Do I need an account to play a story in class?

No. Open a story, put it on the speaker, press play. The audio, the Chinese transcript, the pinyin and the English are all public. An account only matters when you want to create a class and assign specific stories.

Can students use this for AP Chinese listening practice?

For half of that section, yes. The AP listening part uses two kinds of audio: rejoinders, where you pick the reply to a short exchange, and longer listening selections — announcements, voice messages, conversations and reports. Our stories are that second kind, and specifically the report: spoken once, then questions in English. We do not do rejoinders or two-person conversations at all, so this is a supplement to the released exams, not a practice test. On level, College Board puts AP Chinese at roughly an intermediate college course, which lands near HSK 4 — so HSK 3–4 is the closest cut, and HSK 5–6 is the stretch once 3–4 feels easy.

Do students have to pay?

No. Students join free with the class code. They only receive the stories you assign — a class does not unlock the full catalog. Pro includes one class of up to 25 students.

What if my class is larger than 25 students?

Pro includes one class of up to 25 students. If you teach more than that, email hello@fluentide.com with how many students you have and how you teach, and we can look at raising the cap for you.

How is this different from the listening worksheet tool?

The worksheet generator turns a transcript or SRT file into a printable lesson. This page is about the audio library itself: one live story, four HSK bands. Many teachers use both — play the story, then print a worksheet from the same text.

For teachers

Chinese listening activities for the classroom

Textbook audio sounds fake and a real news clip blows past half the room. Fluentide records the same story four times, at HSK 1, 2, 3–4 and 5–6, so you can hand the hour a piece of Chinese it can actually hear.

On this page

Same news, four listening cuts

One published story, opening lines from each cut. The people and the plot stay put; the sentences get longer and the clauses stack up as the band rises. Open any cut on a speaker. No account.

French High-School Students Walk Out Over Missing Teachers: 250,000 March, Thousands Arrested and 500 Schools Shut

HSK 1
Open the HSK 1 cut
在法国，很多学生，现在不去学校了。他们很想学习。可是，他们在学校前面，说：我们要老师！
In France, many students aren't going to school right now. They really want to learn. But they stand in front of their schools and say: we want teachers!
HSK 2
Open the HSK 2 cut
三个星期前，巴黎旁边一所高中的学生，走出了教室。今天，法国已经有几百所高中，上不了课了。这件事，是怎么开始的？
Three weeks ago, students at a high school next to Paris walked out of their classrooms. Today, hundreds of high schools in France can't hold classes. How did this start?
HSK 3-4
Open the HSK 3-4 cut
一个十五岁的学生，在抗议的时候失去了一只手。这件事发生在法国北部的朗斯，学生和防暴警察发生冲突的时候，一颗手榴弹在他身边爆炸。这已经是法国高中生抗议的第三个星期了。
A fifteen-year-old student lost a hand during a protest. It happened in Lens, northern France: during a clash between students and riot police, a grenade exploded next to him. This is already the third week of French high-school protests.
HSK 5-6
Open the HSK 5-6 cut
九月底，巴黎东南郊克雷泰伊的圣埃克苏佩里高中，一群学生在校门口堵住了入口。不到三周，这件事变成了一场席卷全国的高中生运动。九月三十号，全国二十五万多人上街，巴黎就有五万六千人；十月一号一天，内政部说有将近两千人被捕；到十月五号，全国三千七百所高中里，有五百多所全部或部分停课。
In late September, at the Saint-Exupéry high school in Créteil, a south-eastern suburb of Paris, a group of students blocked the entrance at the school gate. In less than three weeks, it became a high-school movement sweeping the whole country. On September 30th, more than 250,000 people marched nationwide, 56,000 in Paris; on October 1st alone, the Interior Ministry said nearly 2,000 were…

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