Nachrichtenleicht

What it actually is

Public radio's plain-language news service, originally for readers with cognitive disabilities, which makes it an unusually clean A2–B1 reading resource: very short sentences, a glossary for every difficult word, and audio for each article. Free and genuinely current. Coverage is a weekly digest rather than daily, and the deliberate simplicity means it won't stretch you past B1.

What it covers

• Reading
• Listening
• Vocabulary

How it teaches

• Comprehensible Input — Acquire a language by understanding lots of messages slightly above your level, rather than by studying rules.

Listed for

• German

Official links

• Apple Podcasts ↗
• RSS ↗
• Spotify ↗

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