B1 – C1
Space & astronomy
Rings, moons and the planets around other stars; how telescopes see what our eyes can't.
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Science films, two subtitles, and a tutor who never tires of questions.
Lingocine is a video library for language learners. Watch short documentaries about space, the ocean and the human body with subtitles in your language and the one you're learning — and pause whenever you want to ask why.
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CH 2 · 04:18
The rings are made of ice and dust.
Die Ringe bestehen aus Eis und Staub.
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This is a German chapter from the bee film, at level A2. Click any underlined word to see what the tutor would tell you.
HOW BEES TALK · CH 1 · 00:42
Eine Honigbiene zum .
A honeybee returns to the hive.
Mit einem kurzen Tanz sie den anderen, wo die Blüten sind.
With a short dance, she shows the others where the flowers are.
länger der Tanz dauert, weiter ist der Weg.
The longer the dance lasts, the further away they are.
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The idea
Three things we believe about learning a language
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Understand first, memorise later
You learn from language you can almost follow. Films are graded so that most of what you hear is familiar and the rest is clear from the picture.
02
Subtitles that step back
Start with both languages on screen. As a film gets easier for you, the subtitles in your own language fade out, until you're watching in the original.
03
Questions at the moment you have them
Pause on any sentence and ask. The tutor answers in your language, with examples from the film you are watching, and links back to the exact line.
Library
Five collections, cut into short chapters
Every film is under a Creative Commons licence or in the public domain. We credit the author on every title and link to the original.
A2 – B2
Oceans & weather
Currents, storms and the strange animals of the deep sea. Slow narration, lots of pictures.
In preparationA2 – B1
Animals & plants
How bees find flowers, why birds migrate, a forest through four seasons.
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