Tag: Chinese language
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Prepping for HSK 4 test on May 15th
So it’s official: I will write the HSK 4 test on May 15th here in Beijing. I need 60% to pass but there is no requirement to do so in order to move on. Even if I fail, I could take the HSK 5 test if I wanted to. However, this is a goal and…
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An Update on My Chinese Studies – January 2020
Despite the current hubbub around the coronavirus and the international panic it’s causing, I’m still finding time to study my Chinese. I mean, what else am I suppose to do? As you can see, I’ve managed to put in quite a bit of contact time with the language, around 67.5 hours in the month of…
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Reading Chinese
I’ve been back in Beijing for about six months now and have finally gotten settled into my new apartment on the other side of town. Whereas before I was in the student district, now I’m very much in the expat district. This isn’t a problem insofar as food options is concerned, but it is a…
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2015 is over already?!
I don’t know about you, but 2015 seemed to fly by pretty quickly. Thinking back to what I did throughout the year, it’s easy to see why. If I wasn’t prepping for class then I was in class. If I wasn’t prepping or in class, then I was grading essays. After summer was out, I was on…