Pronunciation challenge, August 2021

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汉语普通话语音图解课本 第三到第六课

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Marialuz joined the challenge!

I practised tone drills and consonant pronunciation using videos from Grace Mandarin Chinese. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Cj3aOSI1w&ab_channel=GraceMandarinChinese https://www.youtube.com/wa...

汉语普通话语音图解课本 第一课到第二课 I thought I had lost this textbook long ago but then suddenly found it today in one of my drawers. It's such an amazing graphic book about phonetics and is paired with audio re...

I watched another helpful YoYo Chinese video, this time on expressing emotion in a tonal language. The presenters said it isn't necessarily something you sit down and practise, but it helps me to f...

Speechling practice

I watched a YoYo Chinese video titled "How Chinese People ACTUALLY Speak". It was helpful for practising the standard pronunciation of some everday phrases, and for being able to understand when he...

reading to convo partner, tones and j/q/x becoming more accurate - this has been a much needed Challenge! also revisited Grace, prepared and practiced and watched YT tone pairs (3-3)

Reading novel, minding meaningful pauses.

I recorded myself saying a vocabulary list from Chinese Class 101, titled "Top 10 Hardest Words to Pronounce". I also watched a YoYo Chinese video on saying "chu”, “qu”, “chi”, “ren”, and “yan” in ...

Talking about random stuff and getting feedback from a native speaker

Reading aloud

speaking to voice recognition. shadowing Mary Zou - she speaks so fast! especially when the baby is crowning :-D

drill tones on new words

I went over the tone pairs video from Yoyo Chinese again. I also listened to a Chinese Class 101 video on 10 emergency phrases, then recorded myself saying the phrases. I found the switiching betwe...

Recording myself speaking about different topics and then getting feedback on my pronunciation (and grammar) from a native speaker.