Tag: language study
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Getting tired of studying Chinese
I’m sure that if you don’t do something for a while, that’s a sign you’re probably tired of it. So goes my Chinese studies. Today is May 5th and I’m only ten days away from my HSK 4 test. My teacher and I have been going through the grammar points in my textbooks in preparation…
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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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Six Weeks to Japanese – Progress Report #2
Well if you haven’t heard by now, either on this blog or Twitter or your panicky friend, China is undergoing a bit of a crisis here during its Spring Festival holiday. The novel Coronavirus has hit the country particularly hard over the last few days with cases jumping from only 2700 to under 10,000. This…