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.


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I listened to a few episodes of Slow Chinese on repeat, which mounted up! Couldn't understand a lot of it on first listening as my listening is not brilliant, but by the third or fourth time I was ...

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Listened to a class online for 20 minutes, radio 40 minutes

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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)