Tag: HSK
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Some thoughts before my HSK 4 test
It’s finally here, about a year later that I originally planned but it’s finally here. My HSK 4 test. Part of the reason for the delay was some sort of pandemic that ravaged the world over and put off a few things. Another part of the reason was that I wasn’t really ready. Oh, and…
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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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Speaking Chinese Class
I’ve had a few Chinese teachers since I first arrived in China back in 2014 and just about all of them have been good for what I was looking for at the time. Some I studied with for only a few months, others I stayed with for longer. My current Chinese teacher, whom I meet…
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Stepping up to HSK 5
As we enter into the second half of 2020 and a restart of work, I thought it would be a good time to step things up a little. And it’s with that that I finally ordered the HSK 5 books. The new target level is 2500 words TOTAL, which means I now have to learn…
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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…