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2017 Long term goals/habits:

  • Improve my Chinese
  • Improve my English pronunciation
  • Build my technical knowledge
  • Live well

 

2018 goals (language related)

Each item once a week (or one per week).

Success = 30 times (out of 52 weeks).

 

Chinese: 读 reading (technical article or from technical Chinese textbook)

Chinese: 听 active listening (general news or technical)
Chinese: 背 memorize a dialogue (probably IT/workplace related)

Chinese: 写 write and share (lang8, probably with structures from the 330 patterns book)

English: 英 30' shadowing (probably BBC, scientific or technical)

Spanish: 西 shadowing (probably Seguridad del internauta)

Special topics: 特 actively practice 30'

Something else not mentioned above: 30'.

 

2018 other:

walking 1h or more once a week 走

technical study 科

?

 

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2018年01月01号 读00 听00 背00 写00 英01 西01 特00

2018年01月08号 读01 听 背 写 英 西 特

2018年01月15号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特

2018年01月22号 读 听 背 写 英02 西 特 科01 走01

2018年01月29号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特 走02

2018年02月05号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特 走03

2018年02月12号 读 听 背.英03. 西 特.. 走04

2018年02月19号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特

2018年02月26号 读 背 写 英 西 特 科02 走05

2018年03月05号 读 背 写 英 西 特 科. 走06

2018年03月12号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特 科 走07
2018年03月19号 读 听 背 写 英. 西 特 科 走
2018年03月26号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特01走08
2018年04月02号 读02 听 背 写 英 西 特 科 走09 For some reason, easily annoyed.
2018年04月09号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特02走10
2018年04月16号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特03 科 走
2018年04月23号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特04走11
2018年04月30号 读 听 背 写 英 西05科03 走12


2018年05月07号 读 听 背 写 英 西06 特05走.

2018年05月14号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特 科 走13

2018年05月21号 读 听 背 写 英 西07 特 科 走14

2018年05月28号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特. 科 走

2018年06月04号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特 科 走

2018年06月11号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特 科 走

2018年06月18号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特 科 走

2018年06月25号 读 听 背 写 英 西 特 科 走

 

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2018年10月 starting one term of university B1.2 Chinese classes (2hrs per week) and one year of beginner Japanese classes (1.5 hrs per week).

2018年12月

Japanese teacher crams as much info as possible into her 1.5h slot. I will need to review more seriously.

Don't go to a university in China, young students are too young.

(Actually, some of those youngsters are pretty impressive.)

I can actually communicate in Chinese.

Want to get used to listening to native speed speech => listening to Chinese media daily

  => Subscribed (again) to Chinese TV channels.

  => Automatized update of USB key contents for the player in my bedroom: 1 imandarinpod podcast, 1 imandarinpod "T" podcast, 1 nhk Japanese lesson for Chinese speakers, 1 episode of 新闻天天谈, 1 episode of 广播剧.

Might want to get used to more diverse accents => youtube?

Might want to learn more vocabulary and especially 书面语.

Need a new phone and a decent data plan!

 

 

 

Todo for 2019 (and/or later... no hurry) :

 review Chinese characters: transcribe easy chinesepod or imandarinpod podcasts, + use anki and/or pleco.

 compare stroke order of kanji and hanzi.

 write (letters, reports, etc) on L8.

 practice speaking with a prompt + recording myself + transcribing and asking for feedback on L8.

 read intensively (might re-read the online version of 圈子圈套 with the goal of learning every (new) word in it)

 read extensively (articles, comics, webnovels, novels, etc)

 keep up with the listening and put new words in pleco flashcards.

 ? take part in a Chinese speaking workshop at the local uni?

 ? take part in a Chinese class closer to home?

 

January 2019 - 15' per day + extensive listening

01/01 ok (hz/ch, +tv)

02/01 ok (hz/ch, +tv/podcast)

to

25/01 ok (hz/ch, +tv/podcast)

   (26/01 podcasts only)

   (27/01 nothing)

28/01 ok (hz/ch, +tv/podcast)

to

31/01 ok (hz/ch, +tv/podcast)

 

 

February 2019 - 15' per day + extensive listening

05/02 ok

07/02 to 09/02 ok

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15'        北京广播网        RTHK       百度知道   爱问知识人    双语新闻       生活周刊       

imandaripod      GLOSS      UIowa

FSI      BBC      HSKFlashcards      MDBG      TWMOE      YB      五笔      xiaoma      variants      word test    vocabulary test     etymology

新闻联播     国际时讯     24小时     华人世界    -

radicals    

 

Google news cn   科技   

Google news hk   科技   

Google news tw   科技     

 

 

Random bookmarks

Hero doug's exercises  

worth memorizing   

300 Tang Poems   U Virgina     recs   

Interesting post by Yueni  

articles 

routines 

PKU  BNU       BLCU intensive       

one large pack of French fries   

Rutgers   

Expletives   Expletives 2   3      best insults     insults    

texting      numbers  

At work   workers      

Internet   Companies   novel types       

Elementary watching   

GCSE    HSK   

Loro   

gradint -

frozen jiaozi    provinces     

karaoke      

 

my-recent-studying-methods

my-recent-studying-methods-part-ii

intensive self-study70 days -


Korean   

Teaching Oral English

 

Anki   

 

november writing challenge

april little poetry reading challenge

june internet challenge

grand TV watching challenge

song translation challenge

Chinese cinema challenge

http://challenges.hackingchinese.com/

book of the month

grand movie project

grand poetry memorization project

grand gaming project

frequently used chengyu project

grand first episode project

 

short scenes project

 

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2017 archive:

 

Long term goals/habits:

  • Improve my Chinese
  • Improve my English pronunciation
  • Build my technical knowledge
  • Live well

 

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Sprint 1: this will be a 3-week period, during which I'll try to re-establish some basic study habits, and prepare for some changes at work.

Spoiler

 

week 1 (Sat 28/01 - Fri 03/02):

  • 1 written exchange in Chinese
  • Chinese TV everyday
  • Multilingual technical vocabulary
  • Review math, physics and electronics
  • De-clutter my home
  • No elevators (stairs only)

 

Sat: TV, de-clutter, reviewed electronics, stairs only, 2 new words

Sun: TV, de-clutter, reviewed electronics, stairs only, 1 new word

Mon: TV, de-clutter, reviewed electronics, stairs only, 2 new words

Tue: TV, de-clutter, stairs only, 1 new word

 

I need to stop procrastinating and get serious...

mahjong = no cookies

 

Wed: TV, de-clutter, reviewed statistics, stairs only, 1 new word

Thu: TV, de-clutter, reviewed statistics, stairs only, 1 new word

Fri: TV, de-clutter, reviewed statistics, stairs only

 

 

week 2 (Sat 04/02 - Fri 10/02):

  • 1 written exchange in Chinese
  • Chinese TV everyday
  • Multilingual technical vocabulary
  • Review math, physics and electronics 3x
  • De-clutter my home
  • No elevators (stairs only)

 

Sat: TV, de-clutter++, MPE, stairs only, 1 new word

Sun: TV, de-clutter++,  ME, 1 new word

Mon: TV, stairs only

Tue: de-clutter, M, stairs only, 1 new word

周三:TV, stairs only

周四:电视,de-clutter, M, stairs only, 1 new word

周五: 电视,de-clutter, M, stairs only, 1 new word

 

week 3 (end of sprint 1) (Sat 11/02 - Fri 17/02)

  • 1 written exchange in Chinese
  • Chinese TV everyday
  • Multilingual technical vocabulary
  • Review math, physics and electronics 3x and log time
  • De-clutter my home
  • No elevators (stairs only)

 

周六:电视, de-clutter++, 电子学 (2个小时), (stairs only), 3 new words

周日:电视, de-clutter++, 电子学 (30分钟) + 数学(15分钟), stairs only, 1 new word

周一:电视, de-clutter, 物理学, stairs only, 1 new word

周二:电视, de-clutter, 物理学(50分钟), stairs only, 1 new word

周三:电视, de-clutter, 物理学(15分钟)+电子学(15分钟), stairs only, 1 new word

周四:电视,de-clutter, 物理学(25分钟), stairs only, 4 new words

周五:电视,de-clutter, 统计学(10分钟),stairs only, 1 new word

 

Another week without success at written interaction in Chinese :oops:

 

 

 


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In sprint 2 I will focus on my special project D (57 identified items and a number of other tasks...), keeping up with language and technical study habits, adapting to new circumstances, and working on relaxation methods.

Spoiler

 

sprint 2 week 1 (Sat 17/02 - Fri 24/02)

  • Write one sentence in Chinese per day
  • Chinese TV (or radio, or podcast...) everyday
  • Multilingual technical vocabulary
  • Review math, physics and electronics 3x and log time
  • Special project D: at least 10 items, gradual clean-up, and inventories
  • Relaxation (music?)

 

周六:电视,统计学(15分钟),D: #1, #2, c, i, 3 new words

周日:电视, D: #3, c

周一:电视, D: minor tasks

 

周四:relaxation: let's just say that my neighbours might not be very happy with me right now. But apparently effective (?)

Found a solution to a communication issue.

Let's try and get back to the program now.

电视, D: minor tasks

 

周五:音乐,电视,电子学(15分钟)

 

be more regular next week.

 

 

sprint 2 week 2 (Sat 25/02 - Fri 03/03)

 

周六:电视,电子学(15分钟),D: finished items 2,3,4,10,A,B,C.

周日:电视,数学(15分钟),D: finished items C1, D, started E,F,G.

周一:extremely busy with various tasks for project D.

周二:D: various tasks.

周三:电视,D: various tasks.

周四:电视,D: various tasks.

周五:D: various tasks.

 

sprint 2 week 3 (Sat 04/03 - Fri 10/03)

 

周六:电视,D: various tasks.

周日:电视,D: various tasks, 1 new word

周一:1 new word

周五:电视

 

Oh look, end of sprint 2 already. Wow.

 


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Sprint 3: log anything study related. There should be some technical studying at the very least :P

Spoiler

 

sprint 3 week 1

 

周六:exhausted after a difficult week with a cold and trouble sleeping at night

周日:电视,

周一:电视,2 new words

周二:电视, 2 new words

周四:电视, 1 new word

 

sprint 3 week 2

 

周六:电视, 2 new words

周日:电视

 

周一:1 new word

周二:电视 (random footie match summary), 1 new word

周三:电视,统计学, 1 new word

周四:电视,1 new word

 

sprint 3 week 3

 

周六:2 new words

Tue 1 new word

 

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monday 17 april: 2 new words

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May

Spoiler

 

五月十号:1 new word

五月十一号:1 new word

五月十六号:1 new word

五月十八号:1 new word

五月十九号:1 new word

五月二十七号:2 new words

五月三十号:1 new word

五月三十一号:1 new word

 

 

 

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June

Spoiler

 

六月一号:1 new word

六月二号:1 new word

六月三号:1 new word

六月四号:1 new word

六月五号:1 new word

六月六号:2 new words

六月七号:3 new words

六月八号:1 new word

六月九号:1 new word

六月十号:1 new word

六月二十五号:1 new word

 

 

 

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July

 

Spoiler

 

七月

I've been busy. Considering learning Italian. Actually I'd like to learn Dutch, Japanese, Korean and a bunch of other languages too. Never mind that I haven't mastered the languages I've been studying on and off.

One thing that annoys me is that I can't share my language interests with anyone. People either assume that I'm bragging or that I'm fluent. Well, I'm neither. I just like learning about all kinds of languages, so what?

 

Alright let's go back to the program.

  • multilingual language vocabulary (包括英语发音)
  • study 电子学、产品开发、实验设计法
  • less snacks, more stairs, in bed by 10.
  • tie lose ends of special project D

 

七月十八号:实验设计法作业有六题。今晚我要写完第一和第二题。

七月二十二号:这个周末应该完成实验设计法作业的实际部分。

七月二十四号:实验表准备好了。我打算明天打印它。

七月二十九好:三个生词。

七月三十号:看了电视。用中文写了一张明信片。

 

 

August

 

Spoiler

 

八月四号:一个生词。

八月七号:一个生词。

八月八号:一个生词。电视。

八月十六号:没有吃小吃。

八月十七号:精益生产

 

 


September

Spoiler

 

九月二号:reading fanfiction in Spanish totally counts as language practice.

Todo: find technical dictionary. Watch 6 technical videos.

 

九月十六号:写完了上个星期的作业!

 

九月二十四号:paroxysm of procrastination

九月二十五号:电视

九月二十六号:电视

九月二十七号:电视

九月二十八号:电视

九月二十九号:电视

九月三十号:我生病了。电视

 

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October

Spoiler

 

十月三号:怎么办?

  • Improve my Chinese - stalled
  • Improve my English pronunciation - stalled
  • Build my technical knowledge - ongoing
  • Live well - ??

 

十月五号:中:电视。

十月六号:中:姓名。

十月七号:中:姓名。

十月九号:中:姓名。

十月十号:中:姓名。

 

 

 

 

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