Record yourself reading a textbook dialogue. Then listen to the original recording of the textbook dialogue (found in the Online Workbook); compare and contrast the two recordings. Record yourself reading the dialogue again.
VOCABULARY AND HANDWRITING:
Quest: Mandarin Shooter Quest
Download the character learning game "Mandarin Shooter Quest" on an iOS device. Choose an appropriate Level, then complete that Level.
Quest: Bonus Skritter!
Browse through different Skritter Lists (either from a textbook or user published). Add a new List to your personal queue and study it.
Make your own Custom Skritter List, adding words of your choice. Start studying from your personal list.
Add words to your Custom Skritter List directly from ChinesePod and/or Chairman's Bao.
Read an article of your choice on the Chinese Grammar Wiki. It is highly recommended to read articles about structures you have already learned. Write your own example sentences using the grammar structure explained in the article.
Quest: Grammar Challenge
Look at the Chinese Grammar Master List. Pick several challenging grammar structures and write an example paragraph incorporating those structures.
Choose one podcast or video lesson on ChinesePod (pick an appropriate level), then complete the attached exercises. Use the new grammar and structures to write example sentences.
Choose one video on FluentU (pick an appropriate level). Add the new vocabulary from that video to your FluentU account, then study it.
Quest: Popup Chinese
Choose one podcast or music video lesson on Popup Chinese (pick an appropriate level). Write down some new words or phrases that you learned in the lesson.
Quest: Ting Listening [intermediate]
On Ting (Topics), pick one topic of your choice, then listen to different sentences based on that topic. Write down the sentences you want to remember.
On Ting (Stories), pick one Chinese story, then listen to the story. Summarize the story in Chinese.
Quest: Slow Chinese [advanced]
Choose one podcast on Slow Chinese. Write down a summary of what you heard.
Quest: The Chairman's Bao
Read one current news article on The Chairman’s Bao (pick an appropriate level). Summarize the article using words that you learned in the lesson.
Quest: Bliu Bliu
Read authentic Chinese texts on Bliu Bliu. Take the placement test for Chinese and then start reading at the appropriate level. Make sure to mark the words that you do and don't know. Summarize the texts you read using words from the text.
Download the reading app "DuChinese" on an iOS or Android device. Read a lesson from the appropriate level, and then write down some words that you learned in the lesson.
Read an article of your choice on the Hacking Chinese website. Summarize its key points, focusing on a specific learning strategy. Explain how you will try to incorporate this strategy into your own Chinese learning.
The HSK (汉语水平考试, Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì) is the official Chinese Proficiency Test used in the People's Republic of China. The HSK has six different levels, which roughly correlates with the CLQ curriculum as follows: