Hello LingQers,
Next Monday, I am beginning my HSK 6 in a month challenge. (HSK is the chinese language proficiency test for foreigners. 6 is the highest level and contains 2500 new words)
I understand it probably sounds a bit stupid, however this is a short term memory challenge. 80% of the vocab (or there abouts) will disappear (not completely) into the great abyss of the subconscious if I do not review the words after this period… which I will do.
The challenge really is to recall at least once the definition of the words/characters in a ‘review period’ at the end of each week. So in a sense, I’m trying to learn about 625 words a week and then recall them on the Sunday. This works out to about 100 a day…
The rough structure is as so:
Week 1: Mon- Sat, vocab 625
Sun, review of week 1
Week 2: Mon -Sat Vocab 625
Tue, review of week 1
Sat, review of week 1
Sun, review of week 2
Week 3: Mon-Sat, vocab 625
Tue, review of week 2
Thur, review of week 2
Sat, review of week 1
Sun, review of week 3
Week 4: Mon-Sat, vocab 625
Mon, review of week 3,
Tue, review of week 2
Wed, review of week 3
Thur, review of week 1
Fri, review of week 2
Sat, review of week 3
Sun, review of week 4
Extra review days: Mon, review of week 4
Tuesday, review of week 3, 4
Wednesday, TEST DAY
That is the idea, and I should be spending about an hour a day learning and an hour reviewing. Sooo thatll be around 42-45 hours of learning.
Note that I already have learnt most of HSK 1 through 5, so this isnt entirley random.
Thought I’d blog this so I don’t lose my mind.
Ill be posting frequently on this thread to let you know my progress.
Felix