, and keeps track of the words you’ve learned. One cool feature is that if you’re learning a word, it can find clips of videos where you can hear people use that word in different contexts. This is a really useful app and very enjoyable to use.
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Great app
This app helps to increase vocabulary and improve listening skills. I hope it will be possible to rewind 10 or 15 seconds. This would be useful especially for long videos.
Less time spent looking for content = more time spent consuming content
Absolutely love your guys’ app. Everything is done right - lets you input your known vocab, automatically finds comprehensible input, creates transcripts, has pop-up dictionary with built-in Pleco integration, and more. With proper marketing and support, this app has the potential to be one of the best Chinese learning resources out there. It minimizes the time needed to find suitable content, and maximizes the time spent actually consuming and learning from that content.
There’s a couple improvements that could be made, like more speed options, better YouTube integration (eg, links to source videos, ways to turn off embedded subtitles, etc.), and other QOL improvement. Nonetheless, the app in its current state is incredible.
That said, looks like there haven’t been any updates for a while. Is this still a work in progress? Are there plans for more support for this app? I’m subscribed, so I’d hope that there are future plans for this gem of a resource.
There’s a couple improvements that could be made, like more speed options, better YouTube integration (eg, links to source videos, ways to turn off embedded subtitles, etc.), and other QOL improvement. Nonetheless, the app in its current state is incredible.
That said, looks like there haven’t been any updates for a while. Is this still a work in progress? Are there plans for more support for this app? I’m subscribed, so I’d hope that there are future plans for this gem of a resource.
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Issues
Can’t get past the level assessment result screen, something is wrong with the formatting, can’t scroll down, can’t get through, can’t rotate the page etc
So far so good … edit(keeps getting better)
So far, I really like the app. The AI passages are pretty unnatural sounding, but they still help you get a sense of grammar and new vocabulary. However, the YouTube videos are super helpful. They have a lot of super great comprehensible input and it’s nice to be able to check the words you don’t know and then go back and listen again. So I’ve been using this as a scrolling app vs flashcards and it’s a lot more engaging..
I do not know the developers personally of this app. But you can really tell they put their heart into making a lot of improvements in this app. Absolutely love the new translations, and how they explain how every character confused in the context of the sentence. Its almost a perfect app. But I am still not a fan of the AI translation… honestly probably be better if they just hired some native speakers to record the passages.
I do not know the developers personally of this app. But you can really tell they put their heart into making a lot of improvements in this app. Absolutely love the new translations, and how they explain how every character confused in the context of the sentence. Its almost a perfect app. But I am still not a fan of the AI translation… honestly probably be better if they just hired some native speakers to record the passages.
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Interesting videos to learn from
Been using Immersi for a few weeks - lots of good videos to learn from! The explore page is super cool. Really helpful that the thumbnails have known %!
Immersi is like Du Chinese with video
I use Du Chinese for reading practice, but Immersi is basically Du Chinese with video! You get similar help with translations and word explanations, but you’re watching YouTube instead of reading. If you like Du Chinese, check out Immersi!
So far so good
So far, I really like the app. The AI passages are pretty unnatural sounding, but they still help you get a sense of grammar and new vocabulary. However, the YouTube videos are super helpful. They have a lot of super great comprehensible input and it’s nice to be able to check the words you don’t know and then go back and listen again. So I’ve been using this as a scrolling app vs flashcards and it’s a lot more engaging..
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Actually works???
Didn’t expect much but this is cool! It picks videos at my level, and I’m actually understanding more and more. Would be nice if they had better ways to track progress. I feel like I’m learning because I’m picking up more words, but it’s hard to tell how much
love this approach!
i’ve been watching youtube for a while now to help me learn mandarin. love seeing some of my favorite channels on here like story learning w/ annie and lazy chinese! having the clickable captions and being able to look up words on the spot is really helpful
Love it!!
I saw this app on Reddit and downloaded it to help brush up on my Chinese. I think it’s really helpful to learn from actual videos! Has replaced doom-scrolling TikTok for me before I go to sleep every night.
Excited to keep using the app
Took Mandarin in high school and have been trying to pick it up again after going to Taiwan last year! Took some time for the videos to be at the right level for me, but overall I love the feed style of the app! Watching videos really helps with my listening/understanding skills. Sometimes I’ll pause the videos and repeat sentences out loud to practice speaking too. Pretty happy with this app so far and excited to keep using it!
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So far so good
So far, I really like the app. The AI passages are pretty unnatural sounding, but they still help you get a sense of grammar and new vocabulary. However, the YouTube videos are super helpful. They have a lot of super great comprehensible input and it’s nice to be able to check the words you don’t know and then go back and listen again. So I’ve been using this as a scrolling app flashcards and it’s a lot more engaging..
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