Participation
in Chinese listening challenge, January 2023
20 minutes 0.33h
Mandarin Corner - Sentence Starters video
60 minutes 1.0h
Podcasts - TeaTime Chinese and MaoMi Chinese
60 minutes 1.0h
30 min Podcasts and 30 min Mandarin Corner video
30 minutes 0.5h
Kenda's Language School YouTube channel - Chinese listening practice video. Hard to understand at normal speed, had to slow it down to 0.75 playback speed.
45 minutes 0.75h
MaoMi Chinese podcasts
45 minutes 0.75h
FluentU videos
45 minutes 0.75h
Mandarin Corner video with Hanzi and pinyin subtitles, no English
45 minutes 0.75h
Mandarin Corner video - A Walk around Aomen
45 minutes 0.75h
45 min: TeaTime Chinese podcasts
30 minutes 0.5h
FluentU - watching and listening to videos
60 minutes 1.0h
Listened to TeaTime Chinese podcasts while walking the dog
30 minutes 0.5h
TeaTime Chinese podcast - episodes 5 and 6
30 minutes 0.5h
Mandarin Corner video two times: first time with Hanzi and pinyin subtitles, second time also with English subtitles
45 minutes 0.75h
Listened to the first four podcasts of TeaTime Chinese
45 minutes 0.75h
Listened to MaoMi podcasts while following along with Hanzi transcript.
120 minutes 2.0h
Watched 2 hours of 春晚. No subtitles so difficult to follow
30 minutes 0.5h
Mandarin Corner - watched video Visit to LeShan Giant Buddha, with pinyin subtitles, but too difficult for me to understand.
45 minutes 0.75h
MaoMi podcasts
45 minutes 0.75h
茶歇中文 (TeaTime Chinese) podcasts. Listened while reading the Hanzi transcripts
60 minutes 1.0h
Listening to MaoMi Chinese podcasts while walking the dog
15 minutes 0.25h
ChinesePod dialogues
30 minutes 0.5h
SyS Mandarin YouTube channel - watched 'Learn Chinese through Idioms' videos
75 minutes 1.25h
Watched several videos on the Comprehensible Chinese (aka Bumpy Chinese) YouTube channel
20 minutes 0.33h
Chinese Uncovered - listened to some of the dialogues a few times
60 minutes 1.0h
Mandarin Corner video, watched it twice - first time with pinyin and Hanzi subtitles, second time following a transcript with an English translation.
15 minutes 0.25h
Comprehensible Chinese YouTube channel - Fun Facts about Fujian
30 minutes 0.5h
FluentU - listening to/watching various videos
30 minutes 0.5h
YouTube channel - Free to Learn Chinese (Listen to Stories in Chinese playlist)
30 minutes 0.5h
Du Chinese - listening to stories
45 minutes 0.75h
YouTube - Free to Learn Chinese channel
15 minutes 0.25h
Mandarin Click - good listening practice for lower level learners.
75 minutes 1.25h
Watched Mandarin Corner video "Bicycle Ride to Downtown' twice - once with pinyin/Hanzi subtitles only, once with English subtitles as well. I think Mandarin Corner is an excellent site for free resources.
45 minutes 0.75h
Watched YouTube channel called Free to Learn Chinese. Her 'Listen to Stories in Chinese' playlist is a great listening resource for HSK2-4 learners.
30 minutes 0.5h
Listening to Du Chinese stories
| Challenge time progress: | |
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| Goal progress: |
| Score | 24.16 |
|---|---|
| Rank | 12th |
| Hours reported | 24.16 |
| Goal | 15h |