{"id":181392,"date":"2013-06-21T07:09:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T11:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/updated-video-player-fluentu-courses\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T16:49:01","slug":"updated-video-player-fluentu-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/chinese\/updated-video-player-fluentu-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"New Updated Video Player and More FluentU Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at FluentU, we recently updated the video player in an effort to make watching and learning on FluentU an even better experience &#8211; no matter what size screen or device you&#8217;re using. We also published two brand new FluentU-produced courses of our own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Video Player<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new video player controls and layout are streamlined to be both simpler and easier to use. In addition to that, we\u2019ve increased both the video viewing and caption areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/chinese\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-21-at-2.36.43-PM.png\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-21-at-2.36.43-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-06-21 at 2.36.43 PM\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With this new layout,<strong> you don\u2019t have to worry about longer captions disappearing below the bottom of your screen<\/strong>. This also means it\u2019s optimized for almost any screen size, and that using FluentU on a tablet has never been better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New FluentU Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all about working to continually improve our authentic video library as well as organize new courses that will help you &#8211; our users &#8211; get even more out of that content.<\/p>\n<p>As you probably know, a part of that approach means producing our own video series right here at FluentU. With our own videos, <strong>our goal is to provide content that is not only written specifically with language learners in mind, but is fun and enjoyable as well<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><p><strong>FluentU<\/strong> takes authentic videos\u2014like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks\u2014and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>You can try FluentU for free for 2 weeks. Check out the website or download <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/fluentu-learn-language-videos\/id917892175\">the iOS app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.fluentflix.fluentu&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US\">Android app.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><i><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">P.S. Click here to take advantage of our current sale! (Expires at the end of this month.)<\/a><\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NativeAd-Chinese.jpg\" alt=\"FluentU Ad\" \/>\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center\">\r\n    <button class=\"btn-blue\" style=\"border: none;font-size: 18px;text-align: center;padding: 0.75rem 1.5rem;cursor: pointer\">\r\n      Try FluentU for FREE!\r\n    <\/button>\r\n  <\/p>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In that same spirit, we\u2019ve recently released two new FluentU-produced series &#8211; both of which are also organized into two elementary courses. We hope you like them!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFluentU: An Evening Get-together\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-21-at-2.26.06-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-21-at-2.26.06-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-06-21 at 2.26.06 PM\" width=\"959\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This eight-video course is all about conversational Chinese &#8211; from getting together with friends and having parties, to chatting about past experiences and making future plans, each one of the videos contains a new and useful conversational situation. Oh, and there\u2019s even a bit of chemistry between the characters as well. Check it out here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cFluentU: Shopping at the Clothing Store\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-21-at-2.50.02-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-21-at-2.50.02-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-06-21 at 2.50.02 PM\" width=\"871\" height=\"566\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time to go clothes shopping! In this seven-part course, follow along with Yang Kai and Zhang Ting, the couple from \u2018FluentU: An Evening Get-together\u2019, as they shop for clothes and talk about colors, sizes, and preferences &#8211; as well try a few things on and make a purchase. Does their chemistry from the previous series turn into anything more substantial? Check out the course here and decide for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy both the new player, and the new courses. As always, let us know if you have any questions, comments, or feedback &#8211; we&#8217;re always listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at FluentU, we recently updated the video player in an effort to make watching and learning on FluentU an even better experience &#8211; no matter what size screen or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"New Updated Video Player and More FluentU Courses","description":"Here at FluentU, we recently updated the video player in an effort to make watching and learning on FluentU an even better experience - no matter what size screen or device you're using. 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