#helen studies

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108 days before HSK

yeah, the language learning process is.... going, for sure. I'm reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir in four languages.

I finished the English version a while ago but I just couldn't stop re-reading it so I went "might as well" and got the other language versions.

挽救计划 is the simplified character version of mandarin chinese and I'm making a huge progress. I mean I didn't know I could read that well in Chinese? I think I can finally get into Three Body Problem. Anyway, I've been reading and highlighting new vocabularies that I can understand from context but haven't encountered before. And then I just write them down in a vocabulary list while watching tv or something else.

極限返航 is the taiwanese madarin version and 프로젝트 헤일 메리 is the korean version. I haven't made a lot of progress in either of them because I got really into the simplified character version. I also looked for the japanese version but no dice. It's fine though. I'm focusing on Chinese these days anyway.

[helenstudies]

HSKLevel Test and Stuff

I checked my chinese vocabulary at hsklevel since I'm going to start preparing for TOCFL and I'm extremely pleased with the results! First of all, to make sure I can get a more accurate result but I took the test until I finished 150 words. I actually took it twice because my internet died the first time and I had to take it all over again!

I am so relieved to see the results becaue I do not want to fail the TOCFL exam since the next time it is avaiable, I might need to take my TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) and I need to get level 6 again so I cannot divide my attention between them.

Let's talk levels. Do I feel this is accurate for me? The answer is yes. I was preparing to take HSK 6 in december 8 before the scheduling mishap happened so I signed up for TOCFL Band C. I'm glad that I'm in the general vicinity of Band C because I barely have a month before the test.

I could guesstimate a lot of the words but I made sure when in doubt I choose "no" instead of "so-so" to not skew my results. The only words I didn't really know in the test are the military stuff and the scientific stuff. Also, republic of congo and the name of a chinese-japanese war threw me for a loop but other than that, I'm doing okay. I should read a lot more things, though. I'm working through Project Hail Mary and it's been tremendously helpful.

Other than that, I really like how the website breaks everything down.

Well, now that I know where I'm at, I will be going through vocabulary and grammar lists as well as practice tests. Wish me luck, y'all!