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| Whitefish Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5245 days ago 49 posts - 72 votes  Speaks: English*, French | Message 17 of 149 31 December 2010 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Writing the HSK sounds exciting! There is one in my city, but I'd have to make the arrangements when I return
home. I'll check it out and let you know if I could possibly write it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5116 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 149 01 January 2011 at 1:28am | IP Logged | ||
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Ouch! I just did a baseline online proficiency test in Mandarin at Transparent.com
(http://www.transparent.com/language-resources/tests.html); thanks to Jeff Lindqvist for the link. I scored 47%, 70 out of 150. Their kind assessment was "you are just starting out." So true, and in fact, I was proud to get as many right as I did! But what a terrible score. It shows how far I have to go if I'm to reach B1 in 2011. The good news is that I finished Pimsleur Unit 30 today, and so reached a 2010 goal. I also scheduled a meeting with a tutor for next week. Onward! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tomsawyer Senior Member Aruba Joined 5280 days ago 103 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: GermanB1, French, Russian | Message 19 of 149 02 January 2011 at 2:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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Pimsleur Unit 30! Completing a 2010 goal AND making it to the end of a Pimsleur program,
must be a great feeling. I'm sure I'm not the only one around here hoping that Whitefish decides to take on the HSK with you, sure would make for some interesting logs! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5116 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 20 of 149 03 January 2011 at 12:14am | IP Logged | ||
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Ha--taking the HSK would result in some very anxious logs from me, I'm sure . . . which is why I hope that
Whitefish will join me. Jimbo, our other teammate, expressed interest somewhere in taking a proficiency test, I think. It would be great if we could all take them and report our gains. I've reached Assimil Lesson 12 and have started typing out the dialogues to force myself to pay close attention to the characters. That also gives me a transcript with no pinyin that I can use to practice my reading . . . lots of nice, conversational practice sentences to memorize too. I did decide to do Pimsleur 2, for two reasons. One is that Irrationale, my forum hero for learning Mandarin fast, started with Pimsleur. The second reason is that Pimsleur is a good way to study when I am driving, folding laundry, or exercising . . . time that would otherwise be wasted. So I'm not going to obsess about it as a main part of my program, but rather use it to fill in as I need/want to. One bad thing is that I can't find a transcript for Pimsleur 2 (does anyone know of one?) so I just have to listen a little more closely and then try to find the vocabulary via the pinyin to add into my SRS. It might sound pitiful to some that I need to use an SRS to learn Pimsleur's limited vocab, but I am more of a visual learner, so it helps if I see the character, pinyin, and English translation a few times. So far (day 2 of 2011) I am keeping up with my goal of doing two hours of study per day. If I do that each day, allowing for a few misses, I should reach my 750 hours for the year. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6287 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 21 of 149 03 January 2011 at 4:53am | IP Logged | ||
I'd like to take one for Cantonese later this year if there is one. I'm trying to talk myself into taking the TOP for Mandarin but not really interested for some reason. I would REALLY like to take the Kanji kentei. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5116 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 22 of 149 05 January 2011 at 3:41am | IP Logged | ||
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Jimbo, I hope you will find a Cantonese proficiency test to take. Wouldn't it be great if we could all post proven
improvements by the end of 2011! Go, Team 唐! Now, that Kanji kentei looks truly insane . . . Meanwhile, for my own studies: Pimsleur II, Unit 3, twice. The first time through, I felt totally lost as usual, but the second time, it all made pretty much sense. That's my usual pattern with Pimsleur. I get to 80% correct and then move on. Assimil: Lesson 16. Listened a bunch of times, typed out the dialogue, read the notes. I am zipping along with a lesson per day, so last night I ordered Volume 2. Trainchinese (my SRS): learned some vocabulary. I have been studying Mandarin since August 2010, so five months, 1-2 hours per day. I am in that place where I've learned a lot, but am not yet able to have conversations or read. It's a bit frustrating, but I have to think that if I keep steady at 2+ hours per day, I will make progress. And the good news is that I really enjoy those two hours of study; it's not a chore. In fact, tending to the rest of my life--work, home tasks--is more of a chore than the language learning. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6135 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 23 of 149 05 January 2011 at 3:55am | IP Logged | ||
Interesting! August 2010 is also when I began studying Persian, and that's exactly how I'm feeling with it too. It's frustrating that I know I've made considerable progress yet am still almost completely useless in the language. On the other hand, just keep your mind focused on how awesome it will be when you are in China next summer and are able to speak with the people in their own language. Good luck! Edited by ellasevia on 28 March 2011 at 3:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5116 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 24 of 149 08 January 2011 at 3:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Pimsleur 2, Lesson 5;
Assimil Lesson 19 I have a five-day intensive class at work that will interfere with my mandarin studies. So my plan is to review Pimsleur while commuting, listen to recent Assimil lessons with a glance at the book when possible, and do 15 minutes or so of SRS vocabulary each day. I think a few days of review will be good consolidation of learning, giving my brain some time to process all of this new material. Or so I hope! Edited by Li Fei on 08 January 2011 at 3:47am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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