Rate my Chinese! 2013 Edition
Here is a video I made for the Chinese Bridge competition. It’s a simple self introduction, but can also be seen as a proof of my current spoken Chinese level. Even though I passed HSK6, my spoken Chinese is still very simple. New! For readers in China, now you can also watch the video in Youku! I shared this on my Facebook Page a while ago, so if you want to get the latest news then be sure to follow me there! You an also compare my Chinese in this video to my earlier video shot in April 2012. Can you hear any improvement between the two videos? Please leave…
Langde Miao Village
The last destination on our Guizhou trip was Langde Miao Village. Check out the posts about Xijiang and Leigong Mountain too! You can take a bus to Langde from Kaili (25km) or Leishan (15km). The village was built in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, having a history of more than 600 years. Currently there are 306 families and 1377 people living in Langde. It’s an excellent destination for a day trip. Far less tourists than Xijiang, but easier to access than villages on Leigong Mountain. Langde consists of lower village and upper village, between them are a small hill and rice fields. You can find food to eat in the…
How long does it take to learn Chinese?
Correlation of old and new HSK with my progress So how long does it actually take to learn Chinese? I’m not going to define what is fluent, I believe I’m still far from that, but how long does it take to pass HK6 for example? The highest Chinese Proficiency Test for foreigners at the moment. How long did it take me to get to HSK6? My first Chinese course was a month-long travel Chinese course when I was 16. I was already very interested to learn the language on my own then, even though I never had the courage to use my Chinese with my boyfriend at the time…
Chinese Bridge Competition – Preliminaries in Guangzhou
Last Monday, 3rd of June, I attended the 6th Chinese Bridge Competition Preliminaries for Foreign Students Studying in China. Chinese Bridge is a competition for Chinese language learners and there are separate competitions for those studying abroad and those here in China. From the preliminaries around China, 100 students were chosen to continue the competition in Beijing. In Guangzhou total of 31 students took part in the race and in the end only 3 were chosen to go to Beijing. First part of the competition was self introduction of one minutes. After that two minutes talent show. I did taiji, but other students performed dancing, singing, Chinese story telling, xiangsheng,…