Speaking Challenge, December 2017
Recent activities
Worked on sentences 5 & 6 of insurance text: 我们家有五个人。哪来那么多钱啊?There are already five people in our family. Where will we get that kind of money? 我也 没有啊。但可以尽早准备。Me neither. But we can start as early ...
Raymond Moy
Trying to Mimic the sounds and rhythm from Chinese Comedy randomly found on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ATpUBZdpt4
James Lester
Continuing my text chapter 10 Chinese Developing Comprehensive Course (II). Reading and pronouncing word by word until fluency. Also, adding some grammar notes. This is also good for me to see how ...
Gätlin
James Lester joined the challenge!
James Lester
Jane boothman joined the challenge!
Jane boothman
Chapter 10 from Developing Chinese Comprehensive Course (II) Word by word checking the pronunciation and the reading full sentences. 从前人们见面打招呼的时候说:“吃了吗?”后来见面打招呼改成了:“你好!” 现在越来越多的人见面时问:“过得快乐吗?" 快乐越...
Gätlin
4th sentence: 一个人要两百多万 One person costs 2 million. Consolidated speaking of sentences 1-3, and got fluent in sentence 4.
Raymond Moy
With the helloChinese app, there is a training place. This time it offered fluency. Like a game. You have to press microphone button and tell given sentence and press it again to see if you said it...
Gätlin
Théophile Brouze joined the challenge!
Théophile Brouze
Exercised in traffic yesterday and today, used Mark Frobose Sentence magic.
Katharine Meeding
Developing Chinese Elementary (II) chapter 2. Vocabulary and text. Repeated after recording and read aloud. 儿子毕业了, 要回家, 每亲却为了这个很担心。她的医生朋友不关心儿子的健康问题, 却总是问儿子宿舍的情况。。。这是为什么呢?
Gätlin
Used Memrise app and also from Developing Chinese Elementary (II) listened and read after the recording. Vocabulary and text. 一个人到了亲的地方, 可能会遇到一些不习惯的事情, 怎么为呢? 最好的办法就是“入乡随俗”。
Gätlin
Practice repeating 3rd line for 20 minutes while running. Finally got to say it fluently and without hesitation. Spent 15 minutes learning and mimicking 4th line of dialogue: 你知道我们一辈子要花多少医疗费用吗?"...
Raymond Moy
3rd line of AIA video: 不会啊。我们可以帮助你用更简单的方式得到保障。"It doesn't have to be a hassle - we can help you find a simpler way to reach your coverage goals." This was easier than line 2 and I can say it fair...
Raymond Moy
henry joined the challenge!
henry
Katharine Meeding
Eileen joined the challenge!
Eileen
Majiya
AIA Insurance video - second line is "Recently, I've been thinking of getting more coverage for my family, but buying insurance is such a hassle." I am finally able to say this line from memory wi...
Raymond Moy
Luigi Pelosi joined the challenge!
Luigi Pelosi
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Julie Rodrigue
Making progress on the second line of the AIA video. Can mimic while reading transcript, but still practicing to do it without. To be continued.
Raymond Moy
Started a new video. An insurance ad for AIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=elm_BgTXHxg. This is more difficult than the Fedex ad. I was able to mimic the first line of the ad ve...
Raymond Moy
Still on the Fedex ad. Am able to repeat the dialogue without looking at the text.
Raymond Moy
For 30 days, I will be mimicking the dialogues of Mandarin language youtube clips. For today, it is a Fedex ad on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=krFW4kDiDKk. I start with...
Raymond Moy
Leaderboard
Rank | Score | Personal goal progress | ||
1. | Raymond Moy | 19.84 | ||
2. | Gätlin | 18.94 | ||
3. | Joe | 8.5 | ||
4. | Katharine Meeding | 5.48 | ||
5. | Majiya | 4.0 | ||
6. | Manuela | 3.55 | ||
7. | Chris Webster | 2.75 | ||
8. | Jeremy | 2.13 | ||
9. | James Lester | 1.95 | ||
10. | Trisha | 1.0 | ||
11. | Hector Catrilef | 0.5 | ||
12. | mostafa | 0.08 |
Link | http://www.hackingchinese.c... |
Participants | 44 |
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Hours reported | 68.72 |
Duration | December 01, 2017 to December 31, 2017 (31 days) |