Tag: Mandarin
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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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Finished HSK 4 Books
I should be honest, I haven’t completely finished the HSK 4 books (both shang 上 and xia 下) but I’m pretty close. There are one or two more things I need to do in order to actually have finished the books. The first is that I have to go through both books and re-do the…
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An Update on the Progress of Me Learning Chinese
So some of you may be wondering how my Chinese lessons are going. Well, I have yet to start them this semester. It’s hard to believe that it’s already nearing the end of April and I haven’t taken a class yet. Whether it was sickness or meetings, we just haven’t arranged to get together yet. But it’s not like…
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End of term and an update on my progress in the Chinese language
School School is all but over as exams are done and now it’s just finalizing te grades. Since I work at one of the better universities in the country (a fact of which I am honoured), the grading is necessarily super tough. A lot of these kids put in a lot of work but the…