Chinese listening challenge, May 2023
This is a listening challenge! Listen to as much Chinese as you can before the end of the month. Please read the linked article for more information and inspiration.
Recent activities
Listened to episodes I had already listened to of MaomiChinese while working
Elisa
Conversation class with tutor - estimate 15 minutes of listening - I'm doing a lot better at understanding what she says (when she uses words I know already).
Dae
Background: (240) switched between RTI and CCTV9 Passive: (280) LittleFox 西游记 (episodes 38 to 75) vocabulary work and shadowing, hence loads of repetition. Active (15) : sum-up of a few episodes
Tikaf Viper
LaurenF
2 mins listening exercises, 8 mins YouTube, 7 mins podcast, 15 mins listening flashcards
aaron bond
Eugene
15 minutes background listening in morning. 80 minutes for JTTW audiobook 21. 70 minutes for JTTW audiobook 22. 116 minutes Dashu mandarin podcast (I understand so little of these, it's sad).
Dae
谐星聊天会 I forgot to log my listening from the weekend so including it with today’s.
文佰川
reese_learns
Ella
Ella
Eugene joined the challenge!
Eugene
Audiobook. Went back to bone collector audio book. More podcasts too. Speaking Chinese Naturally and Mandarin blueprint and Comprehensible Chinese.
Cliff Larsen
Leigh622
Clara
橄榄
橄榄
10 mins Slow Chinese, 90 mins TV, 30 mins listening to a few things that I had found difficult during a listening challenge last year (haokan shi bu goude, some childrens stories on YouTube) and no...
Kathryn
5 episodes Tea Time Chinese 75 mins; episode of Da Shu Mandarin 50 mins; 西游记 (chapters 4-7) 75 mins
Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson
Elisa
N Sheana joined the challenge!
N Sheana
Chiho Matsui
Charles Colyott
Leaderboard
| Rank | Score | Personal goal progress | ||
| 1. | Dae | 148.12 | ||
| 2. | Tikaf Viper | 146.58 | ||
| 3. | Cliff Larsen | 127.41 | ||
| 4. | Stuart Thompson | 44.33 | ||
| 5. | Charles Colyott | 28.07 | ||
| 6. | Kevin Lee | 23.59 | ||
| 7. | Kathryn | 20.0 | ||
| 8. | MarkY | 15.72 | ||
| 9. | Eugene | 12.18 | ||
| 10. | 文佰川 | 11.97 | ||
| 11. | Leigh622 | 11.16 | ||
| 12. | 何克蒙 | 9.14 | ||
| 13. | Huey | 9.13 | ||
| 14. | Elisa | 8.5 | ||
| 15. | Chiho Matsui | 8.4 | ||
| 16. | LaurenF | 7.25 | ||
| 17. | marko | 6.1 | ||
| 18. | aaron bond | 5.64 | ||
| 19. | Clara | 5.63 | ||
| 20. | PeKing | 5.33 | ||
| 21. | 橄榄 | 5.09 | ||
| 22. | reese_learns | 4.56 | ||
| 23. | Nick Dee | 4.08 | ||
| 24. | Ella | 2.2 | ||
| 25. | XiaoBei | 1.4 | ||
| 26. | character | 1.25 | ||
| 27. | The_Real_Cydna | 1.16 | ||
| 28. | IAmMicah | 1.08 | ||
| 29. | Barbara Rothman | 1.0 | ||
| 30. | Nope | 0.58 | ||
| 31. | m9D7zMny | 0.57 | ||
| 32. | Joe MacDermott | 0.47 | ||
| 33. | alasse | 0.28 | ||
| 34. | Cydna | 0.24 | ||
| Link | https://www.hackingchinese.... |
| Participants | 64 |
|---|---|
| Hours reported | 678.21 |
| Duration | May 10, 2023 to May 31, 2023 (22 days) |