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

15 minutes

Assimil

Tuesday, Oct 14

Richard Perry
10 minutes

ChinesePod Dialogues

Tuesday, Oct 14

Richard Perry
22 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Mei Chun Hai
30 minutes

movie (only sound)

Tuesday, Oct 14

Birgit
22 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Braden (Wei Long)
5 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Braden (Wei Long)
38 minutes

time boils the rain- wu yi fan :)

Tuesday, Oct 14

Xu Jing
44 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Braden (Wei Long)
55 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Betty
120 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

龙思文
35 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Elizabeth Braun
80 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Rob Flye

Gerald Brooks 老 包 公 joined the challenge!

Tuesday, Oct 14

Gerald Brooks 老 包 公
120 minutes

Music Podcasts I never would be listening this much without the challenge

Tuesday, Oct 14

Michele
30 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

艾吉玛
25 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Rachel
23 minutes

For the first time, I tried listening to 锵锵三人行. It lasted 23 minutes, and I didn't understand a thing! This is definitely advanced material, and it proves that my level is intermediate. However,...

Tuesday, Oct 14

Jay Han
10 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

艾吉玛
15 minutes

3 episodes of Slow Chinese. I wasn't able to understand Jay Zhou's rap performance. (maybe a word or two)

Tuesday, Oct 14

Jay Han
60 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

Oscar Bror Sjöberg
180 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 14

龙思文
20 minutes

listened to mp3 files from an old text book mentioned above. I studied this book a long time ago, and everything is so new. Yet, I understood most of it.

Tuesday, Oct 14

Jay Han

amietsang joined the challenge!

Tuesday, Oct 14

amietsang
10 minutes

I listened to some old mp3 files from my old text book : 汉语口语速成 - 中级篇。1 chapter was around 10 minutes. It went smoothly. ^^;

Tuesday, Oct 14

Jay Han
15 minutes

ChinesePod Podcast on young love. Lots of new vocabulary.

Tuesday, Oct 14

Manuela

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.龙思文66.0394%
2.JustinJ59.44237%
3.Birgit43.98109%
4.Michele35.3888%
5.Nathanael T. Booth32.17103%
6.Rob Flye28.59142%
7.Leigh27.0108%
8.Steven Neubauer25.94123%
9.Olle Linge23.8395%
10.杜雁子21.72181%
11.李巧儿21.24106%
12.艾吉玛21.06100%
13.Richard Perry20.51102%
14.Nathan Gearhart20.481%
15.Adam D20.25135%
16.Rebecca McKay20.1100%
17.Adam Stout20.0874%
18.Sharon18.21101%
19.RC_RomiCi17.5870%
20.Anton Gustafsson 17.4187%
21.Trevor16.053%
22.Oscar Bror Sjöberg15.4277%
23.MadsLNygaard15.2476%
24.jblinguaphile15.04100%
25.Daniel G15.075%
26.Joshua B15.075%
27.Zach Danz12.14101%
28.Rachel12.02100%
29.Nancy Wang12.075%
30.Xu Jing11.38126%
31.Elizabeth Braun10.9109%
32.Michael Knight10.7571%
33.Jay Han10.7563%
34.Julien10.24102%
35.Ni Ke9.67120%
36.Braden (Wei Long)9.191%
37.Brendan7.3814%
38.Mei Chun Hai7.2772%
39.Jeremy7.2660%
40.ikfo7.2236%
41.confusedlaowai6.0860%
42.Per K6.015%
43.Justin5.4336%
44.Betty5.1951%
45.Jonny4.6723%
46.Annette Jordan24.013%
47.Mel3.8424%
48.陳凱3.7525%
49.Jacqueline Rodgers3.3713%
50.Ewa Szkudelska3.3333%
51.Lili Woodlight3.0220%
52.Peter Bradshaw3.010%
53.Imps10112.9811%
54.David Walschots2.9241%
55.Tim Cinel2.9129%
56.pk2.06%
57.Mari1.8518%
58.Simon Bonnard1.833%
59.Piotr1.610%
60.federicosmanio31.537%
61.Tyree1.04%
62.jgodfrey0.985%
63.Zoe Xiaolu Du0.676%
64.Captain0.562%
65.Georges0.53%
66.Alessandro Comandini0.510%
67.kaicarver0.55%
68.Manuela0.454%
69.HackingChinese0.422%
70.Kevin Bullaughey0.4214%
71.Scarlett Höppner0.336%
72.Paul Savala0.251%
73.mycheesestrings20.252%
74.Mila0.2512%
75.Touchstone0.171%
76.carignanboy0.155%
Linkhttp://www.hackingchinese.c...
Participants138
Hours reported867.37
DurationOctober 10, 2014 to
October 31, 2014 (22 days)