Pronunciation challenge, December 2020

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


Recent activities

45 minutes

Took a sentence yesterday, put it into audacity and pronounced it in unison for several minutes. Sent my recordings to a friend and practised single tone pairs of the sentence, an eventually the w...

Saturday, Dec 12

Jan
10 minutes

Mimicking recording during flashcard reviews

Saturday, Dec 12

Pavel
40 minutes

Read 霍比特人 to my wife, with some feedback.

Saturday, Dec 12

Olle Linge
30 minutes

Skritter session. I said out loud every word and then checked my pronunciation with the audio. (I’m only considering half the time of the session because I also do writing and definitions)

Saturday, Dec 12

Juan Diego (俊伟)
20 minutes

Finished parroting IC lesson.

Saturday, Dec 12

Vic Sheldon
60 minutes

• Continued searched for pinyin sounds I need to work on, looking at each initial/final combination, then saying it ahead of listening to a native speaker recording. When I'm wrong, it goes on the ...

Saturday, Dec 12

Michael F.
15 minutes

I just spent a little time recording myself saying some phrases and noticing how my tones sound.

Saturday, Dec 12

Sara K.
60 minutes

Reviewed the 28 agriculture words. Practice saying the words as I wrote down the character, the pinyin and the tone stroke and number to help with pronunciation. I would playback the speaker on Goo...

Saturday, Dec 12

Tessa Hall
90 minutes

10 minutes of mindful Skritter studying, 45 minutes of lecture prep practice 35 minutes of class time spent working on reading aloud from 望天門山的詩詞賞析 and working through the first 10(ish) minutes of ...

Saturday, Dec 12

gaojian_studygram
30 minutes

I selected another dialogue from Du Chinese and completed the same steps as before. I have been selecting dialogues that are easy for me, because my main focus for this time is to improve my speec...

Saturday, Dec 12

Sarah莎芮
60 minutes

Spoonfed Chinese sentence mimicking. I did my reviews and new cards this morning and also downloaded ripped MP3 for the cards, so I am basically using it similar to Glossika now. I plan on trying t...

Saturday, Dec 12

文佰川
95 minutes

Reading aloud Friday with Zhuyin sided Chinese font. I was a lot slower than expected, but I think some parts were good. I'm checking them on Sunday.

Saturday, Dec 12

quack 嘎本
27 minutes

Listen to recording over and over, with shadowing. Breaking it up chunk by chunk if necessary. Recorded the first part of the fable and already happy to see improvement from earlier on today. I was...

Friday, Dec 11

Esther
30 minutes

Chinesepod and Du Chinese mimicking and recording plus recited 春思 (李白)about 10 times.

Friday, Dec 11

Amy Blake
20 minutes

Prepare HC article to read as PDF.

Friday, Dec 11

Henrik
10 minutes

finished lesson2 from yesterday and now working on three

Friday, Dec 11

madeleine
110 minutes

Reviewed yesterday's vocabulary list pronunciation. 55 minutes Today's practice: Bluebird language app. Core vocabulary Category: Animals Lesson 1 and Quizzes 31 minutes Lesson 2 and Quizzes ...

Friday, Dec 11

Tessa Hall

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.Tessa Hall25.8258%
2.quack 嘎本21.43107%
3.gaojian_studygram21.33213%
4.老爸满恩德14.25142%
5.Sarah莎芮12.74106%
6.文佰川 10.25102%
7.Kaynis10.11101%
8.Amity Claggett10.01250%
9.Kevin Lee9.5163%
10.Amy Blake8.6786%
11.character8.5585%
12.Michael F.8.1754%
13.Swimmingcat597.66109%
14.Esther7.070%
15.Pavel6.4391%
16.Olle Linge5.555%
17.Adiel5.2535%
18.Sara K.4.0100%
19.Henrik3.7854%
20.Juan Diego (俊伟)3.0851%
21.nadiA2.5162%
22.zack2.05102%
23.Alexa 2.0367%
24.Alyssaaaaaaaaaa2.0267%
25.Kim1.9899%
26.Jan1.758%
27.Ryan:)1.575%
28.Milja1.3444%
29.Caitlin 1.2663%
30.Vic Sheldon1.2512%
31.Lilian1.2261%
32.BevisTy ( -_- )1.22122%
33.史康斯1.1758%
34.Joe M.1.171%
35.Jules1.1457%
36.乐乐1.1328%
37.Anish Prasad1.0954%
38.Troy1.06106%
39.Quinnc1.0452%
40.Ollie1.0351%
41.Aidan Kerwin g6 p2 Chinese1.02102%
42.Scott123451.01101%
43.Yankees4WorldSeries20211.0100%
44.Madden B0.9999%
45.Ellieeee0.9748%
46.liisabella100.976%
47.Nic(^○^)0.9748%
48.Bevislevis0.9632%
49.Natalia Ortiz0.9246%
50.Madelyn 0.9292%
51.Brady J.0.9246%
52.Kristen Harrison0.9191%
53.Lillian 0.9145%
54.cindy0.9130%
55.Hailey0.9191%
56.Valeria 0.8944%
57.Bella0.8643%
58.aVa mAvA*0.8585%
59.Nathaniel Crawford0.848%
60.liver👻0.88%
61.Tyler T0.7926%
62.Thomas V0.7826%
63.Bevis original (legit) 0.7638%
64.Parker0.7638%
65.Gregan0.7537%
66.TATumm0.7236%
67.madeleine 0.7123%
68.EllaTheBear0.6767%
69.AveryPonyCakes0.5919%
70.JD0.5454%
71.brynna0.5210%
72.JuJuA88880.550%
73.The Big Cheese 0.550%
74.jn90204710.525%
75.tanner0.424%
76.Jrainwater0.440%
77.madison0.3535%
78.Nat0.343%
79.Tyler0.3434%
80.DMED20200.333%
81.fay0.333%
82.Marlena0.252%
83.Father, I wish to consume the cheddar.0.10%
84.Wa90193610.031%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Participants129
Hours reported265.14
DurationDecember 10, 2020 to
December 31, 2020 (22 days)