Chinese writing challenge, January 2025
This month's challenge is all about writing ability! Set a goal and write as much as you can, but remember that quality also matters. Make sure you get feedback so you know what you should improve. Please read the attached article for more information and inspiration.
Recent activities
第一部分结束了。pretty intense day. Loved the writing. Didactic discourse- a great format for a limited vocabulary. about 1000 hz

janette raven
Part one rewritten as a didactic discourse. To get the feeling that I want. Of a journey inexhorably unfolding in small, simple steps. 950 hz

janette raven

Cliff Larsen
working with a native tutor on 词汇 for expressing scapegoats and solutions... awesome.

janette raven

janette raven
I ADORE having a limited yet functional vocabulary. It forces me to be really, really clear about what I want to say/write, and think outside the box for ways of expressing this. It often involves...

janette raven
playing w 句子 and the subtle energies of some 词汇。。。 Generally doing a lot of thinking, and related listening and gradually getting my thoughts together. This occupied 3 hours..(unclaimed)

janette raven
spent time with a friend swapping sentences and words we had written and correcting them together.

Funmi
Working with tutor, looking at partially written text. Not really any tweaking . The subtle differences in the way some terms are applied eg 科技 literally means science and technology, but is now wi...

janette raven
I came up with a prayer in Chinese for my family. And I wrote it on a big poster... it took a while. It is a combination of a couple different prayers. I took what I liked and left what was not nec...

Cliff Larsen

janette raven
revision. amazing way to transition procedural learning into output via "practice" cf Justin Sung next task write other half. really enjoying.

janette raven
I am currently deconstructing paragraphs from a film in lingq(free version) theres new words and characters being learned, how to finally write that sentence I keep hearing and just generally tryin...

Funmi
Discovered Dapeng about a week ago through the Dong website. His short explanations in Chinese of how to use a word, phrase or expression 表达 using examples gets me inspired to write something. http...

Funmi
still here just not doing well with tracking this activity as there is a lot to it. Also my concentration puts me in a drowsy state after after about 10-15mins sometimes. I am either doing 2 hours ...

Funmi

Cliff Larsen
第一部分结束了。 480 汉字。 areas of time wastage---- spelling mistakes typing in Hanzi. switching between Latin alphabet and Hanzi, estimating this wastage at maybe 20%.. Significant. Procedural? Practic...

janette raven
how to construct complexity out of related parts- Justin Sung learning expert. Watched 2 vids last night. Really helpful even though not explicitly aimed at lang learning. 1 https://www.youtube...

janette raven
科技生活 part one written. got a bit bogged down. try to tackle rest in one go. Need a new mindmap or a new key word list?

janette raven

Cliff Larsen
lot of evening spent gathering 故事词汇。Since writing was not involved not claiming.

janette raven

Jo437

janette raven
我在准备。 Fleshing out in engl the structure for a long written discourse on technology and the present time/world situation. This immediately highlights the vocab I will either need to acquire or w...

janette raven

janette raven
Leaderboard
Rank | Score | Personal goal progress | ||
1. | ![]() | janette raven | 40.25 | |
2. | ![]() | Cliff Larsen | 14.46 | |
3. | ![]() | Cassandra Hafen | 11.5 | |
4. | ![]() | byestudando | 6.87 | |
5. | ![]() | Jo437 | 6.8 | |
6. | ![]() | Funmi | 5.68 | |
7. | ![]() | Jazzie | 1.25 | |
8. | ![]() | William_C | 0.33 |
Link | https://www.hackingchinese.... |
Participants | 23 |
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Hours reported | 87.14 |
Duration | January 10, 2025 to January 31, 2025 (22 days) |