10 months of Chinese to go

[petrea_mitchell]

Now I am at the halfway point. I don't feel halfway ready!

I have passed through checkpoint #3 (of 4) in Duolingo and #2 (also of 4) in HelloChinese. Disruptions to my schedule (like the entire stressful week a couple weeks ago) are pushing back my expected completion dates. I'll probably hit the last of the lessons for both of them in January.

And then there are a lot of supplementary practice activities, especially in HelloChinese, and I'm also thinking about how much specialized vocabulary I need to memorize. I have at least gotten 科幻大会, "science fiction convention". Worldcon (世界科幻大会) is a little harder because 世界 is familiar to me from Japanese and I still want to read it as sekai (the correct Mandarin is shìjiè).

I also need a huge amount more practice at listening, though the extra activities in HelloChinese should help with that.

Comments

[kalmn]

Wow! I am still at the point where my children tell me my accent is awful and that I need to stop talking.

Also, I am having an awful time with remembering characters. I bought a book to try and help (because I think learning radicals will help me)- I wonder where I put it…

[petrea_mitchell]

I'm pretty sure your kids would tell me to shut up, too. I'm still having a lot of trouble remembering tones.

(That or they would find me to be very amusing.)