Chinese speaking challenge, April 2023

Shadowing stories from YouTube channel Free to Learn Chinese

More ichinese reader for me. I also downloaded italki but gosh it has changed from a couple of years ago. I'm bombarded by Chinese tutors. If I didn't know any better, it's just a tutor finding app.

Shadowing

绕口令 practice

Snippets of conversation. Some shadowing on subtitles of a new tv series on iQiyi: 回响

Mimicking native audio on flashcards.

Conversation lesson with tutor.

Conversation with language partner. She corrected me on a few sentences or more natural ways to say things.

Shadowing Mandarin Corner video

Talked with the kids and wechatted a friend.

italki class with Osmond.

Shadowing

Tone pair practice + shadowing on kid's literature (米小圈).

WorsSwing dialogue: Going to the dentist: Is it going to hurt?

Another Cantonese class with my teacher. This time we did classroom phrases. I did about 10 minutes of studying before class to prepare for this.

Intermediate conversation class

Conversation-focused tutoring session and Chinese Skill role-playing, speaking exercises.

A couple chairman Bao stories. Then a long ride home talking to my wife about THE GOOD EARTH and the interesting parts of the story.

Daily conversation bouts with partner.