Speaking challenge, April 2021

Focus on improving your speaking ability, including fluency, pronunciation and much more. See the challenge article for more information and inspiration!


Recent activities

30 minutes

I used Du Chinese to practice shadowing. First, I read through the chapter to make sure I understood everything, then I practicing shadowing until I felt I had improved. In the beginning, I find ...

Monday, Apr 12

Sarah莎芮
29 minutes

Changing tones practice , mimic videos in YouTube vlogs

Monday, Apr 12

Yean
15 minutes

Pimsleur course

Monday, Apr 12

Henrik
10 minutes

Outlier Pronunciation Course

Monday, Apr 12

Henrik
20 minutes

Outlier Pronunciation Course

Monday, Apr 12

Henrik
10 minutes

Did a speaking activity with my class.

Monday, Apr 12

JN

Ellieeee joined the challenge!

Monday, Apr 12

Ellieeee

Amity Claggett joined the challenge!

Monday, Apr 12

Amity Claggett
5 minutes

Monday, Apr 12

Harmony
40 minutes

Read aloud an article from my textbook a few times, and then submitted a recording on HiNative for feedback.

Monday, Apr 12

YanaLee
60 minutes

Verbling

Monday, Apr 12

Huey
10 minutes

Reading out loud and recording / listening

Monday, Apr 12

Huey
17 minutes

Mimicking HSK listening text

Monday, Apr 12

ALR
35 minutes

Read out load 谁生活得更美好 and the filmed a video of me speaking Chinese with myself. I plan on a doing a video diary everyday during the challenge to track my progress.

Monday, Apr 12

文佰川
40 minutes

Yoyo tone pairs + Read aloud Sherlock Holmes from Mandarin Companion with Audacity. Notes: I tend to attack my 他 and it sounds like a 4th tone, it's easier if I start kinda breathing out first so ...

Monday, Apr 12

Jess 子晴
85 minutes

Glossika Chorusing Practice #1 I like it, I'm using it with Audible. I record the audio snipet, copy it, and record myself a bunch of times to try to really understand the flow. I'm realizing that...

Monday, Apr 12

Jess 子晴
20 minutes

Small conversation talk with a Chinese teacher in my school

Monday, Apr 12

Adiel

Adiel joined the challenge!

Monday, Apr 12

Adiel
23 minutes

HSK 1 -Practice speaking pronouns and numerals (1-28) in sentences, verbs (1-36) in sentences. (mandarincorner.com)

Monday, Apr 12

Tessa Hall
6 minutes

Audio recording

Monday, Apr 12

Victoria
30 minutes

30 minute conversation with my husband.

Monday, Apr 12

Sarah莎芮
30 minutes

Yesterday my husband and I had a 30 minute conversation. He helped me work on tone and pronunciation mistakes.

Monday, Apr 12

Sarah莎芮
40 minutes

Starting out with a bit of catch-up! About 15 minutes of reading aloud and 25 minutes of Glossika April 10.

Monday, Apr 12

Michael F.
20 minutes

Shadowing. It’s so satisfying when you not only get the tones right when shadowing, but also hit the right intonation and accent.

Sunday, Apr 11

文佰川
10 minutes

錄音模仿podcast

Sunday, Apr 11

Harmony

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