more of Yanxi Palace ep. 2. Didn't make my goal, but I had about 4 new tasks assigned since signing up -- all due this week. I kept going, that was enough for this challenge.

Various palace dramas -- tried out 2 friends recommended, went back to ep. 2 of Story of Yanxi Palace.

Videos about a poem, 登鹳雀楼, which I'll be teaching in a class soon.

"Rebecca" (1940s film, dubbed)

church events, practicing for 元宵节 performances

More of ep. 1 of Yanxi Palace. Ah, palace intrigues!

Started a well-known series, Story of Yanxi Palace. I think I'm hooked! Ep. 1: https://youtu.be/tr_R9s7gMgk

Listening to commentary about Persuasion (yeah, more Jane Austen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWhr-APnkAo

Today & yesterday - listening to people in real life, some YouTube.

Started watching a dubbed version of "Rebecca" (蝴蝶梦 in Chinese): https://youtu.be/E9VZjz-g3qU I've been looking for the book in translation, ideally in Kindle, but haven't found it yet.

A video about China's population (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPboZMP_0g) by a group of Chinese speakers on the "ALG Mandarin Online on Magic Ship" YouTube channel. I think it's fairly new, and they're producing a lot of videos. They always have at least 2 native speakers of Chinese talking about a topic, and do a variety of things to increase comprehensibility: drawings, appealing to context & background info, gestures, comparisons, repeated phrasing of intended meaning. They only use Mandarin to talk (no English/other). It's a good channel for more conversational and natural talk that nonetheless includes some support for learners. https://www.youtube.com/@ALGMandarin

Listening to audio plays of Alfred Hitchcock stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNgRoyAJyIw&list=PLMal5EDEK35PqgkxFd-R3HxbYRcdxAnAG

Listening to Psalms read aloud

Started a read-aloud series of videos of Agatha Christie's novel, "Murder on the Orient Express": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svXe6SwZkdc&list=PLMal5EDEK35O5PvFV5QDlbfIDE90GrNAL