Practicing listening in Finnish

Somebody asked me about listening exercises. I have this list of material for teaching yourself Finnish, but it doesn't have much about listening. Kiitos ideasta!

Audio material + excercises

• Basic level listening exercises
• Intermediate level listening exercises
• Advanced level listening exercises
• Suomikoulujen YKI-harjoituksia (Scroll down for kuullun ymmärtäminen)
• Askelia aktiivisuuteen (Different listening exercises and texts)
• Kiitäjät kotopolulla (Material for advanced learners)
• Meillä päin Suomea (Material about Finnish dialects)

Video material, usually with subtitles

• Yle news in easy Finnish
• Yle Kielikoulu
• Asiointisuomea (Finnish in different customer situations)
• Supisuomea-videot (Old, but it works.:))
• YouTube channels that teach you Finnish 
• Yle Mix - News for kids and teenagers (not bad for adults, either!)
• Yle Uutiset Rec on Youtube

Podcasts 

• My Random Finnish Lesson podcast on Soundcloud and on Spotify 
• My old podcast on Mixcloud 
• Finking Cap Podcast 
• Jutan juttuja Helsingistä (You can also read the texts)
• Fantastic Finnish - Kierrä kanssani kalenterin ympäri
• Opi suomea -podcast
• Elämää suomeksi -podcast
• Kahvitarinoita
• Puhutaan suomea -podcast

Things to read and listen to at the same time

• Selkosanomat
• Yle news in easy Finnish (The radio broadcast is the same as the text.)
• Finnish national gallery Ateneum guide in easy Finnish. Scroll down to see the paintings.
• Finnished videos and subtitles on YouTube
• Asiointisuomea (Finnish in different customer situations)
• Ykköskolumni columns on Yle website. Read the text here and listen to the podcast here.

Please leave a comment if you know other useful listening links, and I will update this post. 

About the author of Random Finnish Lesson: 

My name is Hanna Männikkölahti. I am a professional Finnish teacher who gives private online lessons and simplifies books into easy Finnish. Follow this blog, if you want to be the first one to know when I post something new. If you want to subscribe to my newsletter, you can do it here.