redhead_in_china in Xi'an is doing 43 things including…

learn how to read and write enough Chinese to understand a Chinese newspaper

22 cheers

 

redhead_in_china has written 5 entries about this goal

Untitled 2 years ago

I’ve got 73% down now.

Nov 26, 2007, 05:50AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


I almost know half 2 years ago

I counted out one hundred characters in a newspaper yesterday and out of the hundred I could read 47; that’s not too bad! I’m learning about three or four new characters a day so it shouldn’t be too many years before I finish this!

Apr 15, 2007, 11:29PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


I'm making real progress on this 2 years ago

I’m steadily getting better and better everyday. I can now recognize and pronounce about 3/7 of the characters that I see on the computer, on signs, newspapers, menus etc. I still have a hard time figuring out the whole meaning though.

Jan 10, 2007, 11:36PM PST | 1 cheer | 2 comments


So close and yet so far 3 years ago

I now read and know about 35% of the characters in newspapers and magazines but I can only understand about 3% of what they’re actually dscussing. I only know the most basic characters that are used all the time so I can’t really tell yet if the newspapers are talking about the weather forecast or the traffic system. I only know the bits and pieces right now but eventually they will all come together.

Nov 09, 2006, 07:17AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Untitled 3 years ago

I’m at about 150 characters so far and I hope to be at 300 by December.

Oct 01, 2006, 05:33AM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


redhead_in_china has gotten 22 cheers on this goal.

 

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