First of all some caveats.
This is not a page I'd recommend if you're still a beginner, intermediate or even advanced, but only if you're already native-like or higher, even though in theory you could use it at any level. The reason for that is I don't want to see you risk creating interference in your listening before you're satisfied with your results:
"- Don't pay attention to corrections in order to avoid interference in the listening part, consciously thinking about sounds trying to define them mentally is also interference https://youtu.be/cqGlAZzD5kI?t=1497 "
The reason this section exists is because more often than not you'll see people throwing terms like native-like, near-native, native level, together with examples that don't match these descriptions.
So in order to verify these statements and give yourself an idea of what native level of spoken output means, I decided to compile examples of that for each language learners come across.
It is important to notice that while by following ALG rules from the beginning you'll have a chance at reaching native level if you want to, you won't necessarily speak like the examples given because your native language speaking characteristics (like stuttering) will transfer as well, not to mention, people from different ages and backgrounds speak differently, so you'd be better served finding an example of someone with the same background as you. For the purposes of this page I'm using "college educated" young adults because they're easy to find and represent most of the language learners I've encountered, but different people could be added and labelled if requested.
When using the videos, just try to listen to the speakers, then listen to the speaker you're comparing them to (e.g. a recording of yourself). I don't recommend you to try shadowing the native speakers, or consciously analyse their speaking for individual phonemes and words, analyse by feeling, by how it sounds like, don't think using a language.
Since the examples usually come from street interviews, they can also serve as useful input at the advanced stages if you find them engaging.
Native level examples for Albanian
Native level examples for Amharic
Native level examples for Arabic
Native level examples for Armenian
Native level examples for Azerbaijani
Native level examples for Basque
Native level examples for Bengali
Native level examples for Bulgarian
Native level examples for Burmese
Native level examples for Catalan
Native level examples for Chinese - Cantonese
Native level examples for Chinese - Mandarin
Native level examples for Czech
Native level examples for Danish
Native level examples for Dari
Native level examples for Dutch
Native level examples for English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDyg_41QF1w (UK, West Yorkshire)
https://youtu.be/DyQuPssgn08&t=1m44s (UK, London)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiYjHbLv8Vc (USA)
Native level examples for Estonian
Native level examples for Farsi
Native level examples for Finnish
Native level examples for French
Native level examples for Georgian
Native level examples for German
Native level examples for Greek
Native level examples for Haitian Creole
Native level examples for Hebrew
Native level examples for Hindi
Native level examples for Hungarian
Native level examples for Icelandic
Native level examples for Indonesian
Native level examples for Italian
Native level examples for Japanese
Native level examples for Kazakh
Native level examples for Korean
Native level examples for Khmer
Native level examples for Kurdish
Native level examples for Kyrgyz
Native level examples for Lao
Native level examples for Latvian
Native level examples for Lithuanian
Native level examples for Macedonian
Native level examples for Malay
Native level examples for Mongolian
Native level examples for Nepali
Native level examples for Norwegian
Native level examples for Polish
Native level examples for Portuguese
Native level examples for Romanian
Native level examples for Russian
Native level examples for Serbo-Croatian
Native level examples for Sinhala
Native level examples for Slovak
Native level examples for Slovenian
Native level examples for Somali
Native level examples for Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VMdw4Lq5nQ (Spain, Madrid)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuIMEY0_Zb0&t=3222s (Spain, Barcelona)
Native level examples for Swahili
Native level examples for Swedish
Native level examples for Tagalog
Native level examples for Tajiki
Native level examples for Tamil
Native level examples for Telugu
Native level examples for Thai
Native level examples for Tibetan
Native level examples for Turkish
Native level examples for Turkmen
Native level examples for Ukrainian
Native level examples for Urdu
Native level examples for Uzbek
Native level examples for Vietnamese
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