Chinese pronunciation challenge, October 2024

This is a challenge where your goal is to improve your Chinese pronunciation. Please read the linked article for information and inspiration!


Recent activities

35 minutes

Last day 10.31. Tonal pairs.

Friday, Nov 01

Cliff Larsen
45 minutes

30 minutes reviewing Mandarin Blueprint pronunciation course. Then spent about 15 min of my lesson with my tutor practising pronunciation

Thursday, Oct 31

Nick Dee
20 minutes

shadowing poem

Thursday, Oct 31

William_C
20 minutes

shadowing

Thursday, Oct 31

janette raven
60 minutes

Class. the blessed pinyin chart. Totally nailed first column. Could I recognize them in a dark alley? Heck no.

Thursday, Oct 31

janette raven
70 minutes

tons of tone pairs and good advice.

Thursday, Oct 31

Cliff Larsen
10 minutes

This challenge being my first has been a rollercoaster for me. excited to keep going personally until the 5th hoping the app keeps me on one focus and measures progress will also study the waveform...

Thursday, Oct 31

Funmi
60 minutes

I was debating an app purchase today just to gamify my learning which includes speaking sentences to it until it says you got it right and its very good at not letting you mess up tones. it is usi...

Thursday, Oct 31

Funmi
12 minutes

MICRO SESSION after reviews. I am finding that the words I am reviewing are coming up in my listening/ shadowing and chorusing.. This is sooooo freaking cool. I am also using micro review sessions ...

Thursday, Oct 31

janette raven
70 minutes

60 mins speech exercises, and shadowing/ chorusing Earlier in morning 10 MINS articulation I notice two things. my tongue is sharper. Like literally, it feels actually sharper, more in focus and...

Wednesday, Oct 30

janette raven
240 minutes

read aloud, practiced pronunciation with a tutor, got some really good tips on in, ou, and ao

Wednesday, Oct 30

Cassandra Hafen
45 minutes

morning shadowing, noticing my tongue is more energetic, more alive. Sharper and more sounds are correctly placed. Thank you Ollie for this opportunity. It is amazing. I am earning so much.

Wednesday, Oct 30

janette raven
45 minutes

morning shadowing, noticing my tongue is more energetic, more alive. Sharper and more sounds are correctly placed. Thank you Ollie for this opportunity. It is amazing. I am earning so much.

Wednesday, Oct 30

janette raven
30 minutes

really good rewatch to help motivate me this morning. New Game unlocked differentiate even when listening which tone I heard when in a sentence https://www.youtube.com/live/iL072NQaqsk?si=s5-8-0GHp...

Wednesday, Oct 30

Funmi
50 minutes

working with a tutor on pronunciation

Wednesday, Oct 30

Dae
60 minutes

Lesson- pronunciation. First experience of live shadowing.

Wednesday, Oct 30

janette raven
30 minutes

1.25 x speed shadowing and echoing. funfun. Needs a relaxed mouth.

Wednesday, Oct 30

janette raven
60 minutes

echoing, chorusing...relaxed mouth and articulation fun w Journey TT West

Wednesday, Oct 30

janette raven
40 minutes

Learned a parody Tang poem. Practiced it a lot.

Wednesday, Oct 30

Cliff Larsen
30 minutes

shadowing w and wo articulation ex.

Tuesday, Oct 29

janette raven
30 minutes

Practicing words like this 联系练习 definitely keeps it fun.

Tuesday, Oct 29

Funmi
55 minutes

speech exercises

Tuesday, Oct 29

janette raven
45 minutes

outlier linguistics

Tuesday, Oct 29

janette raven
28 minutes

shadowing and mouth exercises

Tuesday, Oct 29

janette raven

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.janette raven87.25174%
2.Cassandra Hafen21.7872%
3.Cliff Larsen20.67103%
4.Funmi11.16111%
5.William_C4.3687%
6.Dae3.645%
7.Nick Dee2.2532%
8.Angela 2.010%
9.Warren Lammert1.9232%
10.HelenaC0.54%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Participants17
Hours reported155.49
DurationOctober 10, 2024 to
October 31, 2024 (22 days)