Chinese speaking challenge, April 2023

Conversations with language partners.

Helped our 10y/o with homework on iChinese Reader.

WordSwing dialogue: It doesn't snow like it used to

Mimicking native audio on flashcards.

Gary Oda joined the challenge!

Did a Cantonese class with my Cantonese teacher. Everything was spoken and she tested me on the last 4 units.

Record and drill syllables my tutor highlighted as weak areas, then mimicked samples with those sounds found through LanguagePlayer.io

Chinese/English language exchange

Reading Chairman's Bao Chinese articles outloud with my 10y/o and 6y/o criticizing my pronunciation. Long conversation on the way to our eldest's Ultimate Frisbee game. Long we chat chat with my pa...

Talked to pantry participants about the wrong date being given to them

Constituent called about helping her mother apply for citizenship

Read aloud some reading tests

Tutoring session, reviewed 结构补语 and 程度补语 grammar, talked about the weekend, and discussed one character verbs and how many there are in Chinese

Snippets of conversation here and there. Revising the fiendishly difficult tongue twister 粉红墙上画凤凰. This one still resists me, but my Chinese acquaintances confirm it’s not easy for them either.

Conversation lesson with tutor.

mimicking native audio on flashcards

Partner quizzed me verbally on Cantonese terms to prepare for Cantonese class.

Tutoring

Talked with parents in law about my wife's birth.... back in those days.... also family conversations in the car. Reading articles outloud.

Studying my Cantonese cooking class slides for the test tonight. Reading dialogues, answering questions, practicing vocabulary, grammar all out loud.

1- Swimming session + 绕口令 rehearsing (粉红凤凰）。 2- Fixing a known problem: tone pairs --> sequence 4-2 一平

Today I started cramming/studying for my Cantonese speaking test tomorrow. I went through my slides practicing using the vocab and grammar in sentences. I also went through dialogues and practiced ...

While family discussions about which classmates they would marry. Ha ha ha. Afternoon discussion with wife about being anxious and racial discrimination.

Tutoring, shadowing, and audio journal