Extensive listening challenge, October 2014
Extensive listening is one of the most important activities when learning a foreign language. In this sense, extensive means that you should listen as much as possible, covering as much material as you can, rather than digging deep into each audio clip. Try to listen to Chinese at or below your level and try to listen a lot! Read the article that will be published on Thursday for more information and inspiration.
Recent activities

JustinJ

Birgit

Nancy Wang

艾吉玛

Joshua B

Birgit
Watched another episode of cheesy period drama. I can understand many phrases and words but overall it is far above my level. Thus I will supplement more listening time to things closer to my leve...

Ni Ke

杜雁子

Nathanael T. Booth
I watched an American movie with Chinese audio and subtitles. I understood a lot more than I expected, but still missed big chunks of the plot.

Nathan Gearhart

Richard Perry

Nathanael T. Booth

Leigh

Birgit

Sharon

Birgit
Tried listening to some fairy tales for children. Understood only some words and could not get jist. Listened to parts of CD from a textbook for children learning Chinese. I understood most of C...

Daniel G

Birgit

jblinguaphile

Sharon

Sharon

Sharon

Julien
Watched episode of cheesy period drama. It is entertaining and the language isn't too complex.

Ni Ke

Nancy Wang
Leaderboard
Link | http://www.hackingchinese.c... |
Participants | 138 |
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Hours reported | 867.37 |
Duration | October 10, 2014 to October 31, 2014 (22 days) |