Blind listening does not mean avoiding text forever. It means giving your ears the first attempt.
After listening, use pinyin, characters and translation to confirm the sounds and meaning. Then return to the audio without text.
Chinese Learning Glossary
What Is Blind Listening?
Blind listening means listening before looking at pinyin, characters or translation, then using text to confirm what you heard.
Start Practice
Preview the sentence-by-sentence workflow
Chinese shadowing materials are being prepared. You can preview how one sentence becomes listening, shadowing, recording and dictation practice.