Christmas away from family
I had a great time at our pre-Christmas party on Friday with my classmates (photo above), I ate delicious Korean food yesterday at my Finnish friend’s place and spoke to my family members through skype. I have my Christmas Tree and chocolate. But it’s not the Christmas I want. Christmas used to be magical time when I was a kid. Lots of excitement and traditions. I was able to hold onto it as long as I spent the holidays with my family, but then I moved to China. It’s just not real Christmas for me if it’s not spent with my family. Last Christmas I spent it with my boyfriend,…
New HSK test level 5: My thoughts about today’s exam
I just came back from the new HSK test level five. I think it went ok, but I don’t want to be too optimistic and then be disappointed if I don’t even pass. I will get the results in month and will let you know how I did. Or if I don’t, you’ll know I did a poor job at the exam. Here are some of my thoughts about the new HSK 5 test and some comparison with the old HSK Elementary-Intermediate exam that includes the levels from 3 to 8. Listening Listening section is much easier than in the old HSK. In my opinion the first questions are even…
Preparing for the new HSK level 5 test
Tomorrow will be the first time I try the new HSK test. At the moment I have old HSK 5 level certificate and now I’m trying the same level on the new HSK. In this post I want to share how I prepared for the test and hope it to be helpful for other learners of Chinese. Mock tests My first step towards the new system was to do an online mock test that included the reading section (阅读) and the first part of writing section (书写, where you have to put words in the right order to form a sentence). You can do the test on chinesetesting.cn. I did…