One of the fantastic tools to improve your vocabulary and listening comprehension in a foreign language is watching language videos on Youtube. There are many channels that offer this opportunity but not all of them present the same high quality videos. That’s why we have selected for you the best ones that will improve your Polish and entertain you at the same time!
What are the benefits of learning on Youtube? Here are just a few:
- you can study at your own pace, stop, rewind, come back later
- the videos often offer an insight into life in Poland and Polish customs
- it’s totally free
- videos can greatly supplement your learning from books and act as kind of a ‘break’ as they often have linguistic and entertaining value
So without further ado, let’s look at what, in our opinion, best Youtubers have out there for you!
1. Polish For Beginners
Link -> Polish For Beginners Youtube Channel
Polish for Beginners is a channel maintained by Aneta. It has been on Youtube since 2011. The lessons are short, most of less than 4 minutes long so you can be sure you will manage at least one in one sitting. The content is mostly about grammar and it presented in a very professional way with many examples and homework included. Teaching grammar, especially of an inflected language such as Polish is not easy, so big kudos to Aneta for her hard work.
2. Easy Languages: Learning Languages from the Streets! – Polish
Link -> Easy Languages Youtube Channel
Easy Languages is great for interactions. The way Easy Languages channels work is that they use authentic street interviews so you learn every day, spoken version of the language. It is available in multiple languages from all over the world, of course, also including Polish. As Easy Language say they “use this format to expose our street culture abroad and create a more diverse image of our countries”. Episodes contain subtitles in both the original language as well as in English for your convenience.
3. Polish Pod 101
Link -> Polish Pod 101 Youtube Channel
This is one of the most popular channels for learning Polish. It offers about 200 hundred videos put into different categories and the content is regularly updated. There are episodes devoted purely to improving your listening skills, others about the Polish holidays and customs, as well as vocabulary ones.
4. Mr Real Polish
Link -> Mr Real Polish Youtube Channel
Mr Real Polish is simply very good. The presentation and the voice quality is excellent. Teaching is done through interesting, captivating stories that you will immerse yourself into. There are many great videos available and all recorded by just one person. Piotr, the channel owner, has put a lot of effort into these videos so make sure you have a look. The subscriber base is growing and has more than 4K people subscribed already.
5. Polonus Lodz School of Polish for Foreigners (Szkoła dla cudzoziemców)
Link -> Polonus Lodz School Youtube Channel
It is a quite new channel but already has a good variety of videos from teaching grammar, standard vocabulary, informal phrases and many more. What is also nice about these videos is that you can also watch students from all around the world in class practice their spoken Polish. Definitely worth checking out!
6. Easy Polish
Link -> Easy Polish Youtube Channel
Good channel for learning simple, everyday vocabulary with pictures. What we like about this channel is that it offers videos in multiple languages: English, German, French, Russian and Ukrainian.
7. Furious Pete – Piotr Czerwiński
Link -> Furious Pete Youtube Channel
You know Pete, right? If you don’t, you should definitely learn a bit about him. First of all, Pete definitely knows how to eat big and working out hard. He is a holder of six Guinness World Records in competitive eating. His videos of mass consumption and gym time have been watched millions of times. What you might not know is that Pete is Polish Canadian and that he also has a channel where he teaches you some Polish in a very entertaining way. A little warning, the language he teaches is not for everyone as he includes a lot of swearing in Polish.
8. Learn Polish from Fun Kids
Link -> Fun Kids Youtube Channel
Learn Polish from Fun Kids is absolutely great resource for children. The videos are lively interactions between children accompanied with cartoon-like visuals. The videos are very short (under 3 minutes long), which is great for teaching the young. They are made about simple topics interesting for children: colours, music, body parts etc. Even if you’re an adult and beginner in Polish, this can be a great resource for you. The Polish spoken in the videos is adorable.
So here it is, as the world of learning on Youtube is ever growing, I hope this post will help you at least a little in deciding what to start with.
Maybe you know any other valuable channels that did not make onto this list? Please share them in the comments.
Dziękuję and happy watching!
